ANBERNIC RG Vita, RG Vita Pro

[devout canopy]

865, 8gen2 and G3x Gen2 devices iirc mostly got Rocknix support yeah

[acoustic bobcat]

There is Linux for g3xgen2?

If it runs on pocket dmg I must try it

[devout canopy]

the g3xgen2 is basically an 8gen2, so yeah there is definitely support for some, but I haven't really followed that closely

[blazing bough]

true but the cheapest 865 device is still like 180-200

[acoustic bobcat]

It does. Thanks a lot for bringing my attention to this

[silver idol]

$120 maybe $130 is my limit. But yeah I've been getting PC games running on SBC's before Portmaster was a thing.

[sly rock]

here's hoping they make more colors for it

[acoustic bobcat]

There is postmaster for rocknix too so you are definitely getting a better experience on SD chips

[devout canopy]

to be fair, the Mini V2 was $149 for a while

[acoustic bobcat]

Most of those devices go with 8gb of ram, chip is obviously stronger than whatever anbernic low end is. So for like 180 dollars you basically get everything

[sly rock]

we need a sequel for it man my body is ready for it

[devout canopy]

I wholeheartedly reject this as the controls are not inset

[sly rock]

Oh yeah I 100% Agree i'd rather have the screen be smaller so that the device can have inset controls

[devout canopy]

or make the device like 1-2cm wider

and no stupid ergo bumps on the back, damn it

[sly rock]

Nooo but I like it small

it's nearing PSP size

[devout canopy]

grab an Pocket S Mini then

literally same damn size as the RP Mini

[blazing bough]

where is my handheld retroid

[sly rock]

I like this design more feels like a PS VITS

[blazing bough]

i did too

people had to ruin it

[kindred widget]

Unfortunately the punk ass masses said "nah, we want Retroid to be boring."

[devout canopy]

should have leaned in a bit more on the Vita visuals to sell it to the non-believers

[kindred widget]

At least it has nice colors

[sly rock]

AT THIS point i'm waiting on AYN to make the AYN ODIN 3 mini

[devout canopy]

nooot gonna happen

[sly rock]

it will happe in the year of our lord 2026

[devout canopy]

Odin 2 Mini didn't sell enough, people complained about the screen being too small... Odin 3 already has a 6-inch panel at the smallest size you can make a handheld around... they literally could have just made a flat back for it and we would have been good

[kindred widget]

Retroid Flip 3

[devout canopy]

they ain't gotta do another 5" device with small battery, small screen and a bunch of complaints

[kindred widget]

Or an Anbernic Flip with the 8300

[sly rock]

Dang that sucks

i'm either just gonna wait it out or get AYN ODIN 2 MINI from Aliexpress or Retroid Pocket g2

[kindred widget]

Wait and the handheld you want shall appear

Ballsbernic would never lie or deceive

Or just get the G2 since that has better colors than the O2 Mini

[sick lynx]

RG 505 is switch lite replica that cannot play switch games.
Anbernic is focusing on doing replica. Trust me. it will be 3ds follow by switch 2 maybe.

[devout canopy]

2026, year of the nostalgia bait

[sick lynx]

RG Arc , saturn replica for the controls.

[kindred widget]

Its essentially just the RGVINO

[sick lynx]

No choice for anbernic, they own a handheld factory and they cannot use snapdragon chipset.
They need to do handhelds that ayn, retroid and ayaneo will not be doing. Replica.

I just hope someone will do a switch 2 replica. I like 8 inches screen and also detach joystick and it can link to TV and has attachment to turn the joycon to be full joystick.
Please anbernic replicate switch 2.

[devout canopy]

7inch horribly cheap 1024x600 LCD with no detachable controls and no video out it is

will slightly look like a Switch 2 tho

[teal sonnet]

I wholeheartedly reject this as the controls are not inset

[devout canopy]

Anbernic ain't gives a shit

[sly rock]

I believe in AYN

[sly rock]

WTF is htis handhekld?

[devout canopy]

some jank from Ali, I swapped the ABXY buttons with the stick tho

[deft loom]

gonna make a meme that's just "you don't want a handheld. you want a controller with a phone clip."

[lusty adder]

And a RK chip for the chef's kiss 🤌

[sour olive]

Funny how everyone is talking about everything but the RG Vita

[acoustic bobcat]

It was the same with the pocket max chat

[sour olive]

Yep

Anbernic has the chance to release something great and they blew it

I definitely would have gotten the pro had it included a D8300

[short goblet]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=r3q_CL65TfA

[sour olive]

Everyone favorite Telemarketer is here

Well at least his video

[silver idol]

I already collect Portmaster Handhelds. Also I already have the Odin 2 Portal.

[subtle shuttle]

That’s not even getting into the bit where this thing has less RAM than their other T618 devices, and assuming they’ll be making it around those prices, it’ll be way overpriced for what it is. But if they make it too low, they’ll be making the RG DS look way more overpriced than it should be by having a device with way better controls, screen, and chipset be a similar price.

[acoustic bobcat]

We here at AYN laugh at messages that have "anbernic" and "great" in them

[sour olive]

True Dat

[acoustic bobcat]

Just curious, what is so great about port master that Odin 2 or similar power devices can't do without it?

[sour olive]

Nothing

[subtle shuttle]

Hell, while I was doing it using GammaOS with Max Performance, I was still able to get Persona 4 Golden running full speed on the RG505 even before Next released. So this thing not running the game in Russ’s video borderline confirms that they never bothered to even try at optimizing the performance better.

[sour olive]

People just want a cheap device to play Indie Games every other device can already play

[sour olive]

Maybe that extra 1GB of RAM helped

[acoustic bobcat]

https://tenor.com/view/faltas-de-ortografía-eyes-eye-wash-gif-13468132

[subtle shuttle]

That too, which if that is the case makes the fact that they didn’t make it 4GB even worse, assuming that 1GB is legitimately what the chipset needs for relatively good Vita performance.

[undone hemlock]

It has awful PWM filtering if you’re susceptible to that.

[sour olive]

It's the same screen as the original Vita

Which was pretty nice

Just put GammaOS on it

[subtle shuttle]

The RG Vita or the RG505?

[sour olive]

RG505

[subtle shuttle]

Yup, it’s an old OLED screen, but it’s still a pretty good one.

[kindred widget]

Well I've never used an OLED device so I wouldn't know how or if it would even affect me

I already have meh vision as it is

[sour olive]

How can you Juggle Balls if you have bad vision?

[undone hemlock]

https://tenor.com/view/out-of-line-anthony-mackie-sam-wilson-falcon-the-falcon-and-the-winter-soldier-gif-21182970

[kindred widget]

Part of the job is getting up close and personal

Theres also the sniff and taste test but that's another can of worms

[blazing bough]

that always happens after a certain point

without the actual device being out

either that or people looping back and asking about the same thing that was answered a couple hours ago

[tawny lynx]

Muscle memory

[sour olive]

Lmao

[silver idol]

It's just lighter and more Console like.

[silver idol]

Depends, do you care about Linux?

[subtle shuttle]

…Did you happen to reply to the wrong comment?

[silver idol]

They said that this Handheld is supposed to be more budget minded, but we'll know soon. 🙄

[silver idol]

No you asked "RG Vita or RG505?"

The RG Vita is basically just a better Trimui Smart Pro S.

[subtle shuttle]

Yeah, I was talking about their comment on the screen since I didn’t know if they were talking about the RG Vita having the screen or if they were basing that comment about the “OLED Vita screen” on my mention of the RG505.

I didn’t even talk about the chipset of the Vita beyond mentioning how it’s got 1GB less ram than the other Anbernic devices with the same chipset.

[silver idol]

I thought you were asking an entirely different question.

[subtle shuttle]

Got it.

[silver idol]

I've been thinking, and I might buy this Handheld. It'll be the Trimui Smart Pro replacement I'm been waiting for.

It all depends on what the Retail price is.

[naive prairie]

$79.99, but there will be a special fee hidden in the shipping costs to bring it up to $129.99.

[silver idol]

For the Pro unit!? That's the only one I'm interested in.

[naive prairie]

[looks over at the new Anbernic controller that mysteriously costs $30 to ship when everything else is cheaper]

[naive prairie]

We don't know the prices of any of it ... but I would not be surprised by some shady shit going on with pricing and shipping.

[silver idol]

I'll have to wait and see. @naive prairie

[lone imp]

(several pages of pure speculation and making things up) heh

think of the rgVita pro as a good followup to the rg552

[subtle shuttle]

Great, so it’ll be the same follow-up in being way too overpriced for what it is as well?

[lone imp]

maybe? its not overpriced if you play your money's worth

[sly rock]

if it makes you guys feel better this can definately run GBA games

[lone imp]

yeah, go put 10 hours into shining force. that's like 140usd worth of gameplay

[sly rock]

lmao I've been playing shining force on my steam deck oled

[old jungle]

shining force is a great game

it is kind of a good point though in the breaking point between chipsets

that weird middle ground of H700 devices vs. PS2 ready devices vs. switch emulation/gamehub devices

[lone imp]

i mean, if all you're doing is collecting these devices to put on a display or something, gripe away about the price.

just seems kinda weird for a bunch of gamers to be like that.

[old jungle]

https://tenor.com/view/confused-no-nope-gif-5413974953753901704

[lone imp]

i'm referring to shrine-builders

[old jungle]

why would price only be a concern to them?

[lone imp]

because next year, these will be ewaste, i guess

[old jungle]

https://tenor.com/view/hearties-lee-kavan-smith-leland-coulter-wcth-gif-16777702

[golden ravine]

Not necessarily, if you're good with tools and you take care of it you can make it last 2 whole years after buying it maybe 3.

[hardy parcel]

3DS prob the most expensive thing there

[inner parrot]

If this thing gets mainline Linux which is likely if the Pro is a Rockchip, it can keep getting software updates whereas Android is likely to get stuck on some old version

[silver idol]

Or a better Trimui Smart Pro S. 😏

[silver idol]

This is definitely me.

