- According to our sources, Lenovo is gearing up to enter the handheld PC gaming arena.
- Similar to devices like the Steam Deck and ASUS ROG Ally, Lenovo’s “Legion Go” device will sport AMD Phoenix processors, with an 8-inch display.
- It could look similar to Lenovo’s previously leaked Lenovo Legion Play Android device, which never reached general availability.
- As of right now, there’s no indication on timing for official announcements or launch windows.
Call it the Lenovgo
Lenogo?
Man, everyones jumping in onto the handheld gaming PC segment. Pretty cool. Hopefully it will light a fire under Nintendo’s butt to do better with its hardware.
I think Nintendo knows it’s market pretty well. I have both a switch and a steam deck andO have a lot of the same games on each. The deck is obviously the higher power unit. I got it just a short time ago to try to play through my backlog, although to be honest I’ve logged more hours on new purchases like Stray and Dredge. It’s a good system.
The switch outshines it in a couple of places, though. First, they got the form factor - specifically the size and weight - better than steam did. It’s smaller and lighter, and I think the battery lasts longer. More importantly, the games that run on the switch were made for it. There’s no squinting at tiny fonts or trying to figure whether and how to use the trackpad to control the mouse bits. If it’s on the switch, I can be pretty sure it is playable on the switch. I’m still getting used to the issues with scaling down the desktop experience to a deck, but already I’m thinking I won’t be playing a lot of cyberpunk without booking up a mouse, keyboard, and monitor.
In short, the deck and windows handhelds need to perform at the level of a (low end) desktop (because they’re playing desktop games) as well as worry about scaling and transforming the UI. The switch doesn’t have that problem, and the trade off is a more limited (but still extensive) library.
The switch is my first Nintendo device since the NES, and the first party content isn’t what made me finally try it. I like playing games like Diablo on it. I think Nintendo, by owning the entire stack, can serve up a better and more curated experience. If I didn’t have a library of a couple hundred steam games that I’ve never played, I’d probably not have considered getting the deck. I am enjoying it, and some games are phenomenal, but from a performance-that-actually-impacts-the-user perspective, Nintendo might just come out on top.
Yet the sales figures show Nintendo have amazing sales.
- PS2 - 159 million.
- Nintendo DS - 154.02 million.
- Nintendo switch - 125.62 million
- Gameboy/ Gameboy colour - 118.69 million
- PS4 - 117.2 million.
3 out of the 5 top sales belong to Nintendo. So regardless of hardware, Nintendo is a loved gaming system.
Whereas Xbox is number 9 on that list with the 360 at 85 million. So the console war seems to be between Nintendo and Sony at this point.Ehhh probably not. All these handhelds are going to be significantly more simplex to use rather than the “plug and play” nature of Nintendo.
As happy as I am with my steam deck I love to see competition. I love portables all the way back from my game boy, game gear, all the way through to the vita.
I hope this new wave of high powered portables keep pushing each other to their limits so we see the best in our hands.
I’d love to see some competition that actually runs SteamOS.
But then how will MAMAA collect and sell all your data? You don’t MAMAA to be sad, do you?
No thanks. We don’t need more closed and bloated spyware, what we need is more open and privacy respecing OSes like GNU/Linux and devices using it like Steam Deck.
Well, Valve still didn’t opened up their Linux Image. But maybe because Deckard and VR development with Gamescope is done.
Hey this is neat! I’m glad to see the competition heating up in this space!
I’d be a lot more glad if they followed Valve’s example and made it Linux based, though.
