Again, the Retroid Pocket isn’t for you if your intent is to emulate GameCube. The thing is for people who want a pocketable emulator to play PS1/Dreamcast/lower end games without having to strap a controller that’s heavier than the device itself to it. If you want to have an Xbox controller strapped to your phone to play Super Mario World on the go by all means, but that’s a bit silly and excessive for my needs imo. Switch IS a clunky handheld, and why I don’t really play it unless I’m just chilling at home or waiting in the parking lot in my car. Steam Deck and the Retroid are not comparable when the price points and size of the devices are so far apart.
Steam Deck is more powerful, but that form factor is a huge turn off for me. The Switch is already too big for me to just throw in my pocket and whip out at the doctor's office waiting room for some good ol' Link to the Past. Couldn't imagine myself ever playing with the Deck outside of my home, and I have more powerful devices for that. I don’t know why the RP2+ is being compared to the Deck in the first place. The RP2+ is cheap and tiny, with the idea of being able to fit in your pocket and comfortably emulate older retro systems. The Deck is well over 4x the price of the RP2+, gigantic, and is supposed to play your Steam library (and emulate more recent systems if you so choose). I wouldn’t be caught dead with a Steam Deck but I’m certainly not going on Steam Deck comment sections to tell people I think it’s ugly and kind of pointless if you have a halfway decent laptop. You do you boo boo.
Bought one and have been playing with it for a few weeks. It’s fantastic. I think some people here are expecting a little too much from it. I have an iPhone 13 Pro Max and pretty much only play Apple Arcade games on it. It isn’t worth the hassle to emulate older games on it, and I hate using external controllers.
Yes, this device CAN technically run Gamecube/PS2 games, but not well and I definitely wouldn’t recommend this device for those (I play those games on my Macbook). I pretty much only use mine for SNES/GB/GBC/GBA/Sega/PS1 games. The small screen and resolution actually make these games look really good. My only complaint with the device is the nub, none of the retro games I play use it and it just sits there.
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Re: Review: Retroid Pocket 2+ - A Vast Improvement Over Its Forerunner
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Again, the Retroid Pocket isn’t for you if your intent is to emulate GameCube. The thing is for people who want a pocketable emulator to play PS1/Dreamcast/lower end games without having to strap a controller that’s heavier than the device itself to it. If you want to have an Xbox controller strapped to your phone to play Super Mario World on the go by all means, but that’s a bit silly and excessive for my needs imo. Switch IS a clunky handheld, and why I don’t really play it unless I’m just chilling at home or waiting in the parking lot in my car. Steam Deck and the Retroid are not comparable when the price points and size of the devices are so far apart.
Re: Review: Retroid Pocket 2+ - A Vast Improvement Over Its Forerunner
@Ventilator
Steam Deck is more powerful, but that form factor is a huge turn off for me. The Switch is already too big for me to just throw in my pocket and whip out at the doctor's office waiting room for some good ol' Link to the Past. Couldn't imagine myself ever playing with the Deck outside of my home, and I have more powerful devices for that. I don’t know why the RP2+ is being compared to the Deck in the first place. The RP2+ is cheap and tiny, with the idea of being able to fit in your pocket and comfortably emulate older retro systems. The Deck is well over 4x the price of the RP2+, gigantic, and is supposed to play your Steam library (and emulate more recent systems if you so choose). I wouldn’t be caught dead with a Steam Deck but I’m certainly not going on Steam Deck comment sections to tell people I think it’s ugly and kind of pointless if you have a halfway decent laptop. You do you boo boo.
Re: Review: Retroid Pocket 2+ - A Vast Improvement Over Its Forerunner
Bought one and have been playing with it for a few weeks. It’s fantastic. I think some people here are expecting a little too much from it. I have an iPhone 13 Pro Max and pretty much only play Apple Arcade games on it. It isn’t worth the hassle to emulate older games on it, and I hate using external controllers.
Yes, this device CAN technically run Gamecube/PS2 games, but not well and I definitely wouldn’t recommend this device for those (I play those games on my Macbook). I pretty much only use mine for SNES/GB/GBC/GBA/Sega/PS1 games. The small screen and resolution actually make these games look really good. My only complaint with the device is the nub, none of the retro games I play use it and it just sits there.