Lenovo LEAKS SteamOS!

[@NerdNest]

Vote for the winners! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdOA4p2CBs185ML99DskxvkHGfnT-eaAmJ_YA_kfr_MEnYChw/viewform?usp=dialog

[@pin00ch]

Im loving the look dude. Extra length in the beard the the brown cardy gives you cool Jedi vibes!

[@sihTdaeRtnaCuoY]

Avowed as an option for most anticipated 2025 game, and no Monster Hunter Wilds. Strange choices.

[@Neowarshark]

Can you tell Russ to worry about ninjas? Nintendo retaliates sometimes what they themselves think is legal. :/ Edit. They think they own everything IP related for their company, don't video anything related to them or images.

[@Chris-xh9dq]

That intro had me in tears. Yall are so entertaining to watch.

[@johncraftenworth7847]

just love all these guys

[@zk6599]

The best video game podcast bar none, and I can say that without hyperbole. I've been gaming for 45 years of my life. Never seen one as good as the NerdNest

[@zt9233]

Agree. I like some of last stand media too but this is right up my ally…..it’s right up my ally x 😅

[@Orain88]

I've had a legion go since launch. The number one problem with that device is graphics drivers updates. As in they don't release them. The go is currently running on drivers that are over 7 months out of date. I can't recommend this device on that alone and frankly the experience has soured me on buying any future portable legion device. It's very frustrating.

[@devynmounteer6696]

@Orain88 download the drivers from amd? Seems like an odd problem when it's common sense for any pc to get the drivers from their source, not through windows updates or third-party software. I get people want these to be console like and as straightforward as possible, but it's still a pc, and needs to be handled as such. I have been using bazzite since I purchased mine and have zero complaints. When steam os releases I may switch to that but bazzite does what I need and stays out of my way.

[@oscaspunkja]

This! I sold mine when they released driver updates which were almost 6 months old already! If they allow Steam OS to handle all driver updates I might think about it, but I'm also excited to see the next Rog Ally, so next handheld for me is going to be an Asus, Lenovo lost me with their lack of support of their software and the TDP control in BIOS never worked for me.

[@Orain88]

@oscaspunkja the custom tdp settings finally seem to work for mine as of a couple months ago. I would install steam os when it gets released but the main thing I like having the go for is CoD and game pass. Idk, I might give up and install steam os if lenvovo continues to neglect driver support. Its a big disappointment. And here they are making new hardware without fixing their software, it's a bad look.

[@emlyndewar]

I agree that they are pretty god awful with GPU driver updates. I did notice there's a new driver on their site, from the 13th, although not sure how old it is. Will install and see.

[@thatzaliasguy]

Great thing about a Legion go running Linux; _Graphics drivers are always up-to-date._ The Legion Go doesn't have a drivers issue; it has a _Windows_ issue.

[@leeharris5135]

Bonking means something entirely different in England 😂

[@FahadAyaz]

👬

[@LordNuttington]

Just got to that bit too and couldn't get the image of Indiana Jones bonking his way through a level out of my head 😂

[@fresco_dinero5155]

Yeah rog ally x exceeded my expectations this year. Undeniably the best handheld hardware out. And the Ally/X is so customizable with software and customizing to how you play. Ally + Bazzite (and in the near future native valve steam OS support) with a 2tb ssd is literally the best handheld experience right now. Ally x has 2-13 hours of battery life depending on game and tdp, and with bazzite its literally a beefed up steam deck. The screen has VRR meaning you can play a game unlocked at 48-120fps and get no screen tearing or judder. Smooth gameplay, lots of power, huge battery, nice colorful 1080p 7inch screen, literally nothing to say bad about it. Even has 24gb of ram like geez

[@johncraftenworth7847]

it don't got steam os or OLED !!!

[@fresco_dinero5155]

@ Rog Ally screen is still amazing. Not oled but when u have 1080p, 120fps, and VRR with bright colors then you don’t really need OLED. I surely don’t miss it

[@Rawrcraft]

7 inch displays won’t cut it for me going forward and also OLED is important for long term eye health.

[@timaaaahhhh]

@@Rawrcraft I really dislike the wonky steam deck aspect ratio. 16:9 is the standard for a reason.

[@lilbenate660]

The legion Go is better and cheaper

[@corrie20679]

Happy holidays guys. You've all become my favourite KZbin creators this year, and appreciate the effort and content from all 4. 🎉

[@tonyrosario1940]

Thanks for the discussion around the Go S, I am excited to hear more about it! 🍻🤘🏼🔥

[@WarAlex16]

I wonder if Valve will incentivize 3rd party Manufacturers with Steam Store sales if they make Steam Consoles.

[@mattcy6591]

It's an interesting concept. X% of game sales up to a maximum cap of $100 credit per console sold. I doubt anything like that would ever happen though

[@magfal]

I hope Valve makes a telescoping steam controller.