[silver idol]

Also MelonDS too.

[golden ravine]

It is kinda funny though, a lot of people who want a device like this already has one.

I see people popping up all the time talking about how they still love their T618 devices.

It also helps that most of them on the market today are still being supported with new updated software

[silver idol]

Personally I buy all my Handhelds within a niche. Also I buy multiple Portmaster Handhelds.

[silver idol]

This is why I'm trying to convince Anbernic to put ghe RK3576 with 4GB in the RG-DS. 😡

[subtle shuttle]

And anyone that was looking for a powerful higher-end Linux handheld (as in better than the usual budget stuff) already either got something like the RP5/Mini/Flip2, or they went all out and got an 8Gen2/G3XGen2 device.

[thick orchid]

details on Vita pro?

none? Ok i come back tomorrow

[silver idol]

What do you want to know?

[thick orchid]

SOC mainly

and i dont even wanna know exactly which soc. I just want to know if i can play 4x GOW Psps no Frameskip

[silver idol]

[Lite model]
T618

[Pro Model]
RK3576

[thick orchid]

was the 3576 confirmed?

[silver idol]

Yes

[thick orchid]

by.........?

[silver idol]

2x GOW

[tribal sonnet]

i wonder how long it takes to charges rg vita pro

[teal sonnet]

The PS2 version?

[thick orchid]

does it have the same charging quirk as the 3566?

[teal sonnet]

Its 18W so almost twice as fast as the base

If I had to guess

[thick orchid]

on a screen that can 4x? nah

def no buy

[silver idol]

Here you go.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SBCGaming/comments/1r2ghaz/rg_vita_and_rg_vita_pro/?share_id=kaoQiNanVNaIWR-APz1kO&utm_content=1&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1

[blazing bough]

Stubbs and a lot of other people

[subtle shuttle]

Rk3576 is weaker than the T820, so good news is that logically it should only be around $130 to maybe $140 at the absolute most (if they plan on selling it with dual boot Android/Linux as an advertised feature, same way they added a higher price tier for some of their older rk3566 handhelds).

Bad news is that it’s an Anbernic device, so logical price is definitely not likely.

[thick orchid]

thank you kindly @silver idol @blazing bough

[thick orchid]

i call it the anbernic tax. whatever the price is, x 1.25

[scarlet veldt]

This is a strange take. Even if it has mainline Linux, if no one works on it, it's still dead. But for Android if it's a decently recent version of Android, apps old and new will continue to work on it for years to come. Beging stuck on one version of Android has never been a problem for a device's lifespan, unless it starts off with a really old version.

[raven sky]

Going live with @rotund verge and @magic jacinth in 30 min!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwOetcCo_ow

[tawny lynx]

[fossil rose]

Well, the delivery company who suck and lost my review unit provided me 'proof' that my RG Vita was delivered

...and that was a picture of a house which is certainly not mine. It looks like a crack-den.

I asked them to just look on Google Maps and tell me if they think their proof pic looks similar to my address and that was met with sullen silence. So...some total random in God-Knows-What-Town has my review unit now!

The saga of What Happened to Dash's Vita is now over

[lusty adder]

$140 is the price of the 406H on Aliexpress tbh DOA at that price. This is a $70 handheld at best

[subtle shuttle]

Remember the part where Dual Boot is unironically something Anbernic saw as being worth charging extra for.

They’d just slap on an extra 1GB of ram and a built-in emmc so that it’s a 2GB-RAM android device by default, but when you add a Linux card to the tf1 it boots Linux. And they usually charged like $50 extra for that shit.

[lusty adder]

I forgot about that tbh We can have bad performance on both Linux and Android

[thick orchid]

i got mine for 85 after taxes

and i was complaining about that

[lusty adder]

And you got a much better handheld with better controls and chip

[thick orchid]

and still complained about it

coz PSP looks like shit on it

should have gotten the 476h

at least that would have given me a 4.3 inch screen, same size as PSP

[lusty adder]

We also need to remember thay their 505 is going for around $115 and has better RAM
$140 for the Vita is wild

[subtle shuttle]

Oh I’m not planning on getting this regardless, I’m just pointing out the absolute bare minimum for what this thing’s standard price could go for without being legit bullshit tier like the previously aforementioned RG552.

[lusty adder]

The 552 is still the same price after all these years 😅

[subtle shuttle]

Ambernic devices at the “higher than budget”-end are most of the time only worth the price at a discount.

[lusty adder]

Yeah the 477M being more expensive than the RP6 is crazy too.

Same with the 477V tbh

[subtle shuttle]

At a discount it actually goes for half-off, so it’s only $20-$30 more than it should be. Unlike the stock price…

[golden ravine]

And better storage, 128 gb. Devices in the $200 range are releasing with 128 gb of storage and we got it in a lower end android from 2 years ago

[subtle shuttle]

That shit was mid-range 2 years ago (forgot the Odin released before and not after it).

[lusty adder]

Yep , that's why GC performs a bit better on their devices from 2023

[subtle shuttle]

Remember that the 505 was going for over $150 when it first released, the 405m being even more due to the metal shell.

[lusty adder]

You could still thinker and use some cheat codes here and there to make it work , i don't know if that's possible with the nerfed 2026 specs

[golden ravine]

It's 100% the extra gb of ram that helped those devices with PS2 and GameCube.

Even if it wasn't perfect, you can get a decent amount working if you know what you're doing

[lusty adder]

I remember that , at the time people bought it because everyone was craving for GC and PS2 emulation ,so they drip feed us with that chip.
It was ok to experiment with it at the time , it's not something i would get back to in 2026

[subtle shuttle]

Remember that the $150 RP4 base model had a chipset that was previously only seen on a fucking $250 handheld (Odin Lite, not counting the $199 it went for early bird in this…at least, I remember mine being $250 since it was one of the versions with 6GB-RAM and I definitely didn’t get it early bird).

[sour olive]

Except Anbernic isn't Retroid

I'm not expecting much of a discount

[golden ravine]

I have the pro with the Snapdragon 845 and 8gb ram and it is really nice. But I understand why they haven't used the chip in newer handhelds

[subtle shuttle]

Oh, Anbernic does discounts way more often than most, they just mostly do it for older handhelds and not newer ones.

[golden ravine]

Got it for under $200

[subtle shuttle]

Those you’d have to look to AliExpress for a discount.

[golden ravine]

They have a sale going on now

[sour olive]

865 Pro would have been nice

[golden ravine]

Qualcomm doesn't like Anbernic though

You can't convince me otherwise, they definitely have beef

[sour olive]

Yeah

They've never done a device with Snapdragon

I think BossMan is just too cheap to pay for Snapdragon

[lusty adder]

Bossman doesn't even want to use their high end chip ( D8300)

[golden ravine]

I remember Joey mentioning in a newscast that Qualcomm doesn't like that Anbernic has games pre installed on their devices.

It was only speculation, but it is funny that none of the Snapdragon chips come with games

[devout plinth]

at the scale of anbernic, I suspect they have some sort of minimum yearly order requirement to get their discount from the chip supplier, the non-pro might be that, easy way to move units

[golden ravine]

The sad part is that I wanted more T618 devices, just not like this.

I mostly wanted them to be an rk3566/A133p replacement

The Mangmi was pretty much that

[subtle shuttle]

Honestly? Yeah I can definitely agree on that. It would’ve been nice to see T618 as their replacement for the stock $80-$90 tier (where discounts would drop it lower of course).

[golden ravine]

Yes, pretty much that

I got my RG505 for $75 dollars and that's pretty much what a device like that is worth to me now

[devout plinth]

in my experience, you can get anbernic stuff 15% cheaper than msrp just 2 months after release

so a little patient might help

so I'm not really bothered by msrp much

while other manufactures increase their price after early bird period, anbernic lowers their prices

[inner parrot]

Mainline Linux generally means there is a maintainer for it. Worst case scenario, the source is available to me and I can update it if desired as can many others. My first retro handheld, the RG353M can run the latest and greatest Linux kernels direct from kernel.org vs Android 16 is the latest Android version and I've never seen a retro handheld with the latest Android. I only see Android versions updated from the vendors and Gamma and maybe a couple other devs, very few. On the flip side there are multiple active Linux distributions with teams of developers.

All that said, there are advantages to Android as well, mainly from it being the most popular mobile OS, it does get a lot of attention from developers at the application level. And Android was always the original target for most of these chipsets usually going into phones originally so the initial support is often better for Android and some parts might take forever to get ported to Linux if at all.

[sly rock]

Whoa I didn't epxect to see you here! It's nice to see a fimiliar face on a different discord

[inner parrot]

Honestly I'm impressed if a retro handheld is just one major Android release behind, because that is where a lot of phones generally are as well. But seems like most retro handhelds are two or more at least, but that prolly doesn't matter to most people especially if they go through retro handhelds like people go through phones. In any case, be aware you likely aren't getting frequent security updates, so be wary about sites you visit and apps you install and I wouldn't touch any accounts with access to anything valuable from these devices.

[sly rock]

anyone know the price of this? have a feeling it's between 100 to 160 dollers

[inner parrot]

I think that is in line with the guesses I have heard

[sly rock]

Ohh

[quick cloak]

2 much

[devout plinth]

actually this has to do with the chip, for example the rk3568 only has support for android 14 from distributors, even if one wants to use lower or higher version, it would take lots of effort for little reward

[glossy zodiac]

Even if this winds up at $99 I'm not sure there really is a value proposition for it compared to a Smart Pro or S.

[sly rock]

Yeah when I saw the size of this handheld I'd rather wait for AYN ODIN 3 MINI to be honest

[devout plinth]

if msrp is 99 then on sales with discount it would be $85

[inner parrot]

Agreed - yeah, the chip vendor stops providing newer Android versions and so then it isn't feasible for the device manufacturer to take it any further. Meanwhile I'm confident my mainline Linux devices will still be getting new kernels beyond the life of the comparable Android-only chipset devices.

