Windows is not the one working system for PC avid gamers, as Valve has amply demonstrated with its Linux-based software program, SteamOS. However, assist for it has been missing in non-Valve {hardware}, till now. Lenovo’s subsequent main handheld may assist SteamOS—and we must always see it in only a few weeks.
As reported by The Verge, in accordance with an electronic mail despatched to tech author Sean Hollister, Lenovo guarantees its CES 2025 occasion on January 7 will present the “way forward for handheld gaming firsthand”. In that very same electronic mail, Valve is reported to be a particular visitor, which is not inherently attention-grabbing till you pair it with information from final week.
Earlier this month, we bought renders of a white Lenovo Legion Go S and, quickly after, leaks appeared of a black mannequin, full with a Steam button. The Twitter account (owned by a distinguished leaker named Evan Blass) has seemingly disappeared and, being a hearsay, now we have to take this data with a grain of salt however the account has beforehand been seen as respected.
Back in August, a SteamOS beta urged a possible launch on one of the best handheld gaming PCs just like the ROG Ally so all this data compiled collectively suggests we would lastly see a SteamOS-supported Lenovo Legion at CES early subsequent yr.
CES (Consumer Electronics Show) is a yearly occasion in Las Vegas the place tonnes of tech corporations showcase what they’re engaged on. Think of it just like the E3 (or Summer Games Fest now) of the tech world.
Generally talking, we count on to see plenty of teases over the approaching weeks as corporations put together to unveil no matter huge announcement they’ve coming. The data right here was from an electronic mail so it isn’t a direct press launch however the guarantees made are an try and construct up hype for these attending the present.
We fairly favored the unique handheld in our Lenovo Legion Go overview, praising its unbelievable display and intuitive removable Switch-like controllers. SteamOS assist would solely make a tool like this simpler to make use of as Windows generally is a bit cumbersome on a tool you merely boot as much as play a sport with.
On a devoted desktop, your PC usually usually has multiple operate however, on Steam Deck, I’d be shocked if lower than 90% of my time with the system was spent in sport (or perhaps shopping via the limitless quantity of gross sales).
Maybe giving me even faster entry to Steam gross sales is not all the time an ideal factor truly.