[@James-hk4zn]

This would be so cool for when I don’t wanna bring my SD and still use Steam link with native controller scheme

[@ManuDiaz06]

About the steam family: I recently started to play a Square Enix game. A issue that I ran into is that when going back and forth from pc to deck is that not only the save data is synced but also the game settings. This was the case for many SE games. I moved to Assassin's creed and turned out that that in some games (Unity, Black flag, Rogue, syndicate) the save data won't even sync. To this needs to be added the fact that some games won't even support cloud save. If you are gonna make a "family" everything should work as one, and for that Valve will need a lot work from the developers. Valve should have an approach for local save data that could sync at least between SteamOS, similar to Syncthing. And definitely push developers to make a per machine configuration.

[@grandmoffporkins]

Biggest hardware surprise for me would be Battlemage B580. A highly competitive GPU for $250 USD. Hopefully this keeps things moving in the right direction

[@yoandrewnts]

The boys are back! The boys are back! Just voted!

[@X862go]

Nice Asus better not sleep on all these new handhelds. They better come with OLED next.

[@johnboy4955]

My right bumper recently crapped out on my steam deck and now I’m trying to upgrade to the OLED and try and fix my lcd

[@sandplasma]

Can someone explain why a stick on top is better for streaming?? I keep hearing it.

[@billbob9692]

No time stamps?

[@MrRoundthetwist]

No time for time stamps

[@TWDenizen7240]

Great show, as always! IIRC MSI uses blades of all sorts for their naming conventions in their gaming line (e.g., Katana and Sword come to mind for laptop offerings).

[@GrimLocke161]

My games of this actual year are Unicorn Overlord, Balatro, and Metaphor: ReFantazio, but my personal GotY is plaything through the whole of Armored Core 6, since I haven't beaten any of those games of 2024! 😂 I'd also like to play Shadow of the Erdtree, whenever it and Elden Ring next go on sale after I got an OLEDeck a few months ago. And, I do love my OLEDeck, and it is my favorite overall device of the year, tho I should also note that I love my RG35xxSP and sorta regret getting the Retroid Pocket 2S rather than waiting for the Retroid Pocket 5. Then again, I wasn't sure this Spring whether I was even gunna budget for the OLEDeck, so it was a little bit of a learning experience. 😝

[@PillsburyNinjaKneadingJustice]

I've got a new question about the steam deck. I occasionally switch between handheld and docked/tv. When in handheld i obviously use the steam deck controls, but when docked I use a series x controller. For the life of me i cant figure out how to set the steam deck to automatically switch controls? I have to manually reorder #1 and #2 priority controls between the deck buttons and my series controller. Example: if i pick me deck off the dock to use in handheld, i have to go theough the OS menus and reorder which controls are primary. Does NOT matter if the series x controller is already turned off, hell i even turn bluetooth off altogether and it still doesnt reorder primary controls

[@retrohandhelds]

@thephawx 20:40 Long live OG Claw speakers!!! You jest, but ill die on this hill 😂 sure the new is better, but I'm still a fan of the original. Great episode gents!

[@colossusrageblack]

My hardware of the year is the OneXFly F1 Pro with the latest AMD chip, OLED screen, and 32GB base RAM

[@mumrah07]

Chip is great but I'm waiting for a device that combines all that with a bigger battery and a bigger screen. Once we get all that I'll likely upgrade from the Ally X

[@Despair6048]

What are those deckard specs? I can't wait!

[@Rhomagus]

Could you guys cover the DeckSight OLED panel mod for LCD model Steam Decks? It's like Deck HD but instead of a 1920 x 1200 resolution it's a 16:9 1920 x 1080 AMOLED panel fitted to replace the stock LCD panels. It's currently funded up to 20% and would be cool if it could get signal boosted.

[@JensAllerlei]

Dunno - when looking for it you were able to get Legion Go and Rog Ally quite cheap quite often (well below 600$). I would prefer both over a 6800U device anytime, if targeting somewhat modern games - especially considering the lackluster driver support for Vega these days.

[@Wobble2007]

Intergalactic looks awsome, canny wait for that, love the 80s vibe and synth music.

[@luqmanr]

so much fun this episode! thanks from Indonesia, Bill, Cary, Russ, & Rich!

[@johncraftenworth7847]

a true meeting of the minds

[@RandySRukaag]

Ahh when you have a long drive and remember the new episode of nerdnest ❤. Feels good

[@emiliosanchez4610]

The PAC-MAN spin off that was revealed looks sick but I must admit not much in the game awards that was revealed interested me enough to warrant any hype. Just voted on your award aswell, my personal GOTY is The Big Catch: Tacklebox hands down.

