Lenovo Legion Go value tumbles as ROG Ally X creates value headache

The Lenovo Legion Go is at present accessible for its lowest-ever value, a milestone little doubt impressed by the latest success of the Asus ROG Ally X. Regardless of having the identical AMD Ryzen Z1 Excessive APU on the core of every system, the Ally X brings way more energy to the desk at a really related value, which means Lenovo has blinked and located a brand new, decrease ground for its deal pricing.

Whereas neither headset can fairly topple the Steam Deck as the very best handheld gaming PC, it’s nice to have some significant competitors out there. This competitors now seems to be having a constructive impression on pricing, which is what sees the Legion Go drop to only $551.99.

There may be, nonetheless, a catch to this enticing pricing, as you’ll should be a member of MyBestBuyPlus. In any other case the low cost is capped at $100, making the general value $599.99, which continues to be an amazing deal.

Amazon did have the Legion Go for $511.79 over the weekend, however this value has since been adjusted to mirror related financial savings to Greatest Purchase. It’s additionally price noting that it’s solely the 512GB mannequin which seems to be on sale proper now.

The timing of this deal is not any accident, with the Asus ROG Ally X releasing for simply $100 greater than the Legion Go just a few weeks in the past. That is regardless of the Ally X having double the bottom storage, quicker and better capability RAM, and a wealth of different quality-of-life enhancements that began to make the Legion Go’s $699 MSRP look weak.

Each gadgets look equally as weak, at the very least by way of worth, when in comparison with the value of the Steam Deck LCD and OLED fashions, however a substantial energy hole now exists that Valve is beginning to wrestle counter. This comes amid rumors that it’s going to quickly make SteamOS a downloadable possibility for the ROG Ally handhelds.

The Legion Go is by far essentially the most lively handheld on the subject of value cuts, and we’ve lined all of them together with a steep value reduce final month simply earlier than the Ally X was launched. If the present development continues, we may see the Legion Go hit a $200 low cost earlier than the top of the 12 months.

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