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You might be forgiven for thinking we were already in the height of the PC component crisis, but there's more bad news on the horizon, I'm afraid. After raising the price of the Lenovo Legion Go 2 to a whopping $2000 a couple of weeks ago, attention has now turned to the cheaper Lenovo Legion Go S, with both the Z1 Extreme and Z2 Go models being affected.
The more powerful Lenovo Legion Go S Z1 Extreme model, which boasts 32GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD, has seen a price increase from $900 to an eye-watering $1,580, an increase of $680, which is over 75% more.
The "budget" friendly Z2 Go model with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of SSD storage saw a more modest increase, going from $650 to $990. That's a mere $340 increase, or around 52% more.
Considering handhelds such as the original ASUS ROG Ally and Lenovo Legion Go launched at prices lower than these, and perform in a similar ballpark, it's pretty shocking how poorly the industry seems to be coping with this crisis. In the last 3 years or so, prices have essentially doubled, while providing little performance improvement.
If you're after a handheld in this performance bracket, you're still probably best off grabbing a refurbished ROG Ally, which you can often pick up for around $400. Or buying an ROG Xbox Ally X for $999 before the price increases hit that, too.
Source: Videocardz.com
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Hey Oliver,it will take more than a surface level *ramageddon* analysis to explain this given that these price rises have only occurred in the USA. We can see RAM prices, we can see SSD prices, they don't add up to a 75% price rise in a mature product. USA economic policy. Start there .
The Lenovo Legion Go 2 has also risen in price in the UK. The changes just take a while to filter through. I imagine the Go S will also rise in the UK in due course.
Yikes. I got a brand new Legion Go S Z1E SteamOS during Black Friday last year with the PayPal cashback deal for a total of $540. These prices almost seem purposefully absurd, because no one is going to buy them.
Yeah, we'll have to see how it goes. I can't see the ROG Xbox Ally X holding at its current pricing as it's more powerful and much cheaper than these Lenovo handhelds.
The Steam Deck is seemingly out of stock worldwide now, after only being out of stock in the US, so I wouldn't be surprised if we see the Steam Deck also rise in price soon.
Wow. I got the Z1 extreme Legion Go S 32gb/1TB ram version for 780 dollars on sale at Best Buy back in October last year. That's insane how much it's gone up by. Incredible handheld though.