[@Andrew-mo9gy]

Random question but what software are you using to present the group call like this? It looks great

[@NerdNest]

Riverside - more information right here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/npe6f2qprKqbmK8si=Hz_iLP1M8sOuN9Am

[@JoeyPalma]

Great podcast, guys! Dig the way you guys talk about the topics and share your particular POVs with gaming, retro gaming and the handheld world. Btw, Bill I bet you get this a lot but you look an awful lot like Michael Ironside with an awesome beard.

[@KnightMD]

God I really hope the Legion Go 2 comes in a Steam OS flavor. The Legion Go S looks like a budget meh option.

[@kalvin.]

Im getting major fomo with "just" an original Ally Z1E, but i did get it for $400 and these are only going to get more expensive so I know I should be happy haha

[@B_Machine]

Fantastic show as usual. 2025 is going to be such a big year for gaming. A new GPU generation, new Switch, possible new steam os devices, and of course the heavily rumored Valve set top box. And the games to follow are going to be sick for sure. A couple of years ago, the sentiment on YT was there was hardly anything to play and that the gaming industry was dying. It feels so far from that now.

[@illogik]

Podcast has evolved so much

[@sandplasma]

I think Intergalactic might be more of an RPG. Maybe competition for Starfield? Also, did anyone notice all the branding?? I saw Porsche, Adidas, and Sony.

[@lilbenate660]

The legion Go is better the rog ally X in my opinion

[@MichaelRicci]

The podcast isn't showing up on Google music podcasts since the beginning of the month.

[@NerdNest]

Google is ditching Google music. They want you to use KZbin music.

[@MichaelRicci]

​@@NerdNestSorry I meant KZbin music. It's early and I was typing quickly. I meant the podcast section of KZbin music. The podcast always used to be in it. The most recent episodes is not showing up.

[@NerdNest]

It should be there. I see it there, can you check again? We didn't do an episode last week, which is why you probably didn't see it, but this week's should be there.

[@MichaelRicci]

@@NerdNest it is showing up now, it's weird that it was not this morning. Seems to be working good now. I like listening on KZbin music because it Integrates easily with android auto when I'm driving.

[@ninjason57]

It pays to be patient in this hobby. The second iteration is always better

[@crowclaw]

@@ninjason57 Early Adopters are Beta Testers. This is still the first Generation of Handheld PCs. Now comes the interesting part. How will the old devices be supported? What does it say about the future of the new models?

[@gp63]

True, but then the third is better than the second and so on lol. At some point you'll just be waiting for the next thing instead of enjoying what currently exists.

[@ninjason57]

@ true. Just buy the one that plays the games you want to play.

[@denvera1g1]

I have been running native steam OS on a 6800HS mini PC for over a year and it has been great, a handheld with a 6800U or HS would be great as well I'd love to have a 1600p screen that does proper 1:4 scaling from 800p to 1600p for those games that cant efficiently be run at 1600p Please do not use a 1200p/1080p screen i'd rather have a native 800p screen if its not 1600p there are too many games that run too slowly, or too hot at 1080p on a 6800HS, maybe an 8845HS would be fine but i'd still prefer either native 800 or 1600 again assuming it doesnt look like crap when running at 1/4th resolution like the current Legion GO On the subject of games running hot/inefficiently and sucking down the battery, i'd gladly buy Legion GO (1 and 2) aftermarket grips that trade the motors for battery, say 12-25Wh per grip

[@gregorybolivar5712]

My pick: X86 WINDOWS / AMD CPU AND RADEON GRAPHIC GPU... A) ONENEXTPLAYER ONE-X-FLY... (PERFECTLY SIZED 7" SCREEN HANDHELD B) Ally X... Dual USB-C'S... 80wh battery... FULL 2280 SSD... awesome way to redeem themselves... C) Steam Deck Oled should have Dual USB-C'S too.. No 2280 SSD... 🧐 No RgB... From an Android base Platform Gaming Handheld Gamers.... However, Do use Windows platform for Professional 2D/ 3D Modeling Design... which best performance Gaming Pc's are the way to go for that purpose... + Do light local Stream via Moonlight and Sunshine... Between Pc and Android devices... Also PS-Vita Slim (2000) modded... A-O2 Pro All Black Edition... RaZeR Edge Tablet only (Ditched the Kishi V2 pro) + or Paired with GameSir X-4 Aileron Bluetooth Controller ( Smartest Bluetooth controller... Enable volume + / - control... Or BsP D8 Bluetooth Controller ( Sky Black or Star Space White Edition)

[@SponsoredbyPfizer]

They should be focusing on integrating high performance from the dock with the steam deck(think some sort of internal gpu that automatically works with the steam deck or an gpu option and make it a seamless docking experience similar to the the switch. If they make a standalone home console, I’m not interested at all. I’m a lifetime console gamer from the nes all the way to the ps5. I moved to the steam deck to get away from consoles unless it’s like the switch that does both handheld and couch coop gaming, I’m not going back

[@genos_vacuum]

My Lenovo go is fire. I always get compliments EVERYWHERE I got with it. Even on my lunch breaks at work.

