As for the MSI Claw 8 AI+, I absolutely love its design but it’s a bit too big for me and I wish the Claw 7 AI+ had that same two-tone color to it. My search for a potential handheld gaming PC continues but if MSI took a page out of Lenovo’s book at some point and made a Claw with SteamOS (with a colorful design), I’d certainly be intrigued.

Lenovo has announced two new iterations on the Legion Go, a PC gaming handheld it released in October 2023. The Legion Go 2 will be a beefier—and likely pricier—version of Lenovo's first-generation device,

Valve is making a notable shift with its portable gaming strategy as Lenovo debuted a new edition of its Legion Go

SteamOS is slowly becoming an alternative to Windows for handheld gaming devices. After launching the Steam Deck with SteamOS, its own operating system, Valve is now partnering with third-party manufacturers so that they can release gaming handhelds with SteamOS support.

The Steam Deck has been the biggest PC gaming hardware story of the last few years. So it’s no surprise that the idea of running SteamOS (perhaps the most celebrated component of that machine) on other handhelds like the Legion Go S is also a big deal.