A new candidate could appear in the market for portable consoles for PC. After the Steam Deck and the ROG Ally in particular, the more discreet, but no less prolific Ayaneo, Lenovo is preparing to launch a product of its own.
The indiscretion had already been made by the Windows Central site not long ago. This time Windows Report has published exclusive photos of the Lenovo Legion Go.
According to the site, which seeks to confirm the existence of the device, the Chinese brand has developed a nomadic console in the spirit of competition. The Legion Go would be presented as a powerful on-board portable PC in a format close to the Nintendo Switch due to its ease of transport.
detachable joysticks
The Legion Go would sport an 8-inch touchscreen, where the competition sometimes stops at 7-inches. It appears surrounded by the controls found on both the ROG Ally and the Steam Deck, complete with menu, power, and other buttons. On the right, a control touch panel like on the Valve console. The console would also feature triggers on the top, back, and edge of the handles, including a strange button under the fingers of the right hand.
Beneath the chassis, the Legion Go would bet, like Asus, on Windows 11 to run the console as a gaming machine, but also as a potential replacement PC. Inside we would find an AMD chip based on the upcoming Phoenix 2 range. The presence of two USB-C ports (upper and lower), a headphone jack, volume buttons and a slot for a microSD card stands out.
On the back of the device, an integrated foot is reminiscent of the Nintendo Switch to allow the console to stand upright while playing. And Legion Go would have been inspired by the Japanese side for another great argument: the handles would be detachable to become gamepads.
On paper and in photos, Lenovo seems to have a promising product there, at the crossroads between the power of the Steam Deck and ROG Ally, and the versatility of the Switch. It remains to be seen what the interface and compatibility with PC game libraries, or even cloud gaming, will offer if Legion GO adds 5G support, an element that is still missing from these handheld consoles. Or you have to resort to the Logitech G Cloud that seeks to gain a foothold with a slightly different and above all nomadic concept. Lenovo should partially lift the veil at the next IFA in Berlin at the end of August.
Source: BFM TV
