For players who’ve been patiently maintain out on any stellar offers on handheld gaming PCs, I’ve excellent news and unhealthy information. The unhealthy information, there aren’t very many offers. The excellent news, the few offers to select from occur to be wonderful. They’re additionally completely accessible at Greatest Purchase. That is proper, Greatest Purchase is the one and solely retailer who has discounted the Lenovo Legion Go SteamOS handheld gaming PCs as a part of its Black Friday Sale. Actually, each Z2 Go and Z1 Excessive fashions are on sale right this moment at the lowest costs of the 12 months. These offers are ok that I do not count on them to drop on Cyber Monday.
Lenovo Legion Go S Z1 Excessive SteamOS Version
Lenovo Legion Go S 8″ 120Hz AMD Ryzen Z1 Excessive SteamOS Gaming Handheld PC (32GB/1TB)
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This explicit Lenovo Legion Go S is supplied with the extra highly effective AMD Ryzen Z1 Excessive processor, 32GB of RAM, 512GB storage capability, and it runs off SteamOS as a substitute of Home windows. The Z1 Excessive is far more highly effective than the APU present in the Steam Deck and as such, it should outperform the Steam Deck in just about any scenario. Graphics additionally look sharper with extra fluid motion, due to an even bigger 8″ 1200p show with a better 120Hz refresh charge. The Legion Go S additionally helps a a lot increased most charging charge (as much as 100W vs 40W for the Steam Deck). This deal costs the Legion Go S on par with the highest finish Steam Deck, nevertheless it’s superior in virtually each means.
Try Jacqueline’s 9/10 evaluate of the Legion Go S (Z1 Excessive, SteamOS mannequin), by which she concludes that it’s one in every of the “greatest handheld gaming PCs on the market, and a reputable Steam Deck various.”
Lenovo Legion Go S Z2 Go SteamOS Version
Lenovo Legion Go S 8″ 120Hz AMD Ryzen Z2 Go SteamOS Gaming Handheld PC (16GB/512GB)
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Additionally on sale is the Legion Go S Z2 Go Version, which is presently $449.99 after a $200 low cost. Regardless of the indisputable fact that the AMD Ryzen Z2 Go is a 2nd gen chip, it is really much less highly effective than the Z1 Excessive. Happily, it is nonetheless extra highly effective than the Steam Deck’s APU and it’s best to count on barely higher efficiency out of it, particularly when you knock the decision right down to 1280×800. Since a Steam Deck with equal specs will nonetheless value you $549, it is a a lot better worth: you get extra options and pay much less cash.
In case you’re a Steam Deck loyalist, there’s one deal accessible completely at Steam.
Eric Music is the IGN commerce supervisor in command of discovering the greatest gaming and tech offers day-after-day. When Eric is not trying to find offers for different individuals at work, he is trying to find offers for himself throughout his free time.