Lenovo launched the Legion Go 2 again in September final yr, and even on the time of launch, Lenovo was having to cope with some worth criticism. It responded by calling it an “fanatic” handheld and slapping on a minimal $1,099.99 price ticket, or as much as $1,479.99 within the case of the highest Z2 Excessive, 32GB RAM, and 2TB SSD mannequin. Most just lately, the worth has jumped even increased.
Customers have observed worth hikes for the Legion Go 2 amid RAM and SSD storages which have plagued the business for a couple of months. Actually, the hand-held is at the moment nowhere to be seen on the official Lenovo retailer; the one associated product is a Go 2 display protector for $19.99. The primary-gen handheld remains to be accessible, nonetheless.
Legion Go 2 worth hikes within the UK
Whereas the Ryzen Z2-powered stays a no-show at in style US retailers (together with Finest Purchase and Amazon), Lenovo has truly been restocking the hand-held within the UK. The dangerous information is that there’s a noticeable worth hike for the gadgets, which initially price you between £900 and £1,300. We did discover that Currys remains to be promoting the Z2 non-extreme 512GB for £899, and it’s in inventory on the time of writing, so don’t miss out on that in case you’re available in the market for one.
On the official Lenovo website, nonetheless, the newly-restocked fashions have been bumped up. The identical mannequin we simply talked about at Currys is now £1,049, whereas the highest mannequin is as much as £1,500, a rise of £200. We can’t say if the identical form of worth hike will occur over the pond within the US, however we wouldn’t be shocked – producers proceed to cope with depleted ranges of reminiscence and storage inventory fueled by excessive demand from AI companies for information facilities.
The poor availability of the most recent Legion Go might have you ever turning to alternate options, however even the Steam Deck OLED is out of inventory within the US proper now, leaving handheld followers with a lot much less alternative. American prospects can nonetheless seize the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X for his or her respective launch costs, $599.99 and $999.99; each are additionally powered by Ryzen Z2 {hardware}.
We’re closing in on the launch of a SteamOS model of the Legion Go 2, which can be accessible later this yr in June. That being mentioned, the present shortages and worth hikes might disrupt the launch if issues aren’t again to regular by then (we don’t count on them to be). The SteamOS model has been introduced with a beginning worth of $1,199.
