 As gamers, we are blessed with a plethora of options for gaming, and especially on the PC side, it's now expanded. No longer do you have to have a desktop or even a powerful gaming laptop like Legion 9, but we can have something more portable like the Legion Go. Now this video, I wanna put these two devices together to find out which is better for your gaming experience. Now, it's not about necessarily price, but price does come to play. So if you wanna watch more videos like this on the channel, guys, don't forget to hit the subscribe button and notification icon so you can watch more videos about gaming. All right, so I'm kind of making a battle between the Legion 9i and the Legion Go. Now in terms of specs, the Legion 9i just kills it. It's absolutely one of the best specs and one of the best gaming laptops on the market. In terms of design, in terms of spec-wise, you're gonna get a lot into this laptop. It's got the Intel Core i9-13980HX, which is a very powerful processor with liquid metal cooling. You've also got 32 gigabytes of RAM, options of either 48 or 4090 graphics card built into this here as well, two terabytes of storage max on this and of course all the ports you need for connectivity. Nice RGB lighting, the keyboard feels really comfortable. I can go on and on and on about all the features of this laptop, but it's a very good laptop, especially while gaming, you're gonna enjoy. Now on the other hand, you do have the Legion Go, which is one of the larger portable PC gaming handhelds, 8.8 inch display. You've also got something that has detachable joy-cons, if you will. You can also put into FPS mode to play your shooters quite effectively. And it's got a built-in kickstand and it's running Windows. Now in terms of processor performance, you have the Ryzen Z1 Extreme, 16 gigabytes of RAM and a terabyte of storage. So spec-wise, it just doesn't come close, but it offers a different experience. This is one, on the one hand, the Legion Go is more portable on the go while the Legion 9i is portable, but also a desktop replacement. So what does that mean? It means that when I'm gaming on the Legion 9i, I am getting pretty much close to a full desktop experience. I can play games like Cyberpunk 2077 and get about 70 frames per second, or 77, 80, that kind of frame rate. I can get do maternal frame rates up to 200 frames per second around that state. So all the games I played on here on the Legion 9i really got to that point where it felt like, yes, I'm playing on my desktop. Now with the Legion Go, it also felt that way, but a very different experience. It felt like, okay, look, I have my PC in my hand. I'm holding it in my hand and I can access all my PC games on Steam when it's through Battle.net, EA, whatever platform you use to download your games you can. Now the experience is not desktop-like because you're running most of those games at 720p and if you've watched my video comparing the Steam Deck, the Legion Go and the ROG Ally to see how they perform, you'll see the performance there that, yes, it is much lower, but it's a very different experience, a portable experience with that. So when I pair this two together, I feel like it's not a fair comparison. I'm saying this as I make this video because they offer two different things. And I think even gaming laptops are now generally just moving to that approach. Not just the Legion 9i, which is priced at 3,149, just gaming laptops as a whole. Now in comparison to the Legion Go, it's not a laptop replacement. It doesn't do well with typing with a keyboard. The on-screen keyboard can be a little bit messy and of course it's a bulky device to hold. Now, what about the gaming experience? Gaming experience in these two devices are very different. Now I would say this, if I'm playing a game like Red Dead Redemption, I've enjoyed it more on the Legion Go. It just feels more comfortable, it's easier to play. And again, it's a single-player experience. Street Fighter 6, it's the same thing. I love playing that game constantly. It's easier to jump into and play. So a lot of single-player experiences work well on the Legion Go. When it comes to multiplayer or arena-type experiences or anything that requires a mouse and a keyboard, Legion 9i. That's what a traditional desktop PC does well. That's what a gaming laptop would do well. And I think that experience is really heightened by the nice keyboard on the Legion 9i. And what it brings to the table. If you're gonna have a true shooter experience and wanna play competitively, even on the go, a gaming laptop would do that for you. The Legion 9i really strikes that pose. Now, the Legion Go does have the FPS mode, which you can put it down and play, but it's not a very smooth experience because you do have to remap a lot of buttons to make sure you can get it right. And still feels a bit wonky here and there. I'm not saying it's bad. It's very usable, but it doesn't take to the height of experience. If you're one where you feel like your Call of Duty Gameplay is very competitive, don't just don't use that. I'll just say that's just the way it is. But it's still a nice alternative that has been added to it. Now, the other aspect to this device is too, is the fact of price. Both of them are priced very differently. The Legion 9i is 3,149, depending on your configuration. And the Legion Go is only 749, I believe, roughly. So you have a huge price difference of almost $2,000 that really sets it apart. And for a gamer, it really depends on what you're looking for. If you really want portability, Legion Go. That's pretty much it. If you want performance to the max, the Legion 9i brings that to the table. And I think a lot of gaming laptops will do that for you. But you're saying Thunder E, I already know that. That's almost like a given. So why make this video? Yeah, I said that, I know. Well, I think it's just to bring a very distinct difference between what these devices bring to the table. Because we're gonna see more variations of portable gaming handles from Lenovo, from other companies in 2024, where they will add more complexities, things like, of course, touchpad area, which the Legion 9 has, or even keyboard attachments, like on the 1X Player 2, 2 Pro, that give you more of that PC-like experience. Now, you can have more of that experience on the Legion Go by using dongle connectors, or even being connected to a larger display like a TV, which, watching Daniel do there, is an interesting experience. I will note the larger screen size you connect it to, the slower your gameplay feels, especially on fast-paced games like Apex Legends and things like that. But that being said, it is very possible and that market will continue to grow. So to me, though, does that mean that devices like the Legion 9 will become rarely seen as we move forward? Just because people are willing to take the compromise of power performance for more portability, as opposed to having something this big. So it might just benefit you to have the Legion Go with a portable monitor and boom, that's it. You've got a better mobile gaming experience and a light-up package to carry around everywhere you go. So I wanna know your thoughts. Where do you lie? Do you think the portable gaming PC console won't replace, but will supersede the gaming laptop? Or do you think it will eat the market and share that? Or whatever your thoughts are, leave them down below. I'm very interested because I think even though right now there are few people, you know, people have jumped into the portable gaming market, portable handheld PC gaming market. I think that will grow and I think the high-end gaming PCs might actually drop down in terms of just viability. So leave your thoughts down below. Don't forget to like, share, subscribe and always enjoy entertainment.