While we expect the launch of the first Xbox portable console, a new launch has uncovered all the problems Microsoft has still to be solved if it intends to be competitive in the sector.
The Lenovo Legion Go S was launched at the beginning of the year as a New alternative to Steam Deck and the Asus Rog Ally; A video game console based on Windows 11 and capable of running many current computer games.
The Legion Go S was not well received in its day, suffering many of the problems that other consoles with Windows 11 suffer; And now, it has finally been revealed that The Microsoft Operating System had the fault.
Lenovo has been one of the first companies to ally with Valve for Expand Steamos supportits own Linux -based operating system and specifically designed for this type of portable consoles.
One of the Youtubers Of more popular technology, Dave2D, has already had access to the version of the Legion Go S with Steamos, and its tests are surprising: Just changing the operating system, the console is much more powerful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjxp3uyj50q
In the tests performed, the version of the console with Steamos obtains a frame rate up to 15% highereven though it uses exactly the same ‘hardware’, with the same AMD Z1 processor.
In games like Cyberpunk 2077, Eternal doom either The Witcher 3this performance difference is sufficient to offer A playable and stable experienceunlike what happened with the version of the same console with Windows 11.
The Microsoft operating system has the fault, and specifically, The large number of open processes in the backgroundincluding telemetry to record all user actions and functions that are not used in a console.
All these processes in the background are also to blame that The battery life is so bad. The Windows 11 version of the Lenovo Legion Go S was criticized for obtaining just an hour and a half of battery in some games.
On the other hand, the version with this of the same console, and with the same capacity, gets more than double battery hours With the same games, something that really reveals the Windows problem.
But performance is just the beginning. Dave2D also talks about other discomforts that we have already shared in Spanish – the free android in our ROG Ally X test with Windows 11.
The Windows 11 experience is not adapted to consoles such as the ROG Ally X
The free android
For example, the Windows 11 interface is thought to be used with mouseand not with controls. The starting process is long and complicated and requires the beginning of a separate app to obtain an appropriate interface.
Other problems are also typical of consoles with Windows 11 and are not present at the Steam Deck or in this version of the Lenovo console, such as the suspend function that continues to consume battery.
To curl the curl, the version of this Lenovo console with Steamos It is cheaper than the Windows 11 version; It costs 599 dollars, more than one hundred dollars less than the original version of this console.
It is true that we are not perfect. Keep using a compatibility layer to run Windows games, but Many titles are still not compatibleespecially those who use software against traps in online games.
In spite of everything, this launch should be a revulsive for Microsoft, which should have already realized that You must launch a special version of Windows For consoles if you have pretense of getting somewhere with these devices.
