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Lenovo Legion Go S with SteamOS will land May 25 for $50 more than expected (www.engadget.com)
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[–] natryamar@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago (4 children)

What makes this better than a steam deck? The processor?

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Looking at the specs:

Positives:

  • Higher refresh rate (with VRR) and slightly larger screen (so smaller bezel), higher resolution.
  • Hall effect joysticks
  • Possibly better speakers

Negatives:

  • IPS instead of OLED display (but a good quality one at least)
  • Only one touchpad, and its tiny
  • Seems to be only 2 back buttons instead of 4 on the deck

Neutral / unknown:

  • Long term support compared to official Valve devices (hopefully Valve is handling this for third party devices similar to Bazzite).
  • Price seems to be the similar to the Deck OLED model (depending on region)

Going by the Verge review of the Windows version of the hardware, it seems the SOC of this isn't that powerful (and may even be outperformed by the Deck when rendering at 720p on both systems with some games): https://www.theverge.com/reviews/617613/lenovo-legion-go-s-review-feels-good-plays-bad

They did see framerates improve with Bazzite, so presumably the Steam OS release will have similar improvements.

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Right? I'm wondering why I wouldnt just wait for the next iteration of the Steam Deck.

[–] natryamar@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I live in Japan and my steam deck is just too big to take outside and whip out on the train or elsewhere. I would definitely buy a switch lite sized device to bring with me outside. Those are the kind of devices I am looking forward to seeing.

[–] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I want a ps vita sized PC handheld. I don't care if it's weaker. I just love and miss my vita

[–] natryamar@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I remember seeing a ps Vita for the first time and being blown away that a PS3/pc game like binding of Isaac was available to play in my hands like that. I didn't realize until later that it didn't really take off.

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

Great point!

[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Real question is if the software/firmware is open source. They have no incentive to maintain a orphan kernel long term. Any hardware without mainline supported kernel modules, and with a 3rd party reputable maintainer for each should be a no-go.

[–] technomad@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 months ago

Better ergonomics