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Lenovo’s Legion Go is an iPad mini-sized portable PC with detachable controllers

arstechnica.com

20 pointsPaulHoule12 comments

Some of the comments there are really digging the facts that the device has a kickstand and that the right controller can be turned into a mouse… I’m glad you can but you can easily plug a USB mouse in and get a better experience. The real goal here is a HANDHELD gaming experience, and the Steam Deck, with gyro etc., is still king of that arena, it seems to me.

Why would you bring a mouse when you can just use the controller as a mouse, and get a better experience.

For FPS games you wouldn't

Dave2D pointed out something interesting, that having detachable controllers is a must if you want to control it with mouse w/o keyboard, which is also an option. That's not possible with the Steam Deck, or at least too uncomfortable.

I'm starting to get the FOMO after buying an ROG Ally. The Legion Go is quite a heavy boy though at over 800g

It also doesn’t have VRR support which makes that 144hz screen a lot worse. I also have a ROG Ally and I am still happy with my purchase.

VRR missing is probably the only thing holding me back from swapping my Ally for it. It's sooo underrated of a feature, especially in hardware like those Windows handhelds.

The improvements are not quite enough to make me jealous, the only thing that would tempt me is a serious CPU/GPU upgrade. 1600p is sort of useless when you can't even run ps4-era games at that resolution.

I'd argue with FSR at that screen size it is not useless at all. You watch video? It's super crisp. You're playing a 2D platformer at native 1600p? It's super crisp. You're playing a super demanding game? Render at 800p and either FSR or the fact that you're at exactly 2x scale with 1600p makes it so the image is super crisp as well.

From the article:

https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/legio...

Everyone who sees this picture should understand that the marketers have no idea why you would buy this either.

Is it the AR? The GAME PASS? The Star Wars?

Buy this and you'll also be dripped out and permed

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