Comment on EXCLUSIVE: Lenovo is working on a Windows PC gaming handheld called the 'Legion Go'

mojo@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Carighan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  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.

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  • OtakuAltair@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The user experience is atrocious though.

    There are a few games I can’t play on my steam deck but I’d much rather have its good, functional ui over those few games that I could just play on pc instead.

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    • Carighan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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  • Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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