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[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Emulators doe. Still not worth the price. Ig the battery life would be better than an x86 handheld.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

i think you can get a decent anbernic for less than half the price

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago

android

lmao so it's a cheap white label phone with a joystick slapped on.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

same price range as the steam deck… but it's a phone. no PC games

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

They should be executed for a fair market price for allowing piracy

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

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.