[glossy zodiac]

Anbernic kinda does the apple upsell thing: a little less for basically the same thing, a bit more for something definitely better ... Except they don't really offer good value mid or high tier stuff. It's all hideous and/or comparatively underspecced still. So they're really just pushing midrange buyers to competitors.

[sly rock]

Yeah sounds about right though their rg40xxV looks good

[inner parrot]

Might not even have to wait long for an amazing discount!!!
https://www.reddit.com/r/SBCGaming/comments/1qz40rc/anbernics_incredible_deal_on_the_rg_ds_has_me/

[quick cloak]

Stubbs and dudes have like zero enthusiasm for this device

[devout plinth]

don't expect anbernic to lower their prices from the main website, buy from distributors. Anbernic has to keep prices high on their website to keep distributors happy and able to sell their stuff

[magic jacinth]

https://tenor.com/view/w-george-w-bush-fool-fool-me-once-can't-fool-gif-6645306549258854042

[raven sky]

Noooo

Sorry Dash

[sour olive]

Now we'll never know if it was the Pro or not

[raven sky]

We tried, we really did. Upscaled PSP is pretty fun.

[fossil rose]

I love how they blurred the letterbox out, because clearly it wasn't my property, area, state or...universe

[raven sky]

Delivered to another dimension smh 😭

Rodulf attempting to fafo

[sour olive]

Rodulf stole the RG Vita

[fossil rose]

I told them I'm friends with the company and that this lie has cost them the contract going forward.

Which is true. So dumb

[raven sky]

Tell them your local discord admin is very unhappy with them

[fossil rose]

I'll tell them "my fwend stubbs is cross wiz u"

[raven sky]

More than cross! Triangle!

[fossil rose]

Maybe I'll mention, my old fallback, messing with a pen-tester is a terrible decision

[raven sky]

2 buttons the RG Vita doesn't have 😭

[fossil rose]

Seriously though, it has cost them the contract here

[raven sky]

If you weren't in aus I'd just mail you mine right now, it would take forever

Are they sending you a new one?

[fossil rose]

That's so kind! My friend from Anbernic said they're super happy to send me one, but it'll be after Spring Festival (like 90% of their workforce is on leave right now), but I said that's just not even worth it

[fossil rose]

Weirdly they sent one to Gardiner, he doesn't ever cover these but LOVES the Sony Vita hardware design and asked me if I could organize it.

So he's going to upload an impressions video, and article soon. Not usually his wheelhouse, but kinda lucky since mine went into oblivion

[sour olive]

He should have gotten the Pro because Linux

[hallow willow]

Any chance you can put me in touch with your friend? xD

[untold hazel]

Doesn't say anything about most powerful in the title

Btw RG505 is still a better device than this

[glacial gust]

Is it?

[mortal island]

505 Has more ram and storage than the base rg vita, better screen, and seemingly a bit faster when it comes to PS2/GC

[hallow willow]

i wouldn't rely on the t618 for ps2/GC but yes 😄

[tame vector]

im just waiting for a rgds pro lol

[devout plinth]

you'll be waiting forever, just like the rg arc pro

[acoustic bobcat]

RG ds supposedly sold well so we might actually see it happening

[lusty adder]

I can't wait to see the fatal flaw the RD 3DS will ship with

[coral cliff]

Anyone find the specs abit disappointing?

[quick cloak]

https://tenor.com/view/hmm-sus-suspicious-stare-eyes-on-you-gif-7197827967440963024

[midnight badger]

the rg505 is beginning to look a lot better aint it lol

[acoustic bobcat]

Anyone finding specs not disappointing?

[short goblet]

https://klipy.com/gifs/leonardo-dicaprio-wolf-of-wallstreet

[naive prairie]

If they just took the RG505's guts and put it in a true Vita-sized shell with the 505's Vita screen and the sticks they used with the RG Slide (You'd need some kind of L2/R2 - could even be inline), and sold it for around a hundred, it would probably be the best PSP handheld you could buy.

[coral cliff]

i saw retro game corp review and it said psp performance kinda hit and miss, I was like “wtf?”

You market as vita shouldn’t Atleast all psp playable?

[devout canopy]

didn't he say it's a solid PSP

[coral cliff]

Is it? Maybe I hear it wrong and directly close the video and didn’t bother watching it

[devout canopy]

I mean it's a t618, that's totally fine for PSP and 3gb RAM ain't a bother

for GCN/PS2 it's useless tho

and as a Vita too, as it barely runs some of the most lightweight games

[hexed cave]

https://tenor.com/view/yeah-whatever-um-no-eye-roll-james-harden-gif-15244592

It’s a shame. I was on a roll with slide, 476H and 477V

[subtle shuttle]

Shit, it would also be a relatively pretty decent PS Vita handheld, given that 1GB of less RAM was apparently the difference between a lot of games being playable in my testing with the RG505 versus them not being playable in Russ’s testing.

[subtle shuttle]

Like, it obviously still wouldn’t be perfect, there would always be flaws that make it just overall lousy as a Vita replacement.

But the fact they likely just had to add 1GB more RAM to actually make at least about a dozen more vita games playable on it (most of them actually being “must have” vita games) is really fucking lame.

[devout plinth]

the rg505's still in production, get that if you care about the 1G of ram

I suspect the non-pro will be $85

[subtle shuttle]

Cool, why didn’t they use the ram chips they’re still getting for new 505’s then?

[devout plinth]

they already said the price will be very competitive

[naive prairie]

I suspect the RG505's still in warehouses. Like the WIN600 - ain't no way they're still producing that either.

[subtle shuttle]

Like, if it isn’t in production and the ones on their site are just the leftovers, I’d understand them not wanting to harvest chips. But if they’re still in production that makes it way more bullshit since they have available ram that isn’t even being used.

[subtle shuttle]

Yup, they likely aren’t still in production, and that’s frankly good since this thing having only 3GB would be even more bullshit if they were.

[devout plinth]

I'm just excited to have the rk3576 in this hobby

[subtle shuttle]

Given that’s a different device (the Pro) from what me and Chemical Burrito are talking about (the Non-Pro), that’s already more than fair enough.

[devout plinth]

I'm not gonna buy the thing but there's hope that anbernic with access to this chip will put it in something I want

I really hope they treat it like the new H700

[lusty adder]

T618 , 3GB , 720p screen GOAT performance 🗿

[subtle shuttle]

See, that would make me way more willing to accept the current shortcomings of the device, if they legit priced it only like $10-$20 more than that line of devices and essentially said “this is what we’re gonna be pricing all new T618 devices from here on”.

But I have absolutely little to no hope that Anbernic would actually do that.

[lusty adder]

Thing is , for it to make sense it has to be priced at $70-$80 max and their old and better T618 line is going for $115 minimum. They won't price it for less than $120 unless they want to kill the older T618 line

[subtle shuttle]

Hence the second comment on having “little to no hope Anbernic would actually do that”, since they could just as easily permanently reduce the price of the older devices, or even make a public statement about the ram shortages being the reason they’re staying that price for now and only the 3GB ones will be that low.

[smoky igloo]

Not Enough Ram, Bad Hinge, 4:3 Screen Top, Weak Chip (Again. Again, Again. Again, Again, Again.), No Sticks, they forget to use a Touch Screen, eMMc is 64gb only, both Top & Bottom Screens are 16:9, Device is Too Bulky/Large/Heavy, Battery is 3,500 mAh

Pick 3

[subtle shuttle]

But why do any of that when you can just make people pay more for a new device than it actually should cost?

[lusty adder]

In their defense i believe the hinge is the only thing they would do right , all the rest is spot on

[subtle shuttle]

Don’t forget “somehow picked a chip that has legitimately bad compatibility on the GPU-end with the current best 3DS emulators, forcing you to keep some weird modified version they made”, since they don’t use Snapdragon (so you can’t swap the drivers if there’s any issues).

[smoky igloo]

In defence of my Statement, that would be the 1 Device where they would mess up the Hinge....

To be more accurate to the OG 3ds

[subtle shuttle]

As a reminder, “having a GPU that does worse than it should” was in fact an issue they pulled with the T618 devices, Retroid fixed it on their end by updating the drivers with versions where they fixed the issues built into it. And then Gamma fixed it in the RG505/405M/405V by using the drivers dumped from the T618 Retroid devices.

But regardless, it is in fact on the table as a potential fuck-up on their end (and likely was in fact something they already fucked up on for the RG Vita).

[lusty adder]

First day " RG 3DS is announced , can't wait to play 3DS on it "

Second day " 3DS is a bonus , it's just the shell that looks like a 3DS "

Third day " It may struggle with some psp but at least it will be a good portmaster handheld "

Bonus round " Yes it's overpriced but at least it's not a preorder "

[lament birch]

RG DS, not 3DS

[glossy zodiac]

Original TFN screens 😂

[lament birch]

oh you're talking hypothetical

nevermind

[lusty adder]

Most redundant handheld they ever released , that chip in 2026 is something else

[teal sonnet]

Out of curiosity I dug out my RG 505 and will admit while it's not the best OLED screen but it's not actually that bad , it would probably been a better fit for the RG Vita given it's name and performance capabilities with lower res .
Don't get mw wrong the RG505 has it's own issues like annoyingly clicky inline shoulder buttons and small sticks with limited range but not buying another T618 with less RAM

[merry idol]

Just a data point to keep things in perspective. The current Vita Pro knulli build runs PSP with 3x-4x using vulkan (3x for things like GOW, etc.)

[subtle shuttle]

On which devices?

There we go.

[lone imp]

reading comprehension ma dude

[subtle shuttle]

Did you pay attention to the “(edited)” at the bottom of the comment?

