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.)
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:
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.