Ayn Odin 2
With the full Android app store at your disposal, the Odin 2 lets you tap into pretty much every conceivable aspect of gaming
from mediocre ports of actual games to microtransaction skinner boxes, you can experience everything gaming on android has to offer
literally the only good and fully-featured android game is vampire survivors
sure, it's also one of the best PC games too, but when I say only good android game, i mean it
Emulators doe. Still not worth the price. Ig the battery life would be better than an x86 handheld.
i think you can get a decent anbernic for less than half the price
true but that will probably only emulate up to Saturn games. Odin 2 can handle the entire PS2 library and does Switch games pretty well too. Setup is probably more straight forward for emulation too. But Steam Deck is still the best value. Odin 2 is paying a premium price for a smaller system that only does Android.
android
lmao so it's a cheap white label phone with a joystick slapped on.
I have the original Odin and it's actually a really good device for handheld retro gaming up to the PS2 era (but it serves double duty as a docked device with a monitor and you can stream higher end games from a PC to the device using apps like Steam Link as well.)
Taki Udon and other retro gaming channels reviewed the original Odin really highly and I can see why.
I don't think I'd buy an Odin 2 at that price point though because you're better off with a Steam Deck.
The original Odin was around before the Steam Deck, they had a crowdfunding campaign for it 2-3 years ago. The market for Android handhelds was kind of killed by the Deck and its competitors, since there's no reason to spend that much on one when you can get a PC handheld for not that much more, or if you don't want to spend that much, get a cheaper Anbernic or PowKiddy ARM handheld that runs Linux.
They should be executed for a fair market price for allowing piracy
id been looking at Steam Deck, ROG Ally and Odin 2. ive been really plagued with indecision about it. Odin 2 would be limited on emulators because it's android, but its definitely smaller. Also people in here are suggesting an Anbernic or Powkiddy, but most of those can't emulate every PS2 and Gamecube game, and Ayn Odin 2 can do Switch well because Switch and Odin are both ARM processors. So for emulating everything up to Switch(minus Wii U), being smaller and having better battery than Steam Deck, it'd be worth it. But i have a Steam library so im probably going with the SD. The ROG Ally is cool and id probably be using it at home so id have an outlet nearby usually, but the battery life and QC for them seem to be shit cause it's Asus. Plus i just figured out I can use my Lenovo tablet to stream AAA games from my computer using Moonlight/Sunshine or Steam Link. People who don't have a gaming desktop and arent really traveling should probably get the Ally, but if you have a desktop and will be traveling i think SD is better.
Also Ayn Odin 2 has some kind of warranty but you have to send the thing back to China which is just annoying. Steam Deck has so much support now too and will emulate way more than Odin 2 like OG Xbox, Vita, 360 and PS3.
