Comparing All 3 New Legion Gos
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Date: 2025-01-14
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NexGen-3D
I never understood the reason for removable controllers, and I have never used that silly mouse mode, also never used the rear buttons on any of these devices including controllers, no game I have played has used them by default, I find them all redundant, they could reduce costs by making a device without all of that junk, all of these extra buttons on the Legion Go are just plain annoying, and if they put another undersize battery in any of these devices, I will not buy one again, I have battery anxiety now from owning a Legion Go, they should stop f'ing about and make these devices with dual hot-swappable batteries, it can be done, I have tablets that have this feature, and its the one thing I would like to see on a future handheld game console, the current hardware is good enough, its the battery setup that needs improving.
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I never understood the reason for removable controllers, and I have never used that silly mouse mode, also never used the rear buttons on any of these devices including controllers, no game I have played has used them by default, I find them all redundant, they could reduce costs by making a device without all of that junk, all of these extra buttons on the Legion Go are just plain annoying, and if they put another undersize battery in any of these devices, I will not buy one again, I have battery anxiety now from owning a Legion Go, they should stop f'ing about and make these devices with dual hot-swappable batteries, it can be done, I have tablets that have this feature, and its the one thing I would like to see on a future handheld game console, the current hardware is good enough, its the battery setup that needs improving.
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peterjansen4826
I don't understand Adam's comment that you can't use the Lenovo Legion with SteamOS on it as a desktop and that you can't use other launchers on it. Unless Lenovo does something weird you can use SteamOS as a desktop and you can use other game-launchers on it. The easy way for the other game-launchers is by using a Flatpak, that isn't my favorite way to use software but it definitely works. However, you can also just install Lutris, Heroicgames and other tools, that just requires a bit more work. If you want to use the desktop, just start up KDE from the shutdown-menu and you have a fully functional desktop, you can use the browser, use office-software, render video's, make animations with Blender, make drawings, write code and compile it...whatever you like to do.
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I don't understand Adam's comment that you can't use the Lenovo Legion with SteamOS on it as a desktop and that you can't use other launchers on it. Unless Lenovo does something weird you can use SteamOS as a desktop and you can use other game-launchers on it. The easy way for the other game-launchers is by using a Flatpak, that isn't my favorite way to use software but it definitely works. However, you can also just install Lutris, Heroicgames and other tools, that just requires a bit more work. If you want to use the desktop, just start up KDE from the shutdown-menu and you have a fully functional desktop, you can use the browser, use office-software, render video's, make animations with Blender, make drawings, write code and compile it...whatever you like to do.
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orangutanvintage
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A feeling in my bones that I'll have my way
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Well I'm a happy boy (happy boy)
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Oh ain't it good when things are going your way, hey hey
My little dog spot got hit by a car
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Put his guts in a box and put him in a drawer
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Well I'm a happy boy (happy boy)
Well I'm a happy boy (happy boy)
I forgot all about it for a month and a half
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I looked in the drawer and started to laugh
Hubba hubba hubba hubba hubba
Well I'm a happy boy (happy boy)
Well I'm a happy boy (happy boy)
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I was walkin' down the street on a sunny day
Hubba hubba hubba hubba hubba
A feeling in my bones that I'll have my way
Hubba hubba hubba hubba hubba
Well I'm a happy boy (happy boy)
Well I'm a happy boy (happy boy)
Oh ain't it good when things are going your way, hey hey
My little dog spot got hit by a car
Hubba hubba hubba hubba hubba
Put his guts in a box and put him in a drawer
Hubba hubba hubba hubba hubba
Well I'm a happy boy (happy boy)
Well I'm a happy boy (happy boy)
I forgot all about it for a month and a half
Hubba hubba hubba hubba hubba
I looked in the drawer and started to laugh
Hubba hubba hubba hubba hubba
Well I'm a happy boy (happy boy)
Well I'm a happy boy (happy boy)
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frankrivers3797
PCMR on full display there. He almost threw up in his mouth when he said console. Windows 11 is a temporary problem, later this year Microsoft is looking to bring a more console-like Windows experience to handhelds.
I for one hope Microsoft starts scaling back their dedicated console focus and go full speed into handhelds. This is exactly how they lost the mobile phone race. They focused on a strong but declining market in PocketPC while ignoring what Apple was doing.
With the $700 PS5 Pro, consoles are quickly losing their price advantage. If Microsoft can nail porting Xbox OS to Windows, they'll have a solid foothold for the future.
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PCMR on full display there. He almost threw up in his mouth when he said console. Windows 11 is a temporary problem, later this year Microsoft is looking to bring a more console-like Windows experience to handhelds.
I for one hope Microsoft starts scaling back their dedicated console focus and go full speed into handhelds. This is exactly how they lost the mobile phone race. They focused on a strong but declining market in PocketPC while ignoring what Apple was doing.