[lone imp]

so many messages have "(edited)" it's lost meaning

[hallow willow]

https://tenor.com/view/michael-jackson-comendo-picoca-gif-9669437860846841235

[acoustic bobcat]

Wish the specs on vitas were edited ngl

[lone imp]

rip 500mhz max frequency

[acoustic bobcat]

You forgot about the most important one, End of the third day: Some mf with several dozen of ~100 dollar e-waste he calls "collection" says "I will actually buy it because followed by the most diabolical cope nonsense you have ever seen in your life

[lone imp]

after ~5 devices, it becomes annoying to update the roms, save files, and make time to excercise all of their batteries and circuitry so they don't develop corrosion and bloat.

[slate drum]

This device looks like it's going to be a bit of a dud tbh

[glossy zodiac]

Legit question: now that the space has seen Trim Ui, Mangmi, MagicX, etc enter it ... Why the hell would anyone settle for an Ambernic anyway?

[slate drum]

As much as I grumbled about the RG DS, it was pretty obvious it was going to be selling like hotcakes. Same reasoning as the AYN Thor, there was a huge gap between the supply and demand for dual screen emulation devices to play DS (and for the Thor, 3DS), a system that is beloved by much of the customer base for these things.

...But there's no shortage of PSP clones out there, hell it's infamous for having attracted a ton of famiclones taking after its appearance aside from the legitimate retro handhelds that took that form factor.

[lone imp]

mangmi/ayaneo/oxp/konkr is made with shitty, brittle corn-plastic that starts cracking after a year.

[slate drum]

Ashens can tell you all about that one

[acoustic bobcat]

Don't have to worry about that with Anbernic because Jesus himself doesn't have patience to use their product for a whole year in order to find out what happens with it

[lone imp]

heh

[slate drum]

The RG XX lineup is still pretty competitive. Cheap, decent build quality (aside from the whole no USB-PD bullshit ), and a great community-backed software ecosystem (and while Anbernic had not much of a hand in that, that still makes it an upside of those devices).

[lone imp]

anbernic makes good handhelds with plenty of part replacement support.

[slate drum]

If you want a no bullshit device that just plays video games and otherwise stays out of your way, something like an RG 35XXH is still a great option

[lone imp]

trimui and magic-x make good handhelds without that. I think a lot of people know this, but they jump on the hype train anyway because ignorance is bliss.

[acoustic bobcat]

Because a lot of people in this hobby love to be disrespected as a customer for some reason. Software is shit, daddy Gamma please come to the rescue, shoulder buttons suck, no worries I will 3d print them myself, device specs sucks, no problem at all I will just pay >100 dollars to play game boy and snes, maybe even some port master if anbernic takes a short break from violating my throat and puts some adequate ram in my device

People here will do anything except buying a device that is actually good and can do all the things they want

[lone imp]

this Matrix 1 reference makes me feel old

[slate drum]

I already have the device that does all the things I want.

All that's left is the devices that do the things I don't want

[lone imp]

"keep feeding me this e-garbage sir. yes, i'll shoot my irl friends for more."

[slate drum]

To be honest who are we even making fun of here? This whole thread is people bashing the device more and more as more info comes out.

[kindred widget]

Surely not me

[slate drum]

I don't see anyone (other than the usual suspects who have the disposable income to not care) buying this unless it turns out to be significantly cheaper than we're expecting

[devout canopy]

I ain't gonna buy this

heck even $59 would be questionable

[acoustic bobcat]

https://tenor.com/view/self-love-self-care-love-yourself-me-time-inner-peace-gif-17825257543934873679

Finally

[tawny lynx]

I mean the only company out of those that has a legit competitor to this is mangmi

[lusty adder]

Reminder that this time they didn't get the courage to send the pro version to reviewers without the community fixing the software first lol
Base = glitchy uncooked software

Pro = same thing but with cooked Linux

[devout plinth]

companies come and go, anbernic has been here for 20 years and will be here for the next 20 years 😄

[lusty adder]

I wish Mangmi did better with the Max , because they offered a good value with the Air X. Makes this stuff by Anbernic irrelevant. They got too greedy with the Max tbh

[acoustic bobcat]

I don't think it will be there in 10 if they don't adapt their strategy, you can have a different opinion and that's ok. My point is that when shit like 8gen2 gets cheap enough that everyone that wants one can get one cheap enough there is really no point for anbernic to exist. You can't shit out 6-10 devices per year when a lot of people already have a device that plays everything

[devout plinth]

you view things from the rich western eyes, which is less than 5% of anbernic customer base

[acoustic bobcat]

In 5 years devices with similar power to 8gen2 will sell for an equivalent of 50-70 dollars now

This hobby only gets cheaper as time goes

[lusty adder]

They already lost the handheld war to Retroid , it was lost when the RP4 came out but people thought they would bounce with good designs because at the time the T820 wasn't that bad.
They may have other ventures in Asia , maybe they're not an exclusive retro gaming company , that's a different story. As it stands , they're becoming more and more irrelevant for releasing overpriced underpowered stuff

[tawny lynx]

Best i can do is t820

[kindred widget]

T618 2031

[acoustic bobcat]

And we already solved pretty much everything emulation related that can be reasonably played on a handheld of a reasonable size. Once people started talking about playing baldurs gate on their PHONE which is out right now the emulation of 10-15 year old systems is not even a question

[devout plinth]

I already have this conversation 7 years ago

[lusty adder]

The year is 2031 , Anbernic finally releases the RG 3DS with the T820 , the screens have a sync issue and we have to wait for Gamma to fix the cardinal snap problem

[lusty adder]

I wasn't on the handheld hobby 7 years ago , don't know.

[kindred widget]

Dawg Gamma will be working at NASA by then

We're so fried

[acoustic bobcat]

People no longer measure handheld power by PS2 performance or even wiiU and switch, now reviewers are talking about what pc games the high end android devices can run. I know it's the same shit as people say "we thought we would have flying cars in 2020" but bro you can play AAA titles on your phone with 45 FPS. I saw a YouTube video of someone testing black myth wukong on their new redmagic phone, it's no longer a fantasy

[mental needle]

Isn't gamma in the UK?

Dude I play monster hunter world on my Thor, it doesn't run great but it's totally playable

[kindred widget]

Whats the UK equivalent of NASA

He'd be working there

[mental needle]

Idk

[acoustic bobcat]

Wetherspoons

[slate drum]

I don't recall whether the UK relies on a space program of their own or just call up ESA

[kindred widget]

Never let them name shit again

[lusty adder]

The ceiling for me is indeed experimenting with gamehub and having a good % of Switch running.
PS2 and GC got conquered already.
Unless it's a handheld like the 34XX that i use for PS1 and under

[acoustic bobcat]

We have a dish called sausage in a hole

[mental needle]

Yeah your mom orders that from me a lot

[acoustic bobcat]

Honey what do you want for dinner

Sausage in a hole my favourite

[slate drum]

Apparently the UK space agency is a thing... and it's named exactly that, the UK Space Agency.

[mental needle]

Uksa

Which sounds like something some says before they sneeze

[acoustic bobcat]

UK is a funny place

I remember treasury made a discord server once

[mental needle]

That sound like it would go badly

[acoustic bobcat]

The amount of puns on names I saw there was insane

The obvious closed it very quickly

[magic jacinth]

Anbernic has not been around for 20 years lol

[slate drum]

Also yeah, their trademark isn't even 10 years old let alone 20

[acoustic bobcat]

Because the main guys name was Jeremy Hunt or something like that so new members would join and swap H for C in the surname

[sour olive]

Ah yes. The five stages of Crap Handhelds.

[acoustic bobcat]

We here at AYN only believe in best quality and strongest performance for your money

[sour olive]

Praise Ayn

[kindred widget]

Clearly someone is too young to remember the RGDS release back in 2004

[acoustic bobcat]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/684230755324526696/1450592135081365554/image0.gif

[devout plinth]

the name anbernic is quite new but Yang Li Ming Electronic Company Ltd is

[sour olive]

Ayo Wut

[acoustic bobcat]

I saw this first in this chat actually

So I saved it

Because when anbernic makes another device

I will be using that again

[magic jacinth]

All my homies love Yang Li Ming

[slate drum]

Funnily enough the parent company does have a website of their own...which mostly serves as a showroom for Anbernic devices

[acoustic bobcat]

Way to leave a bad impression on potential investors

[slate drum]

I mean it's not just Anbernic stuff
There's also a page for this thing http://www.ylmchina.com/en/products/82.html

[devout plinth]

they removed a lot of stuff from their history

[lusty adder]

Right on top of the product page are the 552 and 503 😆

[acoustic bobcat]

Me when I buy an anbernic device so I have to fix 7 things

[magic jacinth]

https://anbernic.com/products/anbernic-k101

[slate drum]

Wait, Anbernic sells that one too?

[devout plinth]

before the name anbernic, they do some white label stuff too

[magic jacinth]

Oh yea, it was one of their earlier devices but it’s just a clone of a clone 🤣🤣

[slate drum]

Wait, which device was that?

Any attempt to search for specifically this mystery first handheld yields result for a more recent device

[magic jacinth]

Probably the dingoo clone

[devout plinth]

they also has a history with K-Team

[naive prairie]

Wow, it took them only five years to go from nothing to the masterpiece that is the WIN600.

[slate drum]

...Is that the one?

[magic jacinth]

Yup!

https://anbernic.com/products/anbernic-retro-game-plus

[slate drum]

Ancient pre-pandemic Anbernic hardware

[naive prairie]

When dinosaurs roamed the earth.

[kindred widget]

I was still a fetus in those days

[slate drum]

Okay now we need to see an april fools day video where this thing gets reviewed as if it was a newly released device

[lusty adder]

They really got bold at the time. They wanted to go from stuttering psp with the RG351 to playing Doom 2016 on high settings

[acoustic bobcat]

Ddr2 128mb

[devout canopy]

that one lacked the cartridge slot tho

[acoustic bobcat]

Did anyone actually do that lmfao

[tawny lynx]

I'm very curious about what powers it

[naive prairie]

Ooh, it had DDR2:

[naive prairie]

The souls of the damned.

