Lenovo will be developing a low-cost version of its handheld gaming machine. It would be called Legion Go Lite and according to Windows Central (a media outlet that published the information citing anonymous sources) it would focus on reduce the price of the original Legion Go.

The battle for portable consoles continues to heat up. Since Valve launched the Steam Deck, a dozen machines have hit the market, giving a huge boost to a segment that was penalized by versatile smartphones that at the time made giants like Sony throw in the towel. Indeed, among the big ones, only Nintendo managed to stay on top with the mobile gaming capacity of the Switch.

But there is nothing better than dedicated machines, and specialized Chinese manufacturers like ONE or AYA developed machines until the big PCs like ASUS, MSI or Lenovo themselves entered the market, which aims high. Once the first generations were launched, Looks like it’s time to move on with improved versions or variants like this.

Legion Go Lite, reasonable price?

The Legion Go is a fantastic machine. Personally, it is one of the ones I like the most because of its large screen, competent AMD Z1 Extreme SoC which also uses the ASUS ROG Ally and its design with these removable controllers following the idea of ​​the Switch.

Sources cited by Windows Central say the Legion Go Lite will retain the same hardware engine, the AMD Ryzen Z1. Beyond that, we know very little about the remaining characteristics. There is talk of an almost complete redesign and a screen that could be sliced ​​and no removable controls.

In addition to reduce the final selling price, the idea would be to reduce thickness and weight of the original model, perhaps the biggest penalty compared to others like the aforementioned ROG Ally, which weighs much less. AMD has other variants of the Ryzen Z1 processor (not Extreme) that it could use to keep costs down.

Last month, Clifford Chong, head of Lenovo’s gaming division, confirmed the development new version of your pocket gaming machine. but the statements were for the second generation rather than the “Lite”. We will wait for official information.