With the $700 PS5 Pro, consoles are quickly losing their price advantage. If Microsoft can nail porting Xbox OS to Windows, they'll have a solid foothold for the future.
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Moskeeto
The thing I like about SteamOS is that the desktop mode is almost completely optional. I only play Steam games on my Deck and I've almost never gone into desktop mode. I only needed it for installing Proton-GE and EmuDeck. Windows, however, puts the desktop interface in your face all the time. It's unavoidable. Imagine if your PS5 booted up like that before you could get into the main UI designed for controllers. It's a big turn-off for a lot of people who just want to game.
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The thing I like about SteamOS is that the desktop mode is almost completely optional. I only play Steam games on my Deck and I've almost never gone into desktop mode. I only needed it for installing Proton-GE and EmuDeck. Windows, however, puts the desktop interface in your face all the time. It's unavoidable. Imagine if your PS5 booted up like that before you could get into the main UI designed for controllers. It's a big turn-off for a lot of people who just want to game.
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deegarkie5598
While i am willing to give up the old screen for a native landwscapeVRR OLED
I cant wait for a Legion Go 3 with 1600p OLED 144hz native landscapeVRR
Sure, 1200p is easier to run than 1600p
But do you know whats easier to run than 1200p
800p
The 1600p display can use integer scaling to play games at 800p effectively natively, where as a 1200p display has to drop down to 600p, below the targted UI scaling of 800p for most games since 2010
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While i am willing to give up the old screen for a native landwscapeVRR OLED
I cant wait for a Legion Go 3 with 1600p OLED 144hz native landscapeVRR
Sure, 1200p is easier to run than 1600p
But do you know whats easier to run than 1200p
800p
The 1600p display can use integer scaling to play games at 800p effectively natively, where as a 1200p display has to drop down to 600p, below the targted UI scaling of 800p for most games since 2010
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asmod4n
Windows 8 with its tile based UI would have been a good handheld PC OS, anything else coming out of redmond is a worse experience than steamOS. Plus you got alot of game launchers for steamOS, which have more configuration possibilities than what is available for windows. There simply is no console like experience for windows, its all exclusively available for the dying xbox platform.
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Windows 8 with its tile based UI would have been a good handheld PC OS, anything else coming out of redmond is a worse experience than steamOS. Plus you got alot of game launchers for steamOS, which have more configuration possibilities than what is available for windows. There simply is no console like experience for windows, its all exclusively available for the dying xbox platform.
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dwaynewhite2014
This is a great video of what the next wave of 2025 handheld offerings will look like. I can tell Adam is a tad nervous when running down the specs of the Legion 2 vanilla z2 version. I realize it is a typo or slip when at around the 11:12 mark he states that the lower z2 has a 512 TB HDD. Sign me up!! I love the Full Nerd, their dedication and content!!
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This is a great video of what the next wave of 2025 handheld offerings will look like. I can tell Adam is a tad nervous when running down the specs of the Legion 2 vanilla z2 version. I realize it is a typo or slip when at around the 11:12 mark he states that the lower z2 has a 512 TB HDD. Sign me up!! I love the Full Nerd, their dedication and content!!
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napsta2776
I hope with the Lego 2 they end up doing the same and bring out a steam and windows I think the steam powered one is a good idea just disappointed that its not oled that’s probably the one idd go with though I have a oled steamdeck a I love the colour depth but just wish it had a larger screen but if the Lego 2 ran steam and with that oled idd go with that
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I hope with the Lego 2 they end up doing the same and bring out a steam and windows I think the steam powered one is a good idea just disappointed that its not oled that’s probably the one idd go with though I have a oled steamdeck a I love the colour depth but just wish it had a larger screen but if the Lego 2 ran steam and with that oled idd go with that
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miguelcollado5438
Man.. the STEAMOS version is really going to outsell the other, and I foreshadow Lenovo adding more memory/SSD Volume/API bump when they see the sales numbers by the end of the year, lol..
If they released this much sooner, XMAS 2024, i would have picked one up for my youngest Kid that is showing interest in Steam games at his young age.
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Man.. the STEAMOS version is really going to outsell the other, and I foreshadow Lenovo adding more memory/SSD Volume/API bump when they see the sales numbers by the end of the year, lol..
If they released this much sooner, XMAS 2024, i would have picked one up for my youngest Kid that is showing interest in Steam games at his young age.
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truenetgmx
Sniff test - wasted oportunity - should record the look on the lenovo staff :D
I think I'll buy heavily discounted legion go g1 today and experiment with bazzite and maby custom controllers- hoped for go 2 but don't want to wait another year...
Smaller legions, especially steam os one - why this over steamdeck - no idea why this exists
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Sniff test - wasted oportunity - should record the look on the lenovo staff :D
I think I'll buy heavily discounted legion go g1 today and experiment with bazzite and maby custom controllers- hoped for go 2 but don't want to wait another year...