[lusty adder]

Our fallen dreams

[hallow willow]

dont worry all, in 2 weeks anbernic will announce the next device to not buy 😄

[short goblet]

https://youtube.com/live/LZJZtfbanPM?feature=share

[teal sonnet]

Have there been any positive reviews of this device?
The ones I've seen everyone pretty much says the same , that's it's alright but nothing special so this better be cheap or it's DOA .
Not sure what the RK3576 brings to the table besides Linux and a extra 1Gb of Ram

[teal sonnet]

I always wondered why when you click on your video links they don't go full screen 😅

[short goblet]

hmm nothing special about the link

[hallow willow]

would be hard to be positive about a device that nobody asked for or even wants much 😅

[lusty adder]

" I see this handheld and i know it's made of old stock they want to get rid of but in my mind it's a budget Odin 2 Mini "

[raw ice]

Isn’t the pro that amount of ram plus a better chip plus a better screen?

[subtle shuttle]

…The Pro’s only going to have 4GB of RAM?

[raw ice]

Isn’t that the amount you just said you wanted

I don’t think they’re targeting switch emulation with this

[subtle shuttle]

No, that’s the bare minimum that Vita games (at least seem to) need for good performance.

[subtle shuttle]

No shit, I was talking about Vita considering the name.

[raw ice]

“This should’ve had 4gb instead of 3”

“There’s a 4gb sku”

“Wow only 4gb? What trash”

https://tenor.com/view/moving-goalposts-ps5-sony-pony-gif-21602444

[subtle shuttle]

…I was literally talking about the Non-Pro not having 4GB, since that’s what Anbernic’s multiple other devices with the exact same chipset as the Non-Pro Vita had. Why are you ignoring the Non-Pro part.

[raw ice]

And I said it sounds like the pro addresses your concerns

[subtle shuttle]

My concern isn’t Vita running well on the RG Vita Pro, my annoyance is about how the Non-Pro was potentially 1 GB away from
playing its namesake well.

[lusty adder]

" It's only named after the device and a has similar shape , it's not supposed to play Vita games "

Inb4 " But Vita emulation is not there yet anyway "

Yes but a good chip still can play 60% of the catalogue including Uncharted. Plus it makes up for it with perfect high end emulation

[subtle shuttle]

Like, why are you moving the goalpost on what people can be annoyed about? “Why are you mad that the device called the RG Vita skimped out on something that could’ve actually helped it play Vita better, rendering it near-outright unable to play the system it was literally named after? There’s already an upcoming more expensive version that would be able to do it anyways.”

[agile plume]

I think (&knowing) Anbernic probably didnt release it with the Retroid drivers, GammaOS will probably improve the performance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2ywf3p1msE

[sour olive]

And interest for RG Vita Pro is back

Don't tell Balls Anbernic

[devout canopy]

dude just casually made Vita run on the RG Vita... like, could you at least wait until we hated on it for being overpriced?

[sour olive]

It's the Pro Model

[tawny lynx]

Wait rk3572?

[sour olive]

Base still can't run Vita

Maybe with Gamma but who knows

[blissful parcel]

Typo, rk3576

[cunning bane]

gamma what's the source of your power

[subtle shuttle]

They’re talking about the Pro model’s chipset. I don’t personally know if Gamma got a dev unit for the Non-Pro RG Vita yet, but the man is here so maybe he’ll find a way?

[blissful parcel]

don't have the non-pro yet

[terse parrot]

https://tenor.com/view/irubru-bru-scottish-scotland-orangedrink-gif-9584540

[sour olive]

Gamma after making another handheld great with GammaOS

https://tenor.com/view/he-man-i-have-the-power-sword-gif-5305079

[umbral pagoda]

How's the power on the chip in general?

It's an interesting one

[cunning bane]

oh wow, my theory was that you had gotten the pro, since there's already gammaos for the t618. glad i was wrong lol

[agile plume]

OK, so according to Russ, you can do 3x resolution on 95% of PSP games: https://youtu.be/6IF3_8HTeKY?si=-jBccjTD-0zHYMRW&t=1323

If they will price it well it will be a much better alternative to Trimui Smart Pro S, but knowing Anbernic it will be even more expensive -_-

[acoustic bobcat]

You should subscribe for the updates on Anbernic website!

Once this vita pro will be over 150 with shipping you will be the first to know

[quick cloak]

[acoustic bobcat]

Even discord is on my side

[fossil rose]

Well, well, well

[acoustic bobcat]

You have the knife right here stab this quick

[fossil rose]

It was eight streets up from me. Delivered to totally the wrong house. And yep, the base model not pro

[fossil rose]

Ilya, for a man who despises a company, you spend much of your time with this channel!!!! Hah

[acoustic bobcat]

I am a fiend

I live by one principle

One hateful comment about anbernic product - day well spent

As you can see I am well above my quota

[teal sonnet]

Are the delivery drivers blind and stupid?

[fossil rose]

Yep!

The owner (its a B&B, but luckily he was there) said his own parcels were left by his door, addressed to him. But mine was just propped against the fence near the gate

[acoustic bobcat]

I worked in a warehouse and loaded vans for drivers, I can 100% confirm most of them are exactly as you described

[fossil rose]

https://www.productreview.com.au/listings/dai-post

The reviews of the company are what you'd expect

Well, Gardiner covered the written review (which he doesn't usually do: retro handhelds aren't his scene), so they've got his review at least

https://gardinerbryant.com/hands-on-with-the-anbernic-rg-vita-a-blast-from-the-distant-past/

And his YouTube video to come

[acoustic bobcat]

Driver tried his best, the £100 I paid him to keep this demonic product from another unfortunate soul appears to be wasted

[silver idol]

I think the RG-VITA will be an interesting Entry-level Handheld if it's priced right.

I'm just waiting for the pro.

[teal sonnet]

Did you have to go get it or was he kind enough to bring it over ?
They are pretty dumb and lazy in the USA too , at least 5-6 times a year I get packages for my neighbors but bring them over

[fossil rose]

You'll despise me when I say I love Anbernic! I love that they take risks with hardware design. They don't release the same slab of nonsense each time like some do (well, this one kinda is I suppose)

The RG DS was my pick of last year. Crucify me all you want. I got sent the Thor, Odin 3, some AYANEO, plenty of others...I just love the DSi LL nostalgia

[fossil rose]

He said he was off to deliver it to me mid-morning (it was 9AM just before when I knocked on his door), so that was kind of him

When I showed him the delivery company's proof - seeing it blurred his number off his letterbox...he said they're a pile of shit

[kindred widget]

One of the first victims

Many more to come

[acoustic bobcat]

@sour olive are you reading this? I am struggling to breathe, RG DS over Thor and Odin3

Jesus Christ

[kindred widget]

Oh yea I've recommend this line before

[acoustic bobcat]

Balls Anbernic what have you done

[kindred widget]

The work of Zhou

[acoustic bobcat]

This is not over

I will be back

[kindred widget]

That's +1 for the good guys

[fossil rose]

AYN sent me the Thor Pro and Odin3 Max.

But this is what makes me happy, handhelds and hardware are a personal thing. What appeals to us all is different! I love them also, but the RG DS really ticked that nostalgia I had for the physical device, they nailed that feeling of the boxy design 🙂

[acoustic bobcat]

I can't believe what I am seeing right now

[kindred widget]

@short goblet get your ass in here

[acoustic bobcat]

https://tenor.com/view/leonardo-dicaprio-heart-attack-meme-heart-fail-heart-stopper-gif-13611838556404335695

Thor pro and Odin3 max too

I am astonished

[kindred widget]

WE WON BABY

[acoustic bobcat]

RG ds over Thor is the craziest work I have ever seen

Genuinely

[blazing bough]

For DS?

Yea that's what I've done too lol

[acoustic bobcat]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/987399137077104680/1163214196410941510/gun_to_head.gif

[kindred widget]

+2 for the good guys

[old jungle]

Wish I would have bought an Odin 2 mini

[blazing bough]

Only just brought out the Thor last night just to test out cocoon

[acoustic bobcat]

This is blasphemy

[blazing bough]

Other than that RG DS has been my go to

[kindred widget]

This is the will of Zhou

Zhou may stumble but he never kneels

[sour olive]

That's a bad take

RGDS can't even play DSiWare

[acoustic bobcat]

https://tenor.com/view/glaze-gif-8311813170669205912

[sour olive]

It's not powerful enough to run MelonDS

[blazing bough]

I've just been juggling between the Pocket Classic, RG DS and 34XXSP for my go tos

Depending on what I feel like

[sour olive]

Praise Ayn or something

[kindred widget]

With every fiber of my being

Always bet on Anbernic

[acoustic bobcat]

Ataris can you believe what we here at AYN have to read in this chat today

[blazing bough]

My Odin 2 Mini and Thor was in storage for a while

[sour olive]

Ayn does not approve of RGDS

[acoustic bobcat]

Nobody does but we found 2 people that do

[blazing bough]

I've kinda stopped emulating home consoles tbh

[kindred widget]

God bless Anbernic

Hail Yang

[sour olive]

I mean, if Dash likes it more power to them

[kindred widget]

Hail Zhou

[blazing bough]

It's only handheld systems

[sour olive]

Just has way too many compromises

[blazing bough]

Anything else is on my mister for under PS1 or modded real hardware

[acoustic bobcat]

I understand if you don't have the Thor

But after testing both

Choosing RG DS is mad

[blazing bough]

I already had a Thor Max when I got the RG DS lol

[sour olive]

Granted an advantage the RGDS has over the Thor is the bottom screen is 4:3

[fossil rose]

Literally know people in AYN I can tell you that is not the case!

