Rumored Lenovo Legion Go could be next Steam Deck competitor

Although there had been loads of handheld gaming PCs in the marketplace beforehand, Valve’s Steam Deck actually modified the market. Now, it appears everyone seems to be making an attempt to seize a bit of the pie, most notably ASUS with its well-received ROG Ally.

Now, it seems Lenovo could step into the fold. According to a rumor stemming from Windows Central, there could be a so-called “Lenovo Legion Go” within the works. Legion is the sub-brand Lenovo makes use of for its gaming merchandise. If you’ll keep in mind, that is the place the corporate put its gaming telephones, however Lenovo absolutely exited that market earlier this yr.

With this new rumor, we are able to see the doable motive Lenovo reduce out its gaming cellphone ambitions. According to the rumor, the Legion Go could have an 8-inch show, which might be bigger than the 7-inch shows on each the Steam Deck and the ROG Ally. It could even have a brand new Phoenix processor, which comes below the AMD Ryzen line. This would most likely make it extra highly effective than the ROG Ally. However, we haven’t seen these launch but, so we are able to’t say a lot about them.

Outside of this data, we don’t know a lot else in regards to the Lenovo Legion Go. Keep in thoughts that this isn’t the primary time we’ve heard about Lenovo engaged on a gaming handheld. Last time, the rumor mill steered the corporate was engaged on an Android-based handheld with a deal with recreation streaming, just like the Razer Edge. This by no means got here to be, although. Therefore, it’s completely doable that we’ll by no means see this Legion Go land.

Since we’ve got no renders or different strong data on this system, we’re going to take a position we received’t see it this yr. If you might have your eyes on a gaming handheld in 2023, the Steam Deck or the ROG Ally are most likely nonetheless your finest choices.