Legion Go 2 not enough for everyone: Lenovo cancels console orders due to huge number of buyers

Lenovo recently IFA 2025: Lenovo unveiled the impressive Legion Go 2 handheld console with 32GB of RAM and the powerful AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme processor. It has outstanding features, but many people were sceptical because of the huge (for a console) price, which, depending on the model, reaches up to $1500.

The more surprising was the fact that there were so many people willing to buy Lenovo Legion Go 2 that the company faced a shortage.

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Lenovo informed buyers that a number of orders it cancels and refunds.

The manufacturer considers such a step honest and necessary, because at the moment it can not guarantee that everyone who paid for the gadget will receive it on time.

As soon as the console is available again in the required quantity, Lenovo will publish a corresponding message and reopen the possibility of ordering.

Flashback

The Legion Go 2 gets an 8.8″ OLED screen with a refresh rate of 30-144Hz and VRR support. The company has slightly lowered the display resolution to 1920×1200 instead of the excessive 2560×1600 of the first model.

The main console will be a powerful AMD Ryzen Z2 or Z2 Extreme processor (depending on the chosen configuration) with eight cores and sixteen threads. The integrated graphics uses RDNA 3.5 architecture and has 16 compute units and a frequency of up to 2900 MHz.

The gadget received 16 or 32 GB of RAM (LPDDR5X-8000) and storage up to 2 TB. It is worth noting that such figures are unprecedented for mass portable consoles.

The Legion Go 2's battery capacity is 74W, which is a significant improvement over the previous model, which had 49.2Wh. The Legion Go 2's case has a new coating, and the console will be protected from overheating by the updated Legion Coldfront cooling system.

The console has detachable controllers like the Nintendo Switch, six programmable buttons, whereas the previous Legion Go can only be customised with two buttons. More new features include a fingerprint scanner built into the Power button,

For fans of shooters there is an FPS-mode, in which one of the controllers can be used like a mouse.

The updated console from Lenovo runs on Windows 11. The device features two USB 4 ports, a microSD UHS-II slot and a 3.5mm jack.

Source: Reddit