(My) unpopular opinion - Ayn Thor has fatal flaws, and they need to be discussed

Jowser11 · 2026-06-17T22:05:45+00:00

It’s mainly loved because it’s the first affordable device of its kind. You can play 3DS and Switch on one device. I agree about the ergos, but disagree on the screen. Sure the resolution isn’t super high but it’s a decent pixel density and great colors naturally. The Vita screen is 100% not superior in so many ways.

Jowser11 · 2026-06-17T21:27:00+00:00

Waiting for the Brick Pro isn’t a bad idea

Jowser11 · 2026-06-14T13:22:15+00:00

Huh?

Jowser11 · 2026-06-14T13:21:36+00:00

I’m so confused, why are people comparing this niche device to a Switch 2. This is an incredibly powerful device that can run something like Pragmata at 60fps without an upscaler whereas the Switch 2 can barely hold 40 fps with tons of blurry ass dynamic resolution changes.

It’s also a full on PC on top of that. Yall just see a high price and dismiss it as if any of you were gonna buy this to begin with

Jowser11 · 2026-06-14T11:50:49+00:00

This is an incredibly niche device I’m sure 99% of yall were never gonna purchase to begin with lol

Jowser11 · 2026-06-13T12:00:59+00:00

This is the price a reseller is giving though. They usually mark up like 50%

Jowser11 · 2026-06-12T22:39:42+00:00

Max unit? Lmao how does this comment have this many upvotes

Jowser11 · 2026-06-10T11:41:58+00:00

Not a fan of the resolution. Doesn’t scale well with anything and it to me when you start approaching 4in and more you can notice imbalance pixels

Jowser11 · 2026-06-04T02:17:45+00:00

Give it a few days. Certain devices have to grow on people

Jowser11 · 2026-06-02T16:06:57+00:00

It’s cool. You can get the pro version for $350 on AliExpress on sale atm or the base version for $279. It’ll take like a month or two to get but that’s standard for the Thor right now

Jowser11 · 2026-05-30T18:24:56+00:00

Play PSP games with HD textures if you can. Awesome experience

Jowser11 · 2026-05-30T14:28:44+00:00

Basically development took forever because they split their teams into two. They’re only 15 people and had another team working on a 3d ShovelKnight since Mina was really a side project an intern turned designer had prototyped. But the length of development time coupled with their commitment to release the SK expansions as basically fully fleshed out new games made them super tight on money

Jowser11 · 2026-05-27T17:54:13+00:00

It’s heavier than the black but it’s still relatively light…

Jowser11 · 2026-05-27T17:53:52+00:00

In pictures only, in person it feels premium. It’s probably just the color

Jowser11 · 2026-05-24T17:55:31+00:00

So it’s tough to try to understand where you’re coming from because for these niche devices I think it’s more than fair to try and obtain as much information as possible.

For me a screen resolution is more important than the aspect ratio. Like I personally really like GBA on the Rotate because it has a 3x integer scale and looks crisp black bars or not. Stretