Lenovo Legion Go S with SteamOS will land Could 25 for $50 greater than anticipated

Lenovo has the honour of releasing the first SteamOS handhelds not made by Valve, and it appears such as you will not have to attend lengthy to get them. Legion Go S handhelds with SteamOS ship Could 25, in accordance with a brand new Best Buy listing noticed by The Verge, however go for at the least $50 greater than the unique $499.99 worth Lenovo promised.

The Legion Go S powered by SteamOS now begins at $549.99, which will get you an 8-inch, 120Hz OLED show, snug controls, a fingerprint reader / touchpad, 16GB of RAM and the AMD Ryzen Z2 Go chip. In case you’re prepared to pay $749.99, you may get the identical package deal, however with the AMD Ryzen Z1 Excessive, which initially appeared on the Legion Go, and 32GB of RAM.

Maybe extra essential than the specs, each handhelds come pre-loaded with SteamOS, which suggests they need to be as straightforward to setup and use because the Steam Deck, and be capable to play the overwhelming majority of video games because of Valve’s Proton compatibility software program.

Lenovo already launched its first Home windows 11 model of the Legion Go S again in February for $730. We discovered it costly and a bit hampered by Home windows in our review, however in any other case stable. On the time, a SteamOS model for $500 appeared like a promising different. However for $50 additional, a few of that shine has come off, significantly when you may get the already wonderful Steam Deck OLED for a similar worth.

It will take a full evaluation to suss out how totally different SteamOS makes the Legion Go S, whether or not paired with the Ryzen Z2 Go or the extra highly effective Ryzen Z1 Excessive. On the very least, it is good to have extra SteamOS units within the wild.

The Legion Go S powered by SteamOS is accessible to pre-order now for $549.99, and can ship on Could 25. The Ryzen Z1 Excessive mannequin ships on the identical date for $749.99. Lenovo can be providing a model of the Ryzen Z1 Excessive Legion Go S with Home windows 11 for $829.99, too.