[blazing bough]

Personally I'm not saying the RG DS is better because it's not

I just prefer DS on it

[sour olive]

It's an ongoing joke where I'm Ataris Ayn. The representative of the company.

[acoustic bobcat]

Black Thor kinda eliminates the issue because it's oled and black bars blend into the glass front

[sour olive]

Here at Ayn we respect Dash opinion on the Thor but we do not like that poor excuse known as the RGDS

Make sure to order your Thor at Ayntec.com and we'll have it shipped out within the next couple of months

[blazing bough]

The issue is more getting the physical sizes to match up is a pain

Since the resolutions don't line up

[sour olive]

Praise Ayn and make sure Anbernic fails

Maniacal Laugh shall commence now

[acoustic bobcat]

Compared to compromises you have to make by using the RG DS I will take this issue any day of the week

[blazing bough]

Good for you lol

[acoustic bobcat]

Also oled screens

Instant win

[blazing bough]

Also side note is that RG DS is just comfortable

[sour olive]

RGDS shall rue the day

[kindred widget]

Chat

Heartbreaking news

[blazing bough]

Great buttons, admittedly mid sticks, and the screen is pretty nice

[sour olive]

Some people in the chat think I'm being serious which is kinda funny

[kindred widget]

It's the right hand again for the 19th year in a row

[acoustic bobcat]

We must keep up the act

[acoustic bobcat]

As you deserve, anbernic ball juggler

[lusty adder]

Can't wait for the RG Deck next

[acoustic bobcat]

I am sometimes scared that anbernic will actually make a good device and I will be forced to accept that I was wrong

Hopefully it will never happen

[mental needle]

what about the 351p?

[kindred widget]

RG558 in June

Then you're fucked

[lusty adder]

Fear not for this day will never arrive

[lusty adder]

D9600 🔥

[kindred widget]

We're combusting with this one

[lusty adder]

So much fire i can already hear the fan noise

[sour olive]

To be honest

I would buy an RGDS Pro

[blazing bough]

I loved that form factor

Shame it didn't have wifii

[mental needle]

well looks at my early unit that has wifi

[old jungle]

351v had Wi-Fi but p didn't?

[keen heath]

I mean I have the MP (metal premium) and that has no WiFi 😂

[radiant kettle]

they put the wifi antenna next to the speaker so when you used wifi you'd hear interference over the speakers, so they just took it off

iirc

[mental needle]

there was mods to add it back in because they left the pads on the board and people added shielding to reduce the interference

[glossy zodiac]

The real answer. It's us. It's always gonna be us.

[glossy zodiac]

I agree in that I love the XX line, though that's definitely a perfect storm situation.

[tawny lynx]

Same that'd be peak

Dual 4.7 inch screens

[sour olive]

Username doesn't check out

[tawny lynx]

https://tenor.com/view/waltergotme-gif-18867690

[tame vector]

yea bro id buy one too

[undone hemlock]

So an RG476DS

[tame vector]

if i get a thor i wouldnt buy it no more

[tawny lynx]

Yeah, hopefully faster charging speeds though

[undone hemlock]

The 6 series is stuck at 9w

[tawny lynx]

That 18 w charging speed in the vita pro would be nice

[undone hemlock]

I do not trust that

Stubbs wasn’t able to get more than 7w on his vita.

[silver idol]

DS games don't look as good on the Thor. The mismatched screens hamper DS Emulation. The OneXSugar has the same problem.

[sour olive]

That's what everyone says but they'll get you somehow

[silver idol]

Me and you are in the same boat. Ignore the haters RG-DS love. 🫶

However I do agree with @sour olive the RG-DS should be able to run MelonDS to appeal to a broader audience of people. That's why I suggested Anbernic use the RK3576 with 4GB of RAM then they slapped it in the RG-VITA Pro. 🤣😅🙂😰😭

[sour olive]

It would be so funny if Anbernic did an RGDS Pro and put a D8300 on it

Which should have been on the RG Vita Pro

[silver idol]

The Thor doesn't excel at DS Emulation.

[sour olive]

https://tenor.com/view/ace-attorney-phoenix-wright-naruhodo-ryuuichi-lie-jabonis-gif-26315575

[silver idol]

Nah dude it's not just about running the game. Making the game look good is important too.

The Black Bars and Mismatched screens throw off everything.

[sour olive]

Yep

No real way to get around that since 4:3 OLED screens don't exist

[silver idol]

That's why I bought a OneXSugar second hand.

[sour olive]

I guess

[silver idol]

$450

[sour olive]

That's not bad

There's also the Pocket DS

But it's by AyaNeo

[silver idol]

No Tariffs no Shipping and Handling.

[sour olive]

And good luck actually getting one

[silver idol]

Yeah Aya Neo man

Still too scared to touch that company.

I almost bought the Konkr Pocket Fit.

This Close 🤏

[silver idol]

I'd love this Handheld but it would need two 960p screens and it would be hella expensive. 🤣

[sour olive]

I need 1080p minimum

[somber belfry]

Speaking of Ayaneo

The PAM has almost the same power as the Vita Pro which is funny

Even more so since the pro will probably be $150+

[silver idol]

But 960p would make all the DS pixels square.

Without harming other 4:3 systems.

[sour olive]

Sure but 5.5x upscale

[silver idol]

Yes but it also dual boots into Linux which is it's own value.

[silver idol]

Wha!? That wasn't what Russ said in his RG-DS video.

[sour olive]

Fine

Make it 1440p instead

[pulsar hinge]

With what Anbernic would charge for it you might as well get an Ayn Thor

[sour olive]

Well it has to be under the Lite

[silver idol]

Well for 90-95% of Upscaled DS Emulation it's perfectly fine with Drastic.

[sour olive]

Which is currently $250

So $150-$200

[pulsar hinge]

If the Vita Pro chipset is good enough I think that would be a good fit for an RG DS Pro, supposedly the price of the Pro is $150 right?

[silver idol]

What about $245. 😏

[sour olive]

Don't even bother

Just get a Thor

[pulsar hinge]

At best they could charge like $200 imo

[silver idol]

I literally suggested this chip to Anbernic for a RG-DS+! 🤣

$200 is gonna be hard to hit with two 960p 4:3 screens.

[undone hemlock]

It would be around $200 and the Thor isn’t adorable

[sour olive]

But will it be OLED?

Find out next time on BossMan Z

[undone hemlock]

The 4.7” screen isn’t OLED

[sour olive]

They do 2 1:1 screens

Because Anbernic always finds a way to screw up something

[undone hemlock]

Given the only downsides for me of the 476H is the start and select buttons and the charging speed

[silver idol]

I'm going to be honest you guys are hitting Anbernic with some pretty hard specs there. First off the reason both Ayn and Retroid are able to make constantly hit Price to Performance ratios is because they pull all their parts from off the shelf. 4:3 screens aren't as easy to purchase as 16:9 screens are. The BOM of these Handhelds is more than just the Chipset.

[sour olive]

They could use 2 31:27 screens instead

The screen on the Retroid Pocket Classic is pretty nice

[undone hemlock]

A guy can hope, ok

[sour olive]

Instead they do 2 16:9 screens

[undone hemlock]

I know Max won’t do it.

He’s too cheap

[silver idol]

Don't get me wrong I'd love to see it too. I'm only trying to be realistic. 😅

[sour olive]

Or They do a Retroid and just get 2 1:1 screens and block the Top and Bottom to pretend they're 4:3

[silver idol]

Yeah Max is what I like to call a Cheapo.

[tawny lynx]

Ultimate wii u handheld

[sour olive]

I'm sure all 5 Wii U fans are excited

[tawny lynx]

You can buy one for the three games you'd want to play on there

[silver idol]

I might suggest this to Anbernic next. Wireless HDMI has come a long way you know.

[sour olive]

Um...Paper Mario Color Splash?

[silver idol]

How does Wii U Emulation run on the Dimensity 8300? 🤔

[sour olive]

Sonic Boom...

[tawny lynx]

Windwaker hd, and uh, uh....ummmmm

[sour olive]

If they really hate themselves

Twilight Princess HD

[silver idol]

@sour olive Is breath of the wild okay on the Wii U.

[sour olive]

Yeah

But Switch version is better

And then Switch 2

But there's no Switch 2 emulator

[silver idol]

I might have to test Wii U Emulation on my RG557.

[sour olive]

Funnily enough

A bunch of Wii U games got ported to the 3DS

[silver idol]

I know Rodea the Sky Soldier got ported to the 3DS.

[sour olive]

Mario Maker

Yoshi Wooly World

Captain Toad

[silver idol]

Those too.

[tawny lynx]

Wii u was such a flop Capcom didn't even release Monster Hunter 4 on it and just made it a 3ds exclusive

[sour olive]

Hyrule Warriors

[lusty adder]

MK8 , Windwaker HD , Monster Hunter Tri , Shantae , Captain Toad , BOTW
There's a lot of cool games to emulate on the WiiU

[sour olive]

NES Remix

[silver idol]

The Wii U was failed console from a sad generation. Our first drop in gaming quality.

[lusty adder]

Rayman Legends

[silver idol]

Ahh man I love Shantae I own all the games!

Even a cartridge for the GBA game.

[sour olive]

I think only Origins got a 3DS version

[undone hemlock]

It shouldn’t have tried to capitalize on the Wii name

[lusty adder]

Same , i love that franchise

[undone hemlock]

The Wii U on its own is a decent device

[sour olive]

Wii U is kinda pointless now since pretty much all the games got ported to Switch

[lusty adder]

It wasn't a bad game either
It may be a sin but i prefer the Rayman games from the Wii generation and onwards

[sour olive]

The 3DS port is pretty good

So are the Vita ports

[lusty adder]

Yes , a lot of it was ported ... DK Tropical Freeze , 3D Land , NSMB ...

