I have a family, it's simply too much friction to sit down and look at a TV + had the sound everywhere in the living room. Might be difficult to explain, before getting the Steam Deck I played maybe for 10 hours total in 2023 on my PS5. I also do not want cables lying around, I only have AppleTV and WiFi router visible in my living room, even the printer is stashed in the cupboard.
Yeah, I use my Steam Deck or Legion Go S all the time while my wife or kids watch some TV that I would otherwise have 0 interest in.
You could try to catch Lenovo Legion Go S Z1E on sale. Bunch of us did that during BF. Sometimes you can even get a Best Buy "like new" return on top of that.
Yup, I got an OG Legion Go open box from BB for like $599
Yep, a bunch of us got Go S Z1E during BF as BestBuy had a good sale, there were bunch of "like new " open boxes AND PayPal had 20% cashback. It was like perfect storm of discounts.
I hope Lenovo or Asus make a Panther Lake handheld. Dat Xe3 GPU is a beast compared to the old grandpa that is RDNA3 on all other handhelds.It's set to launch in June.
One year ago, Lenovo became the first company besides Valve to announce a handheld with SteamOS instead of Windows. The result was the Legion Go S with SteamOS; no Steam Deck killer due to price and battery life, but a big step forward in performance and pick-up-and-play portability.
Now, Lenovo's doing it again — it's bringing SteamOS to the Legion Go 2, its flagship handheld with detachable Nintendo Switch-like controllers and the most advanced screen in a handheld yet. Lenovo plans to begin selling a SteamOS version in June starting at $1,199, the company just announced at CES 2026 in Las Vegas. Specs are otherwise the same.
Yes, that is quite the price tag and quite the wait before it arrives! Lenovo already launched the Windows version of this handheld at the end of October, so it'll already be seven-to-eight months old by the time SteamOS debuts. (With the Legion Go S, the Windows version only had a three-month head start.)
By then, it's possible we'll have handhelds with more powerful Intel Panther Lake chips — we've already seen Intel's existing Lunar Lake offering better performance in some games than the Legion Go 2's AMD Z2 Extreme can offer.
But simply switching from Windows to SteamOS can offer a notable performance boost, too, and the Legion Go 2 isn't just premium because of an AMD chip. As of this writing, it's the only handheld on the market with a variable-refresh-rate OLED screen to make games look amazing and one of the few that doubles as a tablet, with an excellent integrated kickstand and comfortable sculpted detachable wireless controllers for tray table play. There's even an FPS mouse built into one of those controllers, with a snap-on puck to let it glide smoothly across a table.
I called the original Legion Go "the Swiss Army knife of handhelds," and my time with the Legion Go 2 is much the same. I still find the newer Legion Go 2 a bit heavy and awkward with all the extra mouse buttons beneath my fingers as I grip, but there's no denying its versatility. Speaking of which: you can already load Bazzite onto a Legion Go 2 if you want a preview of SteamOS there. Everything seems to work, including the detachable controllers and RGB lighting.
Lenovo's also prepping the Legion Go 2 for Microsoft's Xbox Full Screen Experience for Windows 11; it's already possible to force-install it there, but last we heard it should officially arrive this spring.
Lol more like till 2029. RAM-AGGEDON isn't ending for a few years.Great to see more devices getting SteamOS support.
Hoping the Legion Go S 2 inherits that beautiful screen but at a more sensible price ...but I think we're fucked when it comes to tech pricing for the rest of 2026.
Yeah, once I figured out that you needed to change it from sleep to hibernate it made a big difference. I was almost to the point of returning it just because I couldn't suspend/resume like I could on my Steam Deck. It's no where near as fast as it is on Steam Deck but still better than nothing. I'll be switching over to SteamOS once official support for it becomes available.
I got my Z2 version for 1099€. Same 32GB/1TB for Legion Go S with Z1E I couldn't find below 785€, so 300€ difference.
I really can't justify it lol. Similar to your situation, I spent $1,800 on a 77" Samsung OLED last September and then 3 months later I buy a handheld gaming system for almost the same price as my TV. I have until February 3rd to return either device but as it stands right now I'm keeping the Go 2 over the Go S simply because of the 8.8" OLED screen - it is that good.
Man, I just can't justify something like Go 2 considering I got my Go S Z1E for $530 (BF BestBuy Open Box) - 20% PayPal credit. Like there is no way for me to pay 3x for 15% (if that) more performance and better screen / battery life.
