2023-09-03 12:08:05
The rumor had been buzzing for days and the announcement finally fell: Lenovo’s Legion Go will launch next November.
The success of Valve’s Steam Deck (almost 2 million copies sold) is such that it was unthinkable that the competition would not launch into this niche. We saw it a few weeks ago: the ROG Ally from Asus caused a stir. Today, Lenovo He, too, is looking to carve out a slice of that juicy pie by announcing Legion Go.
A screen that could change everything
Apparently, the Legion Go takes the codes, not only from the Steam Deck, but also from the Nintendo Switch. Yes: not content with offering nomadic AAA gaming, the Lenovo console also allows you to detach the right and left controllers to move away from the screen. Exactly like the Joy-Con of the Nintendo console. Lenovo’s solution nevertheless has six additional buttons, and even a mouse wheel directly integrated into its controllers.
The console controllers are detachable.©Lenovo
The screen is another string to the bow of the Legion Go. Much larger than its competitors (8.8 inches against 7 inches at Asus or Valve), it also displays a much higher definition (2560 x 1600 pixels) on a frequency of up to 144 Hz. Impressive figures for a portable console, which should be welcomed with caution. Indeed, such a high definition could make texts difficult to read (too small) and too fast a frequency could drain the battery very quickly.
It must be said: the Lenovo console is also much heavier than a Steam Deck, with 854 grams on the scale (the size seems similar). For a portable device, that’s starting to do a lot.
The possibilities offered by the numerous (reconfigurable) keys make you dizzy.©Lenovo
Power to spare
Like Asus’ ROG Ally, the Lenovo Legion Go will come out equipped with an AMD Ryzen Z1 or Z1 Extreme APU depending on the configuration. 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM and PCIe 4.0 NVMe storage ranging from 256GB to 1TB complete the picture. Of course, you can also expand the storage with a microSD slot.
On the connector side, the Legion Go relies on a USB4 port accepting DisplayPort 1.4 standards and Power Delivery 3.0 for battery charging (49.2 Wh) up to 65W. Finally, the modem allows connections in wifi 6e and Bluetooth 5.2.
Running, like the ROG Ally, under Windows 11, the Lenovo Legion Go will be available on the market from October 2023, starting at €799. A price equivalent to that of the Asus console – which remains more expensive than the most expensive Steam Deck.
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