The Steamworld games are also awesome imo

[sour olive]

Those were also on 3DS

[lusty adder]

I played Steaworld Dig 2 on my 3DS back then , emulated it on the Flip2 not long ago also. Such a cool game

[sour olive]

Indeed

[silver idol]

Not necessarily, having a consolized DS would be a blessing to the Retro Handheld space. Imagine playing DS, 3DS, and Wii U on your living room TV.

It would be an amazing experience.

[sour olive]

So a Wii U

[undone hemlock]

I wonder if Anbernic will release a dual screen add on

[silver idol]

Think consolized Ayn Thor.

[lusty adder]

Time will vindicate the WiiU just like it did with the Gamecube.

[sour olive]

Wii U could play DS Games through the Virtual Console

[silver idol]

I mean doesn't a consolized Ayn Thor sound amazing?

If not Anbernic hopefully Ayn. But Ayn doesn't make Retro Gaming Devices sadly.

[lusty adder]

I'm all ears

[silver idol]

I'm might suggest this to Anbernic.

[restive herald]

Like wydm by consolized

[lusty adder]

I mean , they do make retro gaming devices that happen to be able to play the Switch and some pc games , by accident of course 😌

[silver idol]

DS screen gameplay in your living room like the Wii U. @restive herald

[restive herald]

Now that's a great idea

[silver idol]

Except DS, 3DS, and maybe some Wii U at least.

Like I said Wireless HDMI has come a long way.

You'd probably be able to embed an integrated Wireless HDMI circuit in a Handheld then just use a USB dongle to connect to the TV.

Just pair it with with Active Cooling and a Large Capacity Battery.

[silver idol]

But do they stream wireless to your TV?

[lusty adder]

I don't think so , a Wii / WiiU type of console would be fun

[silver idol]

Let's see what Anbernic thinks. 😏

[undone hemlock]

I doubt we’ll ever get a Wii or Wii U console out of Anbernic

[tawny lynx]

Just for saying that Boss Lang is canceling the vita and making the RG U

[undone hemlock]

Ripping off the GBA and DS is one thing

Nintendo would absolutely lose their shit over the Wii or later

[lusty adder]

What do you mean you want to play Wii U games on the RG U ? It's just a homage to the form factor , anyway enjoy the rockchip in it.

[undone hemlock]

I don’t think even Anbernic would be that stupid

[fossil rose]

The Retro Gray is so nice though. I'm a sucker for hardware

[sour olive]

Neat idea but the execution leaves a lot to be desired

Also The Wii becomes 20 years old this year

[sour olive]

Wait .. Did they find your RG Vita?

[silver idol]

Oh God please don't Jinx it! 😂

[fossil rose]

I did!

I went for a run this morning and it was...eight streets away from me. I knocked on the door and the owner was as confused as I was about why it was left in his yard. He said his packages and mail were left by his door, but mine propped against the fence near his gate

[sour olive]

Wow

[silver idol]

What's wrong with the execution?

[sour olive]

You got extremely lucky

[fossil rose]

But Gardiner shared his review of it, so I'll just use mine to touch on it in comparison to the Pro when that's sent to me

[sour olive]

Wireless HDMI isn't perfect

[fossil rose]

I raged in my email to the delivery company. They lied and messed up. Its cost them a contract

[sour olive]

Good

[silver idol]

It's better than what it was 4 years ago.

[sour olive]

With that service, they shouldn't have been contracted to begin with

[silver idol]

Maybe I should try it myself. 🤔

[sour olive]

I'm glad everything ended up working out in the end

[tawny lynx]

https://tenor.com/view/so-old-gif-27277116

Am I unc

[raw ice]

https://tenor.com/view/i-miss-my-wife-tails-i-miss-her-a-lot-sonic-the-hedgehog-snapcube-eggman-gif-27436480

we need retro retro handhelds

updated remasters of past bangers

rg arc pro, 353ps pro

remake all those old 480p handhelds with the 3576 and the 960x720 screen

[tawny lynx]

Agreed an sp with an rk3576 would be great

[quaint mirage]

We don’t know if the 3576 is safe yet

But it sounds good in theory

[raw ice]

true, it might run super hot, not be able to sleep, not have 32 bit libraries for portmaster, etc

[sour olive]

Get with the times Grandpa

[raw ice]

https://tenor.com/view/simpsons-grand-pa-millenial-old-gif-10484595

[quaint mirage]

Maybe the RG Vita is a better version of whatever that thing was

[fossil rose]

2X PSP seems nice

[old jungle]

GBA probably pretty good on it to I would imagine

[fossil rose]

All I've had the time to do today has been boot some of my PSP games up!

[thick orchid]

4x or nothing

[fossil rose]

...up past what the screen can display?! 1920x1088?!

[hallow willow]

I still have that xD

[glacial gust]

The pro?

[blazing bough]

Non pro

Pro doesn't come in that colorway

[dense terrace]

So what's the dillio with this thing? Does either model have Linux as a possibility?

[glacial gust]

People saying it has the pi5 performance

[dense terrace]

Which one is that?

Raspberry pi5?

[glacial gust]

Yeah

[dense terrace]

Neato. I'm mainly considering this if it could be a good portmaster and psp device

Definitely psp will be good for either one, the base is a t618 which I've used before and works well for it

[spring island]

Just buy a 476 bro

[sleek widget]

eh, a76 cores in Broadcom BCM2712 would smoke this.

[dense terrace]

That's 4:3, for portmaster and psp I'd want something 16:9

[silver idol]

You can purchase this thing now?

[silver idol]

That's the one I'm waiting for. I don't need any T618 Handhelds.

[silver idol]

Then you're just like me waiting for the Pro Model.

[dense terrace]

Do we know stuff about the pro and it's chip and everything?

Oh nice it's an rk3576 or whatever sequence of numbers, linux yay

[silver idol]

You ain't wrong the Benchmarks don't lie.

https://gadgetversus.com/processor/broadcom-bcm2712-vs-rockchip-rk3576/

[dense terrace]

If that's not too expensive I'll consider it. I want a portmaster boy to basically replace my actual vita since all I use that for is psp and lightweight indie games

[silver idol]

Even with only 4 cores the BCM2712 is faster.

[silver idol]

Basically it's a T618 that dual boots into Linux.

[tame vector]

why they put shit chip in rgds but casually a t618 in this one

[pastel compass]

Because Anbernic was trying to milk the market with the RG DS and now they have way too much competition

[tame vector]

we coulda had dreamcast on rgds bro

and psp (but who would play psp on the rg ds)

[tame vector]

such a missed opportunity broo

[pastel compass]

I agree.

For me the worst part was the 640x480 screens. There’s $30 handhelds with 4” 1024x786 screens.

That was the main sign to me that they’re pushing it with this.

[tame vector]

like they coulda just gave us t618 and 768p for around 130ish dollars

but bro you give dual 4'' screens and a slightly better processor than the h700 and you sell it for 100$ fuh nah

[pastel compass]

Yeah that was easily do able

[acoustic bobcat]

"scratches that retro handheld itch"

[quaint mirage]

I think T618 probably had trouble with video out or dual screen capabilities.

But then again they do consider the T620 which might have had the same capabilities as the T618.

So not sure

[tame vector]

Ohyeah i forgot dual screen capabilities

[pastel compass]

I’m still waiting for the RG 476V

Don’t know how much longer to wait.

[tame vector]

Anbernic geniunely got opportunities to make good handhelds that can sell well but they fumble it in 1 way or another

[acoustic bobcat]

It was in important lesson for anbernic with RG DS, no matter how much dogshit parts you put into the handheld, if it resembles the original hardware people will always choose this over the superior options

I want to see the next version with those 4.7 screens, chip strong enough to upscale to that resolution and obviously everything playable in melonds. Make plastic better, this one looked very cheap

[blazing bough]

Acme shown off Knulli working on this

[lusty adder]

I mean , they're using bad chips on the Vita too

[glacial gust]

Trimui smart pro s

[tame vector]

ye

[dense terrace]

32 bit driver issues, right?

Or something like that

I was looking at that one too

[sleek widget]

that was original tsp, the S should not have that problem

[ornate flare]

Is RockChip RK3576 better then T820?🤔

[lone imp]

no

t618 < t620/rk3576 < g90T/99 < d845 < t820/d855

[ornate flare]

Sooo in that case, this handheld really isn’t that powerful at all, even the Pro version...🫩

It almost feels like Anbernic doesn’t want people to buy their handhelds and wants to go bankrupt😑

[teal sonnet]

They aren't going bankrupt anytime soon

The Pro is mostly name and slightly better screen , 1 GB Ram more + Linux , performance is similar but we really don't know much about this RK chip

[dense terrace]

Everyone said it had the issue too! Idk who to believe lmao

[dense terrace]

Higher resolution screen too. 1080p vs I think 960p?

Oh you said that

I'm a person

[kindred widget]

You realize that just now?

[dense terrace]

Actually I'm still not 100% sure

[devout plinth]

rk3576 is a huge deal, the chip is well loved by linux community and well supported. The possibility is endless

[kindred widget]

Vita Pro gud actually

Anbernic did not let me down at all actually

[devout plinth]

I can see peopl running debian on this thing without much tinkering at all

it also has platinum support by armbian

[quick cloak]

Rockchip gonna rockchip tho

[teal sonnet]

Does that mean you're buying one ?

[kindred widget]

If it had the 8300 I would

But it does not

So it's still the 557 for me

Or RP6

[raw ice]

The gpu is a lot better and 1080p is over twice as many pixels as 720, I wouldn’t call it a slight upgrade at all.

