Some device manufacturers don't really care about their communities. Usually, they rebel.
On DriversCloud, we don't mess around with driver tracking for our favorite tools. More generally, users are getting increasingly fed up with manufacturers who play with programmed obsolescence and abandon their old ranges to support only the new ones. Yet this is what seems to have happened, most recently, with one of the most talked-about handheld consoles of 2022/2023, the Legion Go.
On the Legion Go, you can detach the controllers to play with two people at the same time © Lenovo
The Legion Go is Lenovo's response to the success of Valve's Steam Deck. The console is distinguished by two key features. Firstly, its size, which enables it to incorporate a large 8.8-inch diagonal IPS panel: virtually unheard of at the time. Secondly, the Legion Go can also count on the presence of two controllers in true Switch style. Indeed, as with Nintendo, these controllers can be detached from the body of the console to play at a greater distance from the screen. They can also be used to play directly on the TV, and to play in pairs, with each player taking one of the controllers. All the signs are that this has struck a chord with gamers: a few months after the release of the Legion Go, Lenovo launched the Legion Go S and Legion Go 2. To tell the truth, this is where things start to go wrong.
Lenovo doesn't seem to be able to support several models simultaneously, and a South Korean gamer had the bitter experience a few days ago. Having contacted Lenovo support, he was told that " no more software updates are planned for the Legion Go ". They even took the liberty of redirecting him to AMD/Windows updates. The problem with AMD chipset updates is that generic drivers are not compatible with portable consoles like the Steam Deck or Legion Go. That leaves the most sensitive question, that of graphics drivers. We'll have to see if new Legion Go-compatible AMD drivers come out soon. But that doesn't change the fact that Lenovo is no longer serious about following up a machine launched just over two years ago!