Smaller legions, especially steam os one - why this over steamdeck - no idea why this exists
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creaturecore13
Neither are a good value and make no sense. Why would you get the steam version over the deck you already have that is more efficient and just as powerful up until around 20w on the go. The windows version makes even worse sense as you can get a more powerful apu, bigger battery, faster ram with the ally x for essentially the same price
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Neither are a good value and make no sense. Why would you get the steam version over the deck you already have that is more efficient and just as powerful up until around 20w on the go. The windows version makes even worse sense as you can get a more powerful apu, bigger battery, faster ram with the ally x for essentially the same price
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blakeandcamp
Since this is a prototype, I hope they move those buttons they have on the side of the right joycon on the Legion Go 2. I don't understand who thought it'd be a good idea to put those buttons there when they'll be in the middle of your palm when you're holding the device. They need to just move them to the back with the others.
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Since this is a prototype, I hope they move those buttons they have on the side of the right joycon on the Legion Go 2. I don't understand who thought it'd be a good idea to put those buttons there when they'll be in the middle of your palm when you're holding the device. They need to just move them to the back with the others.
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FlorentChardevel
I wonder WHY the SteamOS version is cheaper then. Does the Windows licence cost Lenovo some money for each unit Or maybe did Valve give them some money for each SteamOS unit
Either way, the SteamOS version is definitely more interesting. And you can even do workstation stuff in SteamOS.
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I wonder WHY the SteamOS version is cheaper then. Does the Windows licence cost Lenovo some money for each unit Or maybe did Valve give them some money for each SteamOS unit
Either way, the SteamOS version is definitely more interesting. And you can even do workstation stuff in SteamOS.
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Invid72
I want the bigger battery, more RAM and faster chip of the Legion Go 2. I guess I'll have to put SteamOS on it myself. Windows isn't a good experience on these devices. I also wish they'd move the second USB C on the Go 2 to the top because having it on the bottom makes it very difficult to use.
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I want the bigger battery, more RAM and faster chip of the Legion Go 2. I guess I'll have to put SteamOS on it myself. Windows isn't a good experience on these devices. I also wish they'd move the second USB C on the Go 2 to the top because having it on the bottom makes it very difficult to use.
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KevyoKAJ
Probably the most clear and concise understanding of what’s actually being released and will be available. A lot of videos I watched were very unsure.
That said, I’ll happily take the 32GB Ram, 1TB SteamOS version and call that my Steam deck 2 until the real one officially releases.
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Probably the most clear and concise understanding of what’s actually being released and will be available. A lot of videos I watched were very unsure.
That said, I’ll happily take the 32GB Ram, 1TB SteamOS version and call that my Steam deck 2 until the real one officially releases.
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chilldude30
Valve dwffo subsidised their version, wisely. It will destroy the windows version in sales which will be noted. Heck you can install windows on the steam os version extremely easily and for free! (Or for like 3$ for a key license if you don't know how to activate windows without a key)
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Valve dwffo subsidised their version, wisely. It will destroy the windows version in sales which will be noted. Heck you can install windows on the steam os version extremely easily and for free! (Or for like 3$ for a key license if you don't know how to activate windows without a key)
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matthewbarrios1028
I was gping to listen to you until you said you arent a fan of the Current go. Lol. It is superior to the Steam Deck in every way. It is built better than the Ally. And Lenovo is less shady than both Valve and Asus. If you dont like the Go, PC handhelds arent for you my guy.
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I was gping to listen to you until you said you arent a fan of the Current go. Lol. It is superior to the Steam Deck in every way. It is built better than the Ally. And Lenovo is less shady than both Valve and Asus. If you dont like the Go, PC handhelds arent for you my guy.
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slickrounder6045
Really looking forward to the new Legion Go 2 Oled. Pity it's not gonna be available just yet and all we have is a prototype. Also Good job teaming up with Retro Game Corps at CES, he was telling some stories about joining with you guys on this week's NerdNest Podcast.
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Really looking forward to the new Legion Go 2 Oled. Pity it's not gonna be available just yet and all we have is a prototype. Also Good job teaming up with Retro Game Corps at CES, he was telling some stories about joining with you guys on this week's NerdNest Podcast.
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Sizuhjee
Ruined by baffling back button implementation. Why go from 4 back buttons down to 2 It's not like you even get 4 back buttons on the premium version, you get some crazy frankenbutton configuration because lenovo insist on providing a removable fps joystick nobody asked for.
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Ruined by baffling back button implementation. Why go from 4 back buttons down to 2 It's not like you even get 4 back buttons on the premium version, you get some crazy frankenbutton configuration because lenovo insist on providing a removable fps joystick nobody asked for.
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