There’s no need to thank us, folks. Just a little over a week after we published our Lenovo Legion Go review, Lenovo has announced an official grip wedge – among other accessories – for those Legion TrueStrike controllers – immediately putting one of our biggest concerns to bed. Coincidence? We’ll let you be the judge of that.
“Had Lenovo followed through on the blatant copyright infringement, it’d get a couple of extra points for including a grip for the controllers to hook onto when they’re not on the console itself. That… didn’t happen, and we were left with a floating pair of controllers that rarely saw exercise outside their docks,” our review reads.
Lenovo finally gets a grip
You’ll be paying for the privilege of turning those floating TrueStrike controllers into a “single, chargeable controller,” of course. €60 (roughly R1,200) to be exact – on top of the already steep R16,000 asking price you’ll need to bag the Legion Go itself. It’s kitted with a USB-C port of its own, able to provide each TrueStrike controller with enough juice to top up the 900mAh batteries from empty, to justify the R1,000+ price tag.
Perhaps more useful, however, is the new €65 (R1,300) Legion Go USB-C Dock, allowing the device to be propped up on a stand of its own make, fitted with all the ports necessary to keep the Legion Go charged, hooked up to a monitor, and physically connected to the internet. Sure, a regular hub does the trick just fine – but it won’t look nearly as good as this one.
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Also joining the party is a set of interchangeable textured joysticks and joystick caps, meant to zhush up the controller’s fairly simplistic look, and supposedly provide some much-needed grip when attempting to tackle FPS and racing games. As for where you’ll put all your new accessories, Lenovo’s selling an even chonkier carrying case than the one included with the Legion Go, going for €30 (R600).
Why it’s taken a year for Lenovo to cotton on, we’ll never understand. But it did, eventually, and that’s all that matters. You can visit here to see a full list of Lenovo accessories and their expected release dates later this year. There’s no word on local availability just yet. We’ll keep our fingers crossed for a quick release.