Valve's Steam Deck may be getting more competition. Last month, Windows Central reported that Lenovo was working on a portable Windows gaming PC called the Legion Go, and on Wednesday, Windows Report published the first images of the upcoming device.
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Based on the images, Lenovo will be creating a portable PC gaming rig that closely resembles devices like the Steam Deck and the Asus ROG Ally, but also shares a lot in common with the Nintendo Switch. According to Windows Report, the Legion Go features an eight-inch display, the images show two Joy-Con-like controllers that can be removed, and it even appears to have a wide stand that resembles the Switch OLED that you can remove for tabletop gaming.
The Legion Go's controllers appear to be a mix of the Switch's flat but detachable Joy-Cons and the Steam Deck. There appears to be a touch pad on the right controller - the Steam Deck, by comparison, has touch pads on both sides - but the back of the right controller also apparently has a scroll wheel. And since the controllers are removable, Windows Report speculates that the display is a touchscreen.
Perhaps the most important takeaway from these apparent images of the device (there are more, and you can see them all on Windows Report) is that Lenovo isn't shying away from making the Legion Go thick. Asus moved away from thickness and weight with the ROG Ally, which ended up with mediocre battery life, but we're starting to see wearables, like the upcoming Ayaneo Kun, pointing towards bigger batteries.
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Windows Report says the Legion Go will run Windows 11, which means you should be able to play any Windows games that support the device's specs. Windows Central previously reported that it will use AMD Phoenix processors, which are also found in the ROG Ally and other recent and upcoming Windows laptops.
Lenovo has dabbled in portable gaming devices before, showing off the “LaVie Mini” concept in partnership with NEC at CES 2021 and building an unreleased Android-based device called the Legion Play. If it’s real, the Legion Go looks like a much more serious effort — and we hope it is, because we’re eager to see how it stacks up against devices like the Steam Deck.
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source of information:theverge.com
