▲ 188 ▼ EXCLUSIVE: Lenovo is working on a Windows PC gaming handheld called the 'Legion Go' (www.windowscentral.com) submitted 3 years ago by echoplex21@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world 85 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] mojo@lemm.ee 28 points 3 years ago (1 child) Why would you run Windows on this? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Carighan@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (2 children) Maximum compatibility? Windows is the de-facto gaming OS, whether you personally like it or not. It makes sense as a creator of such a device that if you have the knowledge in your team to do it, running Windows on it is a good proposition to buyers. It's not like they couldn't install Linux on it if they want to, but to off-the-shelf buyers Windows is much better sales pitch. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] OtakuAltair@lemm.ee 12 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) The user experience is atrocious though. There are a few games I can't play on my steam deck yet but I'd much rather have its great, functional ui over those few games that I could just play on pc instead. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Carighan@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago Oh definitely. I would not say atrocious (seen far worse, like every time I have to interact with the weird stuff SAP or Oracle put out as software), but it's not good for a semi-controller-semi-touchscreen device. Definitely usable OTOH. Personally I would still go for a Steam Deck right now if I had to pick one, but more competition is good, and right now I'm personally not looking for a portable gaming PC anyways as my Switch has enough games I still need to play. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 9 points 3 years ago The off the shelf user experience is so much worse though, it doesn't feel like a finished user ready product if you're having to navigate windows UI on a tiny screen with a thumbstick mouse. Not to mention that running windows ruins the ability to play low power games at low power draws. A game like Stardew on the steam deck draws 5-7w, while the ROG Ally pulls about 15-17w to run it with the same settings. Disabling everything you can through task manager can reduce that power usage difference by maybe half, but there's still a lot of unnecessary power draw just from it running windows. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (2 children) Maximum compatibility? Windows is the de-facto gaming OS, whether you personally like it or not. It makes sense as a creator of such a device that if you have the knowledge in your team to do it, running Windows on it is a good proposition to buyers. It's not like they couldn't install Linux on it if they want to, but to off-the-shelf buyers Windows is much better sales pitch. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] OtakuAltair@lemm.ee 12 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) The user experience is atrocious though. There are a few games I can't play on my steam deck yet but I'd much rather have its great, functional ui over those few games that I could just play on pc instead. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Carighan@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago Oh definitely. I would not say atrocious (seen far worse, like every time I have to interact with the weird stuff SAP or Oracle put out as software), but it's not good for a semi-controller-semi-touchscreen device. Definitely usable OTOH. Personally I would still go for a Steam Deck right now if I had to pick one, but more competition is good, and right now I'm personally not looking for a portable gaming PC anyways as my Switch has enough games I still need to play. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 9 points 3 years ago The off the shelf user experience is so much worse though, it doesn't feel like a finished user ready product if you're having to navigate windows UI on a tiny screen with a thumbstick mouse. Not to mention that running windows ruins the ability to play low power games at low power draws. A game like Stardew on the steam deck draws 5-7w, while the ROG Ally pulls about 15-17w to run it with the same settings. Disabling everything you can through task manager can reduce that power usage difference by maybe half, but there's still a lot of unnecessary power draw just from it running windows. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OtakuAltair@lemm.ee 12 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) The user experience is atrocious though. There are a few games I can't play on my steam deck yet but I'd much rather have its great, functional ui over those few games that I could just play on pc instead. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Carighan@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago Oh definitely. I would not say atrocious (seen far worse, like every time I have to interact with the weird stuff SAP or Oracle put out as software), but it's not good for a semi-controller-semi-touchscreen device. Definitely usable OTOH. Personally I would still go for a Steam Deck right now if I had to pick one, but more competition is good, and right now I'm personally not looking for a portable gaming PC anyways as my Switch has enough games I still need to play. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago Oh definitely. I would not say atrocious (seen far worse, like every time I have to interact with the weird stuff SAP or Oracle put out as software), but it's not good for a semi-controller-semi-touchscreen device. Definitely usable OTOH. Personally I would still go for a Steam Deck right now if I had to pick one, but more competition is good, and right now I'm personally not looking for a portable gaming PC anyways as my Switch has enough games I still need to play. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 9 points 3 years ago The off the shelf user experience is so much worse though, it doesn't feel like a finished user ready product if you're having to navigate windows UI on a tiny screen with a thumbstick mouse. Not to mention that running windows ruins the ability to play low power games at low power draws. A game like Stardew on the steam deck draws 5-7w, while the ROG Ally pulls about 15-17w to run it with the same settings. Disabling everything you can through task manager can reduce that power usage difference by maybe half, but there's still a lot of unnecessary power draw just from it running windows. permalink fedilink source parent