If you’ve been curious what the Steam Deck would be like if someone else made it, Lenovo has something on the way.
Now that Valve’s Steam Deck has arrived in Australia, devices like the Asus ROG Ally and Ally X have some serious competition, and not just because Valve is advertising its portable PC gaming console on its Steam platform.
Arriving with a big screen, a clever design, and even equipped with a case and a smart price, the Steam Deck isn’t just a great portable gaming PC, but an easy pick for this journalist as one of the best gadgets released in Australia last year. And it has competition, some of which is more powerful, but Valve’s Steam Deck puts together a great package by itself, making a compelling case for taking your PC gaming to go.
Developed by the makers of excellent titles Half-Life and Portal, not to mention the Steam gaming platform, the Steam Deck is a clever PC designed to let you play much of your library anywhere you want.
But it’s not perfect, and so if you’ve wondered what a Steam Deck would be like if a PC manufacturer could make the console, you may soon get your wish.
Lenovo has announced variations on that theme at CES 2025, with the Legion Go S and Legion Go S with SteamOS, two models of portable gaming PC that come with either Windows or SteamOS (respectively), as well as AMD Ryzen chips, including the newly launched Ryzen Z2 Go.
Each includes an 8 inch touch screen and up to 32GB RAM, with support for WiFi 6E, USB, and a choice of either Windows or Steam. If you opt for the former, you’ll be able to access all the gaming platforms Windows has to offer, while SteamOS will deliver an experience more like that of the Steam Deck, except in a device designed by Lenovo.
A third model is on the way in the Legion Go 2, though it’s more of a larger portable prototype, offering an 8.8 inch screen, Ryzen Z2 Extreme chips, 144Hz OLED, and a larger battery, as well.
There’s no word on pricing or availability for that larger Go 2 model, but the 8 inch Windows-ready Go looks set for release in Australia on January 25 for $1299, while the SteamOS has a date of May 2025 in the US penciled in.
Meanwhile, there are other gaming machines Lenovo has on the way, covering desktop gaming towers, and 15 and 16 inch gaming laptops in the Legion and Legion Pro line.
Of particular note is one heading to Australia in March for $6999: the 16 inch Legion Pro 7i, a large gaming laptop with support for up to a second-gen Intel Core Ultra 9 chip, Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 graphics chip, specialised cooling system, and a 16 inch OLED display with up to a 240Hz refresh rate.
You can expect a few models in the range, as well, including an Android gaming tablet in the Legion Tab and some new gaming monitors, but there are also new glasses on the way if you like your screens to look like a pair of sunnies.
The Lenovo Legion Glasses 2 look more like a pair of Ray-Ban Aviators interpreted through a gaming lens, and yet offer screens inside, providing micro-OLED displays that trick your brain into seeing a roughly 126 inch screen with support for a 120Hz refresh rate.
And interestingly, the Lenovo Glasses 2 are another of those rare CES launches with an Australian release date, expected in January for a recommended retail price of $799.
Not everything being launched by Lenovo’s gaming division does have an Australian price or availability date penciled in, but as more comes to light, we’ll let you know.
