Microsoft revealed its long-rumored Xbox handheld console running Windows 11 during the Xbox Games Showcase -- two models called the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X -- and I spent a short time playing around with one soon after.

The first Xbox-branded handheld console is here, but it’s not made solely by Microsoft. Instead, it's a partnership between Asus and Microsoft for a new version of the latter's ROG Ally handheld consoles,