At $549, Lenovo’s Legion Go S handheld is suddenly a good deal

This week, Steam Deck OLED with 512GB of storage it went from $549 to $789putting it up a notch for those who were thinking of picking one up when it came back in stock after a few months of unavailability. I take it as a small consolation that there is a good PC game being sold at its original price. The Lenovo Legion Go S now it’s $549.99 per Wow (originally $729.99). It’s the kind of partnership that wasn’t as prominent a year ago as it is now.

We didn’t really like the Legion Go S at launch, though some of that was due to its high price tag. Sean loved its beautiful 8-inch 120Hz screen and found its ergonomics to be better than most gaming laptops, including the Steam Deck. But the price didn’t make sense considering it didn’t work as well as the handheld Valve in some (but not all) games. Also, when Windows 11 started, it was difficult to navigate on mobile devices, even things little has changed since then.

The Legion Go S isn’t a device we’d recommend wholeheartedly, but I’m willing to make an exception for silly times like this. I’d be happy to recommend the Ryzen Z1 Extreme processor-packed version of the Go S — we’ve found its performance to be anywhere from 10 percent to 40 percent better than the Ryzen Z2 Go, depending on the game — but not for its $1,452.99 price tag. Lenovo website.