The Lenovo Legion Go 2 now costs $1,499 for the Ryzen Z2 model and $1,999 for the Z2 Extreme at Best Buy. The Z2 Extreme launched at $1,349. That is a $650 price increase in six months.
At $1,999, Lenovo's handheld now costs twice the $999 Microsoft/Asus Xbox Ally X, which runs the same AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme chip. It also matches last year's price of the GPD Win 5, a machine built around the far more powerful AMD Strix Halo. The culprit is RAM pricing pressure, the same force now distorting costs across gaming hardware broadly.
The original $1,099 entry price already drew criticism. What makes the full Verge piece worth reading is the detail on whether Microsoft and Asus are next, including a direct quote from Asus rep Anthony Spence on current pricing plans, and context on how far this repricing wave could reach.
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