There's a new SteamOS sheriff in town, and it'll cost just $499. The Lenovo Legion Go S is the first handheld outside the Steam Deck to officially receive Va...
The windows version will be available this month for $730, with other versions (including a $600 version) coming in May. The SteamOS version is coming in May for $500. I’m guessing the $600 windows version and $500 SteamOS version are basically the same hardware specs.
Windows charges different license fees depending on how powerful a device is. Gaming hardware will have a more expensive license fee than a lower power device.
Honestly when you have devices like the steam deck targeting $400 starting price, paying up to $100 for a windows key is pretty significant.
Well it looks like the price difference also comes with a bigger hard drive, so that helps soften that blow a bit. But TIL, I wasn’t aware of variable pricing based on device performance.
Here’s an article on it for anyone who prefers reading:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/lenovo-legion-go-s-with-valves-steamos-is-official-expected-to-launch-in-may/
The windows version will be available this month for $730, with other versions (including a $600 version) coming in May. The SteamOS version is coming in May for $500. I’m guessing the $600 windows version and $500 SteamOS version are basically the same hardware specs.
That can’t be the case, can it? $100 for windows, which realistically might actually run many games worse is wild lol.
That sounds pretty in line with licensing costs for windows
$499.99 SteamOS version with 16GB / 512GB, a $599.99 Windows version with 16GB / 1TB
Looks like you get an extra 500gb with the base windows version for some reason. IDK what the deal is with that?
Need more storage for the Windows bloat.
Windows charges different license fees depending on how powerful a device is. Gaming hardware will have a more expensive license fee than a lower power device.
Honestly when you have devices like the steam deck targeting $400 starting price, paying up to $100 for a windows key is pretty significant.
Well it looks like the price difference also comes with a bigger hard drive, so that helps soften that blow a bit. But TIL, I wasn’t aware of variable pricing based on device performance.