I still want to get a Steam Deck but I missed the last big sale. Probably wait till it's on sale again. The Lenovo Legion Go looks like an interesting alternative as well.
I still want to get a Steam Deck but I missed the last big sale. Probably wait till it's on sale again. The Lenovo Legion Go looks like an interesting alternative as well.
I still want to get a Steam Deck but I missed the last big sale. Probably wait till it's on sale again. The Lenovo Legion Go looks like an interesting alternative as well.
Legion Go Pre-Order is up, releases Oct 31st. Cool feature where the right joycon (you know what I mean) can turn into a desktop mouse for FPS games!
I might pick one up for fun or for a trip and give it a spin. Steam Deck was too limiting as my game library is no-longer Steam centric but Epic free games and Gamepass.
The model in Canada so far only seems to be 512GB, haven't seen the 1TB for pre-order. Lenovo also has Legion AR glasses that sound like they will be good.
Looks from the pictures like it can turn into a joystick for flight sims, etc., too.
No, it's just oriented that way.
The glasses might be cool. I just think this is arguably a bit too big and heavy... The Steam Deck is probably a touch too big; it just barely fits in a backpack water bottle pocket - and this is slightly taller, while not being as deep on the grips (which defeats the purpose of a large handheld because it makes it harder to hold, especially at 900g).
I'm also pretty skeptical about battery life on an 8.8 inch 2500x1600 screen. There's no need for that much resolution in a screen that small (much less 144hz) - 1080p max, IMO. Better off going with OLED than higher res... for me, the best version of this type of handheld will be the one that lasts for longer, not the one with higher specs.
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There's no need for that much resolution in a screen that small (much less 144hz) - 1080p max, IMO. Better off going with OLED than higher res... for me, the best version of this type of handheld will be the one that lasts for longer, not the one with higher specs.
Agreed. You could even argue with the Switch OLED that 720p on a portable system is all we really need. Might as well get better performance and battery on an awesome display. Many AAA games these days use dynamic resolution scaling that drops close to 900p in places (before upscaling to the target resolution), so why not have a native render resolution it can hold?
For the Legion Go I'm surprised at the lack of pre-sale demo units being sent out to the major tech influencers (I cringe to use that word). So far, only Dave 2D seems to have had a personal hands on. LTT doesn't have a video on it. Its supposed to ship Oct 31st so its close to launch.
Dave's video (actually I think all of them) were with a pre-production sample that had a bunch of things not finished, also.
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Took me a year, but I've finally realized that the steamdeck (or handhelds in general I guess) are the perfect devices for 1) metroidvanias and 2) jrpgs. I've been working my way through Hollow Knight and Blasphemous recently and prefer playing those on the deck versus my PC.
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Have about 50 hours of collective flight travel in the next 2 months so I dove on an Ayaneo 2S. Should be here soonish, but I just couldn't buy any of the underpowered alternatives.
Will be installing a dual boot of ChimeraOS and Win 11 to get all fancy with it
Pre-ordered a Lenovo Legion Go as a "congrats on the new job" gift to myself. New job involves a decent amount of travel, so should come in handy for that.
I haven't really had a chance to test it out much, but it has a very premium feel and I find the Lenovo UI pretty decent. Windows 11 also runs well on it. My only complaint would be that, outside of the joycons, there's a lack of backlighting on the buttons that make them difficult to see.
Available Nov 16. I'll be interested to see some comparisons... the problem they have is that even someone like me who loves his Deck and could 100% afford to just buy this one for the hell of it probably won't, just because my existing machine is perfectly good, runs everything I would want to play on a handheld and still has solid battery life. If you assume that the vast majority of the market for devices like these has already bought one, I don't know if this will cause a big bump in sales.
But then, people do like their handhelds, so maybe I'm wrong.
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So.....uhh.....anyone wanna buy a 512GB SteamDeck? Lol.
This new SteamDeck looks really great. Moving from LED to OLED was a game changer for me with PC gaming. I'm on board with buying the new one. The LE version would be cool to get but it seems like that'll be a long shot because of the limited availability.
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It is a fair point that if I were to sell my existing 512GB for like $350 I would probably be willing to pay the $300 to upgrade to the OLED. So maybe that's what people will do.
Also, I have to say, this is exactly what they should have done and all that was needed. They could have upgraded the APU I guess, but the main thing was better screen, better battery. Not more power or higher refresh rate or resolution, just make it look good in a resolution that makes sense for a 7.4" screen, and last as long as possible. 3-12 hours sounds unlikely, but I would believe 3-10 with the brightness turned down on games like JRPGs or the like.
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