Release Date, Specs, Price and How It Compares to Steam Deck
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Asus and Microsoft will be launching their ROG Xbox Ally series of handheld gaming PCs starting October 16, according to an Asus announcement that went out today.
Based on the images from Wednesday, Lenovo’s take on a PC gaming handheld looks similar to devices such as the Steam Deck and Asus ROG Ally, but it also has a lot in common with the Nintendo ...
Read More: It’s Now Even Easier To Check How A Game Runs On Steam Deck First reported by Windows Central last month, details about the “Legion Go” indicated that Lenovo’s device would ...
Lenovo is rumored to be launching a new portable gaming PC, the Legion Go, which could potentially surpass the Steam Deck in graphical horsepower with its AMD Phoenix processors and large air vents.
Lenovo’s flavor of Windows handheld is actually even more like the Switch than most Steam Deck-like handhelds, thanks to its removable controllers.
Ultimately, like the Steam Deck, the Go S is for people who have a lot of, or want to run, Steam games, including Windows games sold through Steam.
With an actual price of $599 and tradeoffs galore, the base Legion Go S with SteamOS is not a match for the $550 Steam Deck OLED. The more powerful AMD Z1 Extreme model is not half bad, but it’s far more expensive at $829.
The sleaker Asus’ ROG Ally is a quality Steam Deck alternative, but it’s nowhere near a real revolution. Then there’s the $849 Ayaneo Geek, which starts at nearly $200 more than the most ...
Still, 2025 is a very different time from 2022. Nintendo is back with a vengeance, and there are more powerful handhelds like the ASUS ROG Ally. Even Xbox is looking to get in on the action, so if you’ve not picked up a Steam Deck as of yet, have you missed your chance, especially as rumors swirl of a Steam Deck 2?