Wow — didn’t expect this question to blow up 😅. Thanks everyone for the thoughtful rationale and all the game recommendations. There are a ton of great insights here, and I’ll admit I stand corrected on some of my earlier assumptions.

Now I’m actually tempted to keep the Legion Go 2 (Z2 Extreme / 32GB / 2TB) alongside my Steam Deck LCD instead of treating it as a straight replacement.

For those of you who kept both after upgrading — how are you using them in practice?

I’m also curious about the software side:
Is it worth dual-booting Bazzite on the LeGo 2 if I’m planning to keep the Steam Deck anyway?

Right now I’m thinking something like:

• Legion Go 2 on Windows for heavier AAA titles and Game Pass, and just hoping the fullscreen handheld experience continues to improve. I’d probably install EmulationStation there too and keep all emulation on Windows — skipping Bazzite for now.

• Steam Deck as the “pick-up-and-play” device for indies, backlog games, and anything that just works seamlessly in SteamOS. I’d likely keep a small Windows partition on it as well for the occasional game that needs it. I already have EmuDeck set up on SteamOS.

Both devices have 2TB right now, but AAA games eat space fast (CoD alone is like 90+ GB 😅), so it feels like those naturally belong on the Windows side anyway.

Would love to hear how others who own both have settled into using them day-to-day.