The Mighty Thor

[Dyne]

I just ordered an AYN Thor and I'm excited for it to get here so I wanted to talk about it.
This might be my endgame handheld. I'm a big fan of the clamshell design ever since the SP and DS days. I love my RG35xxSP but the screen is just a bit small and it only plays up through PS1. Its great for pocketability though.
But the Thor looks like it can do everything an Odin 2 can do and more:

Emulate everything through Switch and even some PS3
Lightweight Steam games (with Steam cloud saves) via Gamehub
DS and 3DS the way they are meant to be played
Game streaming from my PC with very low latency
Android games

All while being (mostly) pocketable in a clamshell design with 1080p AMOLED screens!
Okay, sorry if I'm starting to sound like a shill. No device is perfect and I'm sure there will be gripes once I have it in my hand. I'm just excited.

Anyone else getting one?

 

[Heinzu]

I just ordered an AYN Thor and I'm excited for it to get here so I wanted to talk about it.
This might be my endgame handheld. I'm a big fan of the clamshell design ever since the SP and DS days. I love my RG35xxSP but the screen is just a bit small and it only plays up through PS1. Its great for pocketability though.
But the Thor looks like it can do everything an Odin 2 can do and more:

Emulate everything through Switch and even some PS3
Lightweight Steam games (with Steam cloud saves) via Gamehub
DS and 3DS the way they are meant to be played
Game streaming from my PC with very low latency
Android games

All while being (mostly) pocketable in a clamshell design with 1080p AMOLED screens!
Okay, sorry if I'm starting to sound like a shill. No device is perfect and I'm sure there will be gripes once I have it in my hand. I'm just excited.

Anyone else getting one?

The device is worth its weight in gold but what does the device cost because the video doesn't say anything about the price?

 

[Dyne]

The device is worth its weight in gold but what does the device cost because the video doesn't say anything about the price?

The first link in my post is to AYN's site.
Its not super cheap but its a lot cheaper than the Windows handhelds that have been coming out recently. $249 usd for the cheapest model, then there's $299/$349/$429 models. I would highly suggest at least the $299 as the cheapest model has a much weaker CPU in it (all other models have the Snapdragon 8 gen 2).

 

[nks]

Odin 2 Portal is nice, but doesn't live up to the switch emulation hype. It's a buggy mess with tons of crashes...and I have yet to see a ps3 game successfully running on my odin. I've tried the lightest weight of games too...Crystal Defenders on PS3. It's a great handheld but don't expect to be running PS3 games flawlessly. Same with switch games although you can get them running full speed or close to full speed, tons of crashes and graphical bugs though.

Everything before PS3 and Switch though runs oh so fine. <3

 

[Dyne]

Odin 2 Portal is nice, but doesn't live up to the switch emulation hype. It's a buggy mess with tons of crashes...and I have yet to see a ps3 game successfully running on my odin. I've tried the lightest weight of games too...Crystal Defenders on PS3. It's a great handheld but don't expect to be running PS3 games flawlessly. Same with switch games although you can get them running full speed or close to full speed, tons of crashes and graphical bugs though.

Everything before PS3 and Switch though runs oh so fine. <3

Thanks for the info!
I don't know a lot about Switch emulation on Android yet. Are you using Eden with the custom Turnip drivers on your Odin 2?

 

[Lod 10]

Good luck there, one thing I can recommend is that you create a library of games that you like.

 

[elehayyme]

I just ordered an AYN Thor and I'm excited for it to get here so I wanted to talk about it.
This might be my endgame handheld. I'm a big fan of the clamshell design ever since the SP and DS days. I love my RG35xxSP but the screen is just a bit small and it only plays up through PS1. Its great for pocketability though.
But the Thor looks like it can do everything an Odin 2 can do and more:

Emulate everything through Switch and even some PS3
Lightweight Steam games (with Steam cloud saves) via Gamehub
DS and 3DS the way they are meant to be played
Game streaming from my PC with very low latency
Android games

All while being (mostly) pocketable in a clamshell design with 1080p AMOLED screens!
Okay, sorry if I'm starting to sound like a shill. No device is perfect and I'm sure there will be gripes once I have it in my hand. I'm just excited.

Anyone else getting one?

I'm reading into your post that you're incredibly excited for the device rather than you being a shill so no worries there! It sounds pretty cool and based on early reviews that I've seen, it seems to be a very impressive device.

Although I'm not getting one personally right now, I'm happy for you and hope that the device meets your needs and expectations! Be sure to follow up on your post once you get it and when you've tried it out for a while as I'd love to hear your thoughts.

 

[Heinzu]

The first link in my post is to AYN's site.
Its not super cheap but its a lot cheaper than the Windows handhelds that have been coming out recently. $249 usd for the cheapest model, then there's $299/$349/$429 models. I would highly suggest at least the $299 as the cheapest model has a much weaker CPU in it (all other models have the Snapdragon 8 gen 2).

What I saw in the video is enough for me to say that the device is worth its money.

 

[MajesticSiN]

Looks pretty cool.

 

[Clippy]

I thought this was gonna be about the Norse god

I gotta say, the device looks incredibly sleek.

 

[Dyne]

Although I'm not getting one personally right now, I'm happy for you and hope that the device meets your needs and expectations! Be sure to follow up on your post once you get it and when you've tried it out for a while as I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Yeah I'll definitely report back once I get it all set up and running.
Tinkering with it will be half the fun, fortunately for me there are some great how-to guides out there already.