r/OdinHandheld

Would I get refunded my money from ayn? And would the pro be enough to play some Xbox 360 and ps3 at all? Just ordered from the ayn website July 31st and they’re talking about November/October for delivery times and that’s just crazy honestly

I’ve ordered an Odin 3 Max on AliExpress. I expect it is still a couple of months away; paid ~$900 au.
I saw a second hand ROG Ally X for sale for $900.

Im tossing up whether to cancel the Odin 3 order and go with the Ally X.

My main use for the console will be on the train to and from work. I am more than happy playing older games, but would like to be able to play games like GTa V and Skyrim without too much challenge.

Will I be disappointed with the Odin 3 do you think? I like that it will be significantly lighter than the Ally, but am concerned it will underperform.

The Discord is full of people who love getting their time, money & enthusiasm shit on, for fun. I’ve never seen so many people defend bad business & bad communication. Ayn ghosts every email or inquiry asking why Ali Express orders get fulfilled before the AYN website orders. People making excuses to the moon & back theory crafting & settling w/ what they come up w/. They are saying AE doesn’t release the funds until the item is shipped. That kinda makes sense & isn’t that crazy conceptually, but to have to be content w/ that theory when AYN could just address it is, bullshit.

There are people ordering from AE & getting it in 2-4 weeks, some folks in the Discord reported they got theirs in less sometimes. People ordering from the AYN website are waiting up to 2 months & for some longer. It would be whatever it they didn’t send communication to some customers that the orders would be fulfilled in ORDER.

Telling people to refund it from AYN & to purchase it from AE doesn’t address the issue. It side steps it. Telling people to get another handheld to hold you over in the meantime is stupid. Not everyone in the hobby is a rich white boy w/ disposable income to just throw @ other things while waiting. Waiting is fine, refusing to address why you are doing bad business is not.

The Valentino guy in the Discord was cool, but some of the mod nerds get the panties in for AYN like they work there.

I've seen various recommendations for cases that fit the Odin 2 Portal with the TPU grip attached, but all the recommendations I've seen are for the US. Does anyone have a recommended case that is available in the UK (from e.g. Amazon UK / AliExpress)?

I have maybe a dumb question. I'm looking to eventually get an arcade machine setup (full cabinet, guns, etc). As an interim step, I was thinking of picking up the ayn Odin 2 portal to love and to hold and to pet and to call him George. My question is, is it feasible to turn the handheld into an arcade machine down the road?

Thanks!

Just noticed (and subsequently pulled the trigger on) a base odin 2 portal which is now being sold on the official website in indigo. Seems like a great deal and a way to not only get an odin 2 but get it in a decent colorway.

I am looking for a good handheld that can run ps2 games really smoothly and hopefully run at 60fps with patches ofc. I have been thinking on the AYN Odin 3 or the AYN Thor max model 500GB. I've been using my Samsung s24 for ps2 emulation and its been draining my battery and taking up lots of space.

I just don’t know which model to get, my main reasoning for wanting a handheld to emulate is GameCube and PS2 and below, unless I could do switch also, but mainly below, which one would you recommend?

I currently have the ayaneo konkr pocket 8 elite 24 gb 1 tb but I only got it since it was the only one I could get with those specs I’m hoping there is something that hasn’t come up on my time line that’s in the works. I understand if it’s not possible with how hard it is to get ram and storage just wanna know if there is even a whisper of a similar powerful handheld with a clamshell especially since ayaneo didn’t even have a clamshell 8 elite device tho I remember there being one