[@sandplasma]

Donkey Kong for the gameboy? The one with the barrels? Or DKC for thr GBA?

[@NerdNest]

I mean, every Donkey Kong game has barrels, but just Donkey Kong for Gameboy

[@axettrose9709]

I really hope the new Steam Controller matches the potential of the deck itself. Steam Decks accessibility is unmatched by anything Ive ever used other than a keyboard+ mouse.

[@ThisIsMyYouTubeAccount1]

I have the steam controller 1.0 and the only downside is Valve doesn't have good software support for it. But once you figure it out it's like a dream

[@X862go]

That intro lol 🤣🤣

[@lennymarinez]

is it me or does bills beard look more majestic with every video?

[@chosenfish]

Thanks for Donkey Kong, started it after your last episode. Such a fun game.

[@abdellahhassaine5822]

From a business perspective I don't think is good idea for Valve to make steam os available on the legion go or ROG ally because the reason steam deck price is low, valve is making money on the game sales so if there is another more powerful handheld that can give you the same steam deck experience the steam deck sales would be affected unless they bum up th price of steam deck

[@PillsburyNinjaKneadingJustice]

Valve isn't worried about steam deck sales, they are worried about GAME sales. So steamOS on everything, whether it's first or third party, is the endgame. Even if steam is on the legion Go, buying a game still gives money to Valve. Also, steam deck sales won't suffer because it's the first party device publishers are optimizing games for, and the most affordable handheld unit. So don't worry, third parties will just be for the big budget whales

[@Jerome-iwnl]

OLED Steamdeck doesnt deserve to be nominated for 2024 because it came out 2023. Kinda like how DLCs shouldnt be on GOTY nominations.

[@monstercameron]

Fres-nel = nope, fer-nel = yep

[@Horrorheadaz]

I personally think Naughty Dogs new game was connected to Concord originally

[@GustavoFil350]

NaughtyDog's game was already in full development before Sony even bought the studio that was already making Concord.

[@Leopardeye]

WHAT AN INTRO. 😂

[@marco.pereira]

The game I regret was balder's gate 3 I see the appeal but I didn't really get hooked.

[@nathanjones1008]

Bonking is an old slang term here in the UK for having sex..the bonking section in this episode was 😂

[@weirddestiny999]

Great video, nerds!

[@BigKurzMD]

ROG Ally X is my favorite device for the year. But I’m popping up to say i LOVE my ps Portal

[@TaufanRezzafriMochamad]

love your beard ❤

[@_GntlStone_]

Indy is my Game of the Year. Russ should refund the AC Collection and just re buy Black Flag 😋

[@PlasmaSnake369]

Id rather just play the old version of MGS3 than a remake

[@Neowarshark]

Can you tell Russ to worry about ninjas? Nintendo retaliates sometimes what they themselves think is legal. :/ Edit. They think they own everything IP related for their company, don't video anything related to them or images.

[@mwitters1]

great show guys.

[@justbino]

Omg I love gunship!! 😊

[@budthecyborg4575]

15:22 "Bigger Screen" ... "In Terms Of Resolution". People keep saying that nobody wants more resolution than the Steamdeck has, but here we are again when people give candid opinions the Steamdeck is fouind to be deficient. Steamdeck 2 should be 1920x1200 (1600x1200 but I'm not holding my breath for a 4:3 screen happening in the modern era).

[@bobbastian760]

Fresnel = "Frenel"

[@jrowen76]

of course when you read the title, you think steam os for all..

[@thearguenaut3187]

@NerdNest You know what your lord gaben is doing every night he is ruminating pacing back and forth in his office trying to figure what nintendo is working on! He is so scared of what nintendo is working on. He is worried that it would be big and disruptive and that he will miss boat and nintendo lots of money and he and the rest of the industry will be scrambling to keep up.

[@Jerome-iwnl]

Steam Deck Steam Deck OLED Steam Deck 2 Steam Deck 2 Episode 1 Steam Deck 2 Episode 2 Steam Deck Alyx

[@creaturecore13]

Is a 6800u better then a steamdeck at any decent wattage? It needed over 20w to compete with the deck. It was a not great cpu.

[@coreydill3532]

Planetary

[@zazzau]

I won't be interested in the Lenovo, i do not like the joycon style controllers.

[@rangergooseman]

if it has 32GB RAM in it, it should be a must buy....

[@MissingCredentials]

I don’t understand the Linux glazing. Less compatibility among other things. Lots of deck owners trying to justify the deck being better that the ally x is wild cope.

[@joeynox]

Unless windows / steam is are set up as a dual boot then this things is kinda bleh for me. Windows is just too good to give up

[@jazz5926]

Nice video Gents!