This Lenovo handheld is a mix of Steam Deck and the Switch

Yet one more participant appears to be about to enter the gaming handheld market. Lenovo is reportedly working by itself competitor to the Steam Deck and the Asus ROG Ally. Now, it’s fairly protected to imagine that this system is greater than only a rumor, all because of the high-quality renders of the Lenovo Legion Go that simply emerged. It undoubtedly appears to be like like Lenovo could have taken inspiration not simply from its direct rivals, but additionally from the Nintendo Change.

As might be seen within the picture above (courtesy of WindowsReport), the Lenovo Legion Go seems to be geared up with removable controllers, that are similar to the Pleasure-Cons utilized by the Nintendo Change. It additionally comes with a stand within the again, implying that — when mixed with these detachable “joy-cons” — it may work nicely for co-op gaming on the go. On the very least, it looks like it is possible for you to to set it down and play while not having to carry it in your palms the entire time.

Whereas the idea of removable controllers could be very Change-like, the controllers themselves are a little bit of a mix of the Asus ROG Ally and the Steam Deck. The button placement resembles the ROG Ally, however there’s additionally a trackpad like on the Steam Deck. WindowsReport has additionally noticed an attention-grabbing addition to the appropriate “joy-con” — a wheel.

The console itself sports activities a big 8-inch display with a 16:9 facet ratio. It comes with two USB-C ports, a headphone jack, and a micro-SD slot for further storage. It has loads of vents on the again, which may presumably assist it keep away from points with thermals which have been current within the Asus handheld. This might come in useful if Lenovo is gearing this one as much as be able to working a number of the most demanding video games, which appears attainable proper now.

In fact, as that is nonetheless simply an unofficial report, we don’t know a lot concerning the form of {hardware} the hand-held homes inside its chassis. We do know, nevertheless, that it’s more than likely an AMD APU and AMD’s newest Phoenix lineup appears very probably. It’s laborious to say whether or not AMD can have made a customized APU the best way it has achieved with the Ryzen Z1 for the Asus ROG Ally, or maybe we are going to see a chip alongside the likes of the Ryzen 7840U.

The Lenovo Legion Go is rumored to make use of Home windows 11, which may show to be a blessing or a curse, relying on how nicely Lenovo integrates the system into any proprietary person interface it would implement. In any case, it’s a well-recognized OS for a lot of, so that may be a very good factor.

This isn’t Lenovo’s first try at making a handheld system. A couple of years again, it additionally tried to launch a tool known as Legion Play, nevertheless it by no means made it to the market. Given these renders, although, evidently the Legion Go would possibly really occur. Sadly, the discharge date remains to be a thriller, as is the event standing proper now. It’d make sense for Lenovo to launch this quickly, although, so we would see a formidable competitor to the present high handhelds within the close to future.

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