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Valve will be Lenovo’s ‘special guest’ at just-announced gaming handheld event

That SteamOS Legion Go is looking like a lock for CES.

www.theverge.com

Interesting to see Jason Ronald's title.. 'VP of Next Generation'

Also this pretty much means that Steam OS Lenovo Legion Go is well.. a Go.

 

[Artistic]

Is Xbox officially back?

 

[Robb]

Is Xbox officially back?

 

[Darsxx82]

Interesting to see Jason Ronald's title.. 'VP of Next Generation'

We already knew that MS was going to continue releasing hardware (how that hardware will be will be seen), but there were doubts as to whether Jason Ronald would continue to lead the Xbox engineers. Based on this, it could be said that he will continue to be responsible.

 

[HogIsland]

i'm really excited to see this Legion Go S. SteamOS onboard and the totally revamped hardware design looks like a big winner:

so pretty! it's the first non-valve handheld i'd want to own.

 

[DenchDeckard]

I hope Jason beard boy has learnt to always put more memory in!

When it comes to memory....the answer is yes Jason.

 

[Parazels]

Everything is Xbox Steam Deck!

 

[Sorcerer]

Are they really going to release a Steam OS handheld without trackpads?

 

[Minsc]

This is different than all the rumors I've been seeing of a new Go with the same size screen but OLED it seems, as that one was rumored to be running W11.

Edit. yeah, separate handheld:

I like the versatility of a tablet + controllers that can turn into mice. Big points for the large OLED screen too, at 1600p.

 

[adamsapple]

Is Xbox officially back?

 

[Minsc]

Are they really going to release a Steam OS handheld without trackpads?

Is that small square on the right controller not a tiny trackpad? I wonder. The larger Go above has it as well, at a more useable size.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Gaming Handheld Event. Will Nintendo be there?

edit-wait Valve will be at CES! Nvidia will be at CES. Stuff going to be announced, perhaps, maybe.

 

[Sorcerer]

Is that small square on the right controller not a tiny trackpad? I wonder. The larger Go above has it as well, at a more useable size.

Is it? Interesting. Is it even useable at that size besides being a button?

 

[ResilientBanana]

I don't think I would ever buy a Lenovo product.

 

[Gamezone]

Gabe is officially a Xbox.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

 

[Crayon]

Hoping steamos takes over handhelds asap. That's the place where windows is weakest.

I don't think steamos poses any real threat to desktop windows, but this would help keeping windows confined to desktop and laptop. Then get deckard out as a standalone PC headset and set the standard of steam os there from the get-go.

 

[StereoVsn]

It would be interesting to see Go 2 with Z2 extreme and SteamOS option.

 

[Diseased Yak]

The fact that they rounded the corners on the controllers is the best part. Will pick this up, get rid of my current Legion Go.

 

[Mr Moose]

Is Xbox officially back?

Depends, do you like expensive handhelds?

 

[HogIsland]

Hoping steamos takes over handhelds asap. That's the place where windows is weakest.

I don't think steamos poses any real threat to desktop windows, but this would help keeping windows confined to desktop and laptop. Then get deckard out as a standalone PC headset and set the standard of steam os there from the get-go.

I want the steam console also.

SteamOS is no threat to desktop windows but most of what valve has done also makes gaming work on regular Linux distributions which is exciting.

 

[Spukc]

HALF
LIFE
3

 

[Parazels]

I think Steam OS is going to become a default OS for handhelds (aside from Nintendo).

What are the next steps?
1) More native Linux games.
2) Moving to ARM architecture.

 

[Kacho]

What are the next steps?
1) More native Linux games.

I sure hope so. Japanese developers will be 10 years behind if it happens though.

 

[Parazels]

I sure hope so. Japanese developers will be 10 years behind if it happens though.

Japanese developers have the infinity Switch install base anyway!

 

[HogIsland]

I think Steam OS is going to become a default OS for handhelds (aside from Nintendo).

What are the next steps?
1) More native Linux games.
2) Moving to ARM architecture.

imo neither one.

native linux ports (historically by Feral Interactive or Aspyr) often perform a lot worse than windows w/ proton, and have more quirky problems with sound, windowing, and controller support. it doesn't have to be this way, but in 99% of cases, devs treat the linux port as a low priority. we'd get more bang for the buck if devs adopted vulkan on windows, which can be translated on linux with barely any performance penalty.

arm... i just don't see it. even with the benefits of battery life and thermals, would you want to take the performance hit of x86 emulation in every game before 2025? until arm is widely supported on desktop, i don't think it's a good handheld pc option.

the obvious next step is just anticheat. get to the point where "Steam Verified" isn't necessary because every game works. not having games like call of duty and fortnite on the deck is the biggest knock against it.