I had similar experience, I noticed that I spent more time to setup and debug issue than on playing. 2 years ago I bought SD LCD, luckily it was easy to sell it. Was sold in few days. Also pretty small screen and poor resolution, hard to play in any games where need to read text. Some games can not be run if they are from Epic store or repacks, sometimes it is playable, sometimes not, somwtimes need to reboot device, sometime reinstall... Sleep mode drains battery, so SD should be on charging all time. I would be happy if something changed, but overall experience it is not like it is advertised, it is more like I disconnect SD from charging, verify if my game could be easily playable today and maybe play 30 minutes, but not in bed, because it is hot and pretty loud. Once I started played F.I.S.T. on SD, noticed that battery can give me 40-60 minutes with max possible settings, than I continue playing on PC on big screen with ultra settings and was shocked how awesome picture is and how many details I lost on SD. Maybe I will buy Steam Deck 2, with better performance, better OS, software, less compatibility and instability issues and better screen. But now only PC.

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I do hope Retroid does not discontinue their 2S. I think that's a bit more ideal model to take around with you on the go considering the price point and having up to perfect N64/Dreamcast emulation is really more of a bonus for me. Additionally, I think the price has reduced a bit on the 2S, so it's definitely an easy recommendation from me now when it comes to 4:3 Android based handhelds.

So did they solve the sd card reader heating up problem?

steam deck is for more advance players who like to have extensive control of their games , people who like indie games ,old titles and RTS over the new stuff. i know ppl who use both the SD and ally .

Thanks , good review and without silly background music and nonsense. 👍 Shame it appears to be more graphic than gameplay oriented, like a lot of games now.

Good video with reasonable arguments. I personally have no interest in the RP5. Mini all the way for me. I love my Mini. I wish it had a wider screen personally, but I wouldn't be willing to take that at sacrificing the form factor. That small size is key to me! With the above in mind, you and I obviously see things completely different. I will attest to agreeing with you one point however. I also feel hesitant to bring my Mini around with me. I love it so much and want to bring it to work with me, but I am so afraid of breaking it.

Saw the shirt. Can i assume you are a batman fan as i am?

Awesome video man. You covered aspects that many don't well done and keep it up.😁

Would you consider it better than the rp5 if A. I already have an OLED Steam Deck and 2. I mostly want Ps2 and GC, and something I can put in my pocket easily.

Jigabytes? Really? Sorry, lost a potential sub from me with that.

I like OLED since the PS VITA cane out!

why would u buy a mini and complain about the screen size? Get RP5 then.

DID YOU SELL IT ALREADY? ILL BUY IT

Why do you buy the mini and then complain about the size? I don't get it, this should have been obvious. For ex as I'm searching for a device that can play up to PS2, the RP5 is a no brainer compared to the mini.

Odin 2 mini is 🏆.

I don't get all the screen arguments. It plays up to ps2 generation which is 4x3 generally anyway. Most of the machines with bigger screens are 16x9 which means black borders to the left and right and the playable area comes out as roughly the same? Unless its psp someone is wanting to play i just don't see the issue

The problem for me is the screen, is just too small to appreciate PS2/GC/Wii and DC games. That generation of games have beautiful and detailed graphics, even more if you upscale them and that screen doesn't do justice to them.

This pointless video may have helped to sell a few more RP Mini's

not worth a video

Replace the SD cards with Something reliable, they will fail really quick

Can't you just turn the screen down?

Can you send it to Mexico? I want one 😢

Other than not being in your budget, most of the other reasons seem silly. Who complains that a device is too powerful? And worrying about taking care of it- retroid sells full front screen protectors, you can get a case, etc.

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Top performance is always not efficient. By being overpowered you get efficiency boost at lower performance level that you actually need

10 dollars max,lol on ebay.

I have a steam deck OLED but wanted something more portable, I was looking at the pocket mini but lots of people saying the same thing about the small screen. May go for the RP5 though I liked the idea of the 4:3 screen, but maybe the RP5 can do PSP and others better.

$100 usd

Buy the rp5 then

How about $50 cdn? Let me know :)

Sell it and get the Ayaneo Pocket Micro which is not "overpowered" tststs

i love mine 30$ best !!!

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I use my Deck out of the box, no tinker, no external store (yet), I haven't encountered most of the issues that you mentioned here. 1. Gamepass has always been a Microsoft thing, I don't think it will ever work out of the box. You'll always have to tinker. Either get Legion Go, or Ally OR you install Windows on the Deck. I heard WIndows on Deck is good on LCD models, not so much on OLED. Haven't tried myself, so I don't know. 2. Ergonomics. Coming from Switch, I think it's good out of the box. I still struggle with the bumpers and the weight though. Otherwise, I think it's good; not excellent, but good enough. 3. Playing on TV. I heard the official dock has those issues, maybe get docks/USB-C PD hubs with HDMI output. They tend to work better. I use one from JSAUX without any problem. 4. Hassle-Free gaming; I admit I have only played No Man's Sky, Kingdom Come: Deliverance and Bear and Breakfast, only 3 games on the Deck so far (I got it in September, so not much time yet). I've seen people complaining about tinkering all the time but my experience on those 3 titles is pretty much hassle free. I'm curious what games you are trying to play on Deck. I'm planning to dual-boot with Windows for those games that's problematic, but so far I haven't found a reason to among my game libraries.

That’s pretty obvious that Steam Deck is not for Game Pass Games… Maybe you should have look out for it before buying it and then complain in a video… Just my opinion

😂❤ sounds like a you problem bro i love my deck

Can you use the ps5 controller to its full potential? Or is there any feature that doesn’t work on the steam deck?

Steam deck is great but really it has so many things to tinker with that we end up not playing so much haha 😅

After seeing the pocket mini preforms I definitely want the 5 the mini is just to small..

Fair, but for a compromise and from a company that hadn't made these before a couple years, it was impressive

I do agree with the ergonomics part, if I need heavy use of the R and L bumpers I have to get awkward with the grip, and I don't have tiny hands.

Of course any hand held gaming device is a compromise. Nothing beats the comfort of a xbox or ps5 controller. Nothing beats the precision and flexibility of a keyboard and mouse.

No it's not hassle free, you need to be pretty tech savvy to get this shit working right.

AMD APU was a great choice and a 800p screen. 25-45 FPS at 720p on Cyberpunk with FSR is very playable. Bottles Linux app for me is useful for playing FitGirl repacks and PC game ports. And PS3 emulation is quite viable as well. My only issue was making a desktop-gamepad configuration layout. Heroic Game Launcher lets you import your Epic Games and GoG library. Desktop mode is a big upside to people who are on a budget (yar ho ho) or like to jailbreak

I'm considering buiying a Steam Deck and this video gave me a lot of usefull information and things to consider.

steam and the deck are completely open. You can install any store game, any OS. Either way Valve cares about the gamers and no other does.

This is just what I was looking for, thank you!

If the RP5 was originally going to be 6GB what the hell of advancement would there have been of the RP5 mini apart from being a little smaller 😂