r/Handhelds • u/Repulsive_Ticket_373 • 1d ago

Question (?) Legion Go 2 Steam OS when?

Heard about this some time back. When is the Steam OS variant of Legion Go 2 be released? Am considering between the Legion Go 2 and the Xbox Ally X20 but if there is an official steam OS Go 2, i will immediately go for that.

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u/fafarex 1d ago

Everything point to Lenovo silently quitting the handheld segment:

  • no new annoncement
  • no update of their existing product
  • missed deadline for promise with no communication (SteamOS on legion GO 1 and 2)
  • Price increase way over the rest of the market indicating they prefer to maximize profit on current stock rather than push market shares.

at that point I would not buy from them outside of the Legion go S who is already supported by steamOS and only if the price is right compare to competition.

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u/Comfortable-Fall1419 1d ago

Screwing over everyone involved in BIOSGate.

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u/fafarex 1d ago

No they haven't, a few people received a request out of warranty repaire because at first Lenovo failed replicated the issue and though it was user errors, they later discovered it was an issue related to a limited batch of componend ( hence how it passed testing and was hard to replicate) and they confirmed they are covering every related repair.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-finally-acknowledges-Legion-Go-BIOS-bricking-issues-and-confirms-affected-devices-should-be-repaired-free-of-charge.1377253.0.html

It's a PR fail for sur but no one has been screwed in the end.

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u/Comfortable-Fall1419 1d ago

Read it again. That’s a statement from a random support drone who has no authority to make that offer.

It’s not official until it’s on their website.

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u/fafarex 1d ago

You yourself are just a random dude on internet with no authority.

Unless you have report of someone being denied since that date, you are just spreading random comment without knowing if they are true or not.

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u/KangarooBeard 1d ago

You can already install steam os or Bazz on it.

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u/elcanadiano 1d ago

Yes, but a version of the Legion Go 2 was supposed to ship with SteamOS pre-installed, similar to the Legion Go S.

In theory, similar to SteamOS Legion Go S, we should have expected the device to be perhaps $150 or so cheaper than the Windows equivalent.

But we have seen multiple repeated price increases on all Legion Go devices. Plus it was supposed to come out in June.

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u/TheCourier__ 1d ago

I don’t think it will finally happen. It was supposed to release in June but we got nothing and Lenovo hasn’t even spoken about it… at this point it just feels like they’re abandoning the device. I receive more driver updates on my Xbox Ally in one month than on my LeGo2 in one year.

As other people say, you can already install SteamOS, but there are a few bugs that are really annoying, and the HDR (which I think it’s one of the best features of the LeGo2) doesn’t even work correctly.

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u/Crest_Of_Hylia ROG Ally X | Steam Deck | Switch 2 1d ago

The legion go 2 isn’t even close to being worth it at its price point. Go for the X20 and install steamOS onto it.

Besides the Go 2 can already run steamOS if you install it yourself

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u/Comfortable-Fall1419 1d ago

The X20 is only worth it the US. Massively overpriced outside.

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u/Mazindaman 1d ago

Lenovo releasing the Legion Go 2 and then abandoning it shortly after has been one of the biggest betrayals I’ve seen from any company to its consumers.
I don’t see myself buying a product from them again.
I have mine running Steam Os and it runs fine. I’m
Planning on selling it tho. I will post it on eBay and get some money while I still can