[raw ice]

Yeah this is why I’m excited for it

[kindred widget]

Depends on my mood

[ornate flare]

Can it run PS2/GameCube games?🤔

[kindred widget]

If you keep hoping and dreaming of PS2,GC it will

Have jope

[glacial gust]

Prob

[kindred widget]

Not

[ornate flare]

Then naah I will get 476H instead of this

[undone hemlock]

https://tenor.com/view/pillow-fight-2-gif-1670844102378618512

[teal sonnet]

I would when you have to power twice the pixels, if they wanted a substantial performance bump over the base they should of kept the 720p screen and just added the extra RAM

[lone imp]

max is an excellent salesman. he'll do well with the rk3576, especially if he shows it off playing Ys 8 or Akiba's Trip or a Battle Pentagram bossfight or two.

[dense terrace]

It will be able to run gamecube ps2 because the t618 is able to run gamecube ps2, just extremely lightweight games only lol. Maybe even zero ps2 actually lol

[lone imp]

what's going to happen is anbernic is going to chat up the vita3k devs, give them some money and a test unit, and say 'make us a version that runs -list of games-,' then it's going to get a pocket release like the rgDS, and everyone is going to rage-pikachu-face over big corpo strong-arming emulation

smokebombinbutthole.jpg then end scene

[devout plinth]

don't worry, anbernic can take care of its own, they rank #8 in alibaba gaming gear supplier list after all. They're not gonna bankrupt anytime soon

[lone imp]

(turns on rg405v, it immediately shuts down with a battery at 0%. three days ago it was at 89%)

As long as they avoid this rg552-tier shit, it will be decent.

[radiant kettle]

that about the 405v pisses me off, especially when it has a huge battery life when it doesn't ruin it for itself

[lone imp]

the bug is easy to fix. you just have to never turn it off. like the rg552, in sleep it discharges 10x slower than when its off

[radiant kettle]

i don't, but it ends up dying anyway

[lone imp]

yep

[radiant kettle]

love pressing the sleep button after a week and it's only lost like 5-10%, then it randomly just dies

[lone imp]

it did that on me while i was playing Eternal Ring.

speaking of which, this is my ps2 folder on the 405v. zero ps2 is some sort of lie cope or troll.

[radiant kettle]

it runs ps2 but it's way too annoying and you usually need degraded settings

if it's gotta be under native res or underclocking, i'd rather play snes games

[lone imp]

-1/1 and maybe the framelimiter forced to 101% if it can't harvest frames aggressively enough off the cpu side is the way to keep everything at stable 30fps

[dense terrace]

It's an "I haven't tried ps2 on t618" statement lol

I actually like native res but yeah I don't like frameskip and shit like that. I've just started playing ps2 and gamecube on original hardware on a crt so I don't have too much use for them on a handheld

[lone imp]

my 405v is about to go live in cold storage for a while. don't feel like dealing with it when the x28 runs fine.

[radiant kettle]

i wanna get rid of mine but i don't know who to give it to

and since it's on gammaos i'm worried of selling it and then whoever buys it starts thinking it's got a virus or something with the unlocked boot message

[glossy zodiac]

The DMG was my first handheld and seeing that design language pushed onto Sony lookin horizontals makes me cringe

[glossy zodiac]

Lmao, mine is in my cars center console. Doesn't even have an SD in it anymore. I just kinda hate that thing for some reason

[lusty adder]

@silver idol Ran accross this on Instagram and remembered what you were saying about the RG Wii U
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUd0dAxjHzy/?igsh=bGxmcTQ1bTd4amg5

axellpkmn

3ds al mas puro estilo wiiU gracias a la retroid pocket 5 😭 ME ENCANTA!
#3ds #nintendo #pokemon

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[minor warren]

I mean, I haven't had a t618 device in a minute, but it handled GameCube pretty well. I was running twilight princess with widescreen gecko code at 1.5x resolution. It's not going to handle all GameCube, but it can run most of the ones I've tried to play. PS2 is just janky and needs a lot of tweaking on this chip, not with it for most of the PS2 library

[inner parrot]

Yeah, that is definitely weird... like I don't expect them to be so bold as to use the Sony glyphs, but something that evokes more of that flavor would be nice... 🤔

Even having the YX over BA Nintendo layout feels wrong

[minor warren]

Might pick up one of these if the price is right.

[inner parrot]

Yeah, I was thinking I would pass as well, but might be tempted if the price is right

[ornate flare]

I dont know man, i mean what hell kind of "discount" is this?
1% off?😑😑
The deal of a lifetime

[inner parrot]

It's actually a little more than 1% if you do the math 😜

[teal sonnet]

Oooohhhh a whole $1.47

It’s like Max is laughing at us

[inner parrot]

https://tenor.com/view/haha-gif-6815166390687140758

[teal sonnet]

Pretty much

[acoustic bobcat]

It's because the maths was done by an anbernic employee, I would guess the same one that designs all their stuff

[inner parrot]

Gotta be tree-fiddy if they're serious 😜

[undone hemlock]

Launch price

[sour olive]

https://www.reddit.com/r/EmulationOnAndroid/s/yrmH4Mr6PX

This seems perfect for this device

[vapid flax]

looks promising

needs a bit of work still

[thick orchid]

Isn't the pro this screen?

😏

[sour olive]

It's close enough where the Upscale is still worth it

[lusty adder]

Never stop hating on that thing , specially the pro

[tawny lynx]

I actually think the pro is alright, just shouldn't have been named vita

[acoustic bobcat]

PRO in this abomination standard for 🐱 repellent origin

[sour olive]

Ilya decided to hate Anbernic as much as 50 Cent hates Diddy

[acoustic bobcat]

[quick cloak]

Can't say he ain't consistent

I like predicability

[hardy sparrow]

the name of this emoji 😭

[terse parrot]

That's fucked up lol

[acoustic bobcat]

You see, with Anbernic it's even more predictable, whatever they announce is always a steaming pile of dookie. The consistency is key

[mental needle]

looks at the H700 line release rate yeah that wasn't consistent

[hardy sparrow]

bro don't worry, in one month all the issues that were present when they sent the devices out to reviewers will be mysteriously fixed

[acoustic bobcat]

Can't fix the branding

[hardy sparrow]

true

[dry kelp]

The 35XX SP was great imo

[radiant kettle]

34xxsp, cubexx and 35xx plus are my favs

28xx has a lot of merit but the tiny controls and no wireless kinda ruind it for me

[dry kelp]

Actually same though lol

Those are the only H700's I still have

Imo
Anbernic did the 720x720 screen best with the cube xx

[radiant kettle]

it's the peak linux retro device i'd say

that screen fits a lot of stuff very well and the build, controls and ergo are great

[naive prairie]

CubeXX is my Robotron 2084 machine.

[dry kelp]

I'm not sure yet if I'd go that far but it was peak 1:1 720p lol

RP Flip 2 can run Rocknix so that high level Linux to me

[naive prairie]

(And is great in general for old arcade games)

[mental needle]

I love the 28XX and the 344XX duo

[subtle shuttle]

There’s a great level of irony in the RG Vita Pro being the only one of the 2 Vita’s that can actually play Vita.

[worn topaz]

i hate that they never did a 35xxsp in the 34xxsp shell

so i ended up buying a Miyoo flip

and the hinge broke in less than a day

which if you really think about it it's anbernics fault

[subtle shuttle]

Considering the whole reason I don’t use my RG35XX SP anymore is because I was one of the “unlucky ones” that had their V1 SP get a cracked hinge (aka, before they made their own V2 that people ironically don’t talk about), yeah I’d say that tracks.

[dry kelp]

RG PSP and RG Vita

[subtle shuttle]

Literally all they had to freaking do.

Hell, it would’ve especially worked well in that regard considering the PS Vita was for the most part effectively a PSP-Pro for anyone that didn’t give a shit about UMD’s.

[silver idol]

I suggested they put the RK3576 with 4GB of RAM in the RG-DS+ or Pro but you know Anbernic. 😔

[silver idol]

I would, PSP looks great in 3:2.

[acoustic bobcat]

This guy gets it

[kindred widget]

Yall just love bullshitting

[acoustic bobcat]

https://tenor.com/view/will-smith-point-interview-yeah-you-gif-15927226

[acoustic bobcat]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/684230755324526696/1452398055759282206/image0.gif

Catch

[dry kelp]

Hm

Hm...

[cinder robin]

Still no pricing info on this right? I'm in the camp that doesn't care these can't run vita. I think it's weird that's a concern when it wasn't for the gpd win 4 or the Odin 2 mini.

[tawny lynx]

Yep that's a handheld

[cinder robin]

The vita form factor is pretty comfortable but a real vita isn't very capable as an emulation device. So if the price is right I personally think the anbernic could be a compelling option

[acoustic bobcat]

It's not even day 3 of the price reveal and we already have people wanting to buy

[cinder robin]

It would have been awesome to get the vita pro with a top end chip for sure though

[subtle shuttle]

Except both of those can play Vita.

And neither of them were literally calling themselves the “GPD Win Vita” nor the “Odin 2 Vita”. Only the RG Vita is doing that.

[acoustic bobcat]

Odin 2 Winnie the Pooh

[tawny lynx]

Well kind of can play vita, 57.41% of it at least

[cinder robin]

Nothing can really play vita except for a vita

[dry kelp]

The RG PSP feels thick lol

[subtle shuttle]

We’re not using that excuse. If they couldn’t give it the right chipset and ram to play Vita, don’t freaking call it a Vita.

[subtle shuttle]

Like, Ban has the right idea.

[dry kelp]

19.5mm
Thicker than an OG Vita

[naive prairie]

“Anbernic RGSP” was just … right there.

[dry kelp]

Clamshell

[naive prairie]

RG SP with a space would be the clamshell.

[tawny lynx]

Anbernic Portable? Guess that wouldn't really make sense

[dry kelp]

All of them have the space if it's RG (Letters)

I think all of them have a space actually

[subtle shuttle]

And that’s why the RGSP should be the only one without the space between it.

For the emphasis on the name theme.

[naive prairie]

WIN600. No space. There is precedent.

[tawny lynx]

What would the S stand for