The $1,000 Asus ROG Xbox Ally X alone won’t be enough to tide gamers over until the next-gen Xbox arrives . It’s a factor of cost and expectation. Even if the next so-called Xbox is far more of a PC than what gamers are used to, that doesn’t mean it has to feel like a Windows machine. The problem is players don’t understand what’s going on behind the scenes, and it’s time the company became more transparent about what’s in store to help us understand what’s on the line for Xbox’s future.

In an interview with Variety , Xbox President Sarah Bond reconfirmed the company is making a next-gen Xbox. However, for now, it’s still trying to re-contextualize what “Xbox” even means anymore. Bond said Microsoft set the price of the ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X based on Asus, “because this is thei

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