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Gaming Close Gaming Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Follow Follow See All Gaming PC Gaming Close PC Gaming Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Follow Follow See All PC Gaming The Lenovo Legion Go S is RAMageddon’s latest victim The best version nearly doubled in price overnight. The best version nearly doubled in price overnight. by Sean Hollister Close Sean Hollister Senior Editor Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Follow Follow See All by Sean Hollister Apr 20, 2026, 10:49 PM UTC Link Share Gift If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Photo: Sean Hollister / The Verge Part Of RAM price hikes: the latest on the global memory shortage see all updates Sean Hollister Close Sean Hollister Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Follow Follow See All by Sean Hollister is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. You can still find the Asus Xbox Ally X and the MSI Claw 8 AI Plus for $999 and $1,049 respectively , but Lenovo’s Legion Go S has seemingly given up the fight. The best version of Lenovo’s 8-inch handheld now costs nearly double what it did at launch — originally $829.99 last summer, the SteamOS version with Z1 Extreme chip now costs a staggering $1,579.99 at Best Buy . That’s an even bigger price hike than with Lenovo’s flagship Legion Go 2, which saw up to a $650 price hike early this month . Not every Legion Go S model costs nearly double what it did before, but none are anywhere near what they originally cost. The Windows Z1 Extreme model is listed at $1,679.99 now, though it’s “on sale” for $1,049.99 . (B&H has it for $1,299.99 .) Even the Z2 Go model, which is quite a bit weaker , has seen its price go from $599.99 at launch to nearly $1,000 at Best Buy , $1,049 at Lenovo , and $1,199 at Walmart (for the Windows model). And while Amazon still seems to have a SteamOS unit for $714 , I wouldn’t personally pay even that much for a Z2 Go. Image: Best Buy Lenovo didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment, but I suspect the company is quietly axing this version in the face of RAMageddon . Many listings for various versions of the handheld have disappeared entirely from retailers and from Lenovo’s own website. Perhaps Lenovo has a newer version coming, though? The company’s website is already beginning to refer to it as the “Lenovo Legion Go S Gen 1,” according to Google: The global RAM shortage has laid waste to all kinds of hardware, but gaming gadgets have been especially hard hit. One does not simply buy a Steam Deck anymore , Meta hiked the price of the Quest 3 by $100 last week , the PlayStation 5 got a price hike , and the list goes on. You can follow all the hikes in this Verge StoryStream , and read our explainers about why it’s happening and how long it might take to resolve. Asus rep Anthony Spence told me earlier this month that there’s “no price increase on the horizon, so far as I can tell,” for the Xbox Ally X in the US. He says that’s still true as of today. Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates. Sean Hollister Close Sean Hollister Senior Editor Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Follow Follow See All by Sean Hollister Gaming Close Gaming Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Follow Follow See All Gaming PC Gaming Close PC Gaming Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Follow Follow See All PC Gaming More in: RAM price hikes: the latest on the global memory shortage The RAM shortage could last years Terrence O'Brien Apr 18 AYN’s dual-screen gaming handheld is getting a price increase due to the memory crisis. Jay Peters Apr 17 Meta blames RAM shortage for $100 Quest 3 price hike Jay Peters Apr 16 Most Popular Most Popular Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down Huawei beats Samsung and Apple to market with the first wide foldable Silicon Valley has forgotten what normal people want This pasta sauce wants to record your family Cheap stuff that doesn’t suck, take 3 The Verge Daily A free daily digest of the news that matters most. Email (required) Sign Up By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice . This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Advertiser Content From This is the title for the native ad
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