The handheld gaming console market is becoming somewhat crowded nowadays. Pretty much every hardware manufacturer is coming up with a portable PC of their own. The most recent one was Asus’ ROG Ally, and that console is making some great buzz amongst gamers.
Before that, there was Valve’s Steam Deck console and a bunch of devices from a manufacturer named GPD. All of them are pretty excellent devices, and surprisingly, all of them are successful enough. But it looks like there are even more challengers to come, and one of them is from another PC manufacturer!
After Asus’ ROG Ally, Lenovo’s portable gaming PC, the Legion Go, is on its way!
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Nintendo released the Wii U in November 2012. The console was not much of a success, but it gave the industry something to think about. Its controller allowed players to play games even when the TV was turned off, and Sony caught on. They gave their handheld console, the PlayStation Vita, the ability to stream PlayStation 4 games.
Years later, Nintendo released a console called the Nintendo Switch, a hybrid console. It was like a culmination of everything Nintendo had done up to that point, and it worked. The ability to take home console-level games on the go was nothing to scoff at.
Then Valve decided it was the right time to bring out Steam Deck, a handheld streaming device that was way more powerful than the Nintendo Switch. And it was much more open-ended, too. That device created its own small share of the market, and it sold well enough. In fact, it is still selling like hotcakes.
That device was followed by Asus’ ROG Ally, a console that improved on everything that Nintendo did. A better display, more power, and even RGB lighting for some reason. And what do you know? Ally is making a lot of positive buzz too. This has inspired Lenovo to prepare its own console, called Legion Go, for launch.
This device, according to Windows Central, would be equipped with an AMD Phoenix processing chip and an 8-inch display. Ally runs on a Z1 chip; hence, there would indeed be a power gap between these two.
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There is no indication of when this console will see the light of day. Heck, no one even knows when Lenovo plans to reveal it to the public, but it has to be sooner, given the fact that launching this thing too close to the Nintendo Switch 2 would be a bad decision.
EXCLUSIVE: According to our sources, Lenovo is working on a Steam Deck competitor too. 👀
Details: https://t.co/NTtTHJIrrO #PCGaming #SteamDeck #Steam #ASUSROGAlly #ROGAlly
— Windows Central Gaming (@WinC_Gaming) July 31, 2023
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Nintendo’s console literally has a power of its own. Any company would want to avoid such competition. Let’s see if Lenovo agrees to this or not. There’s still a lot of time before Nintendo’s next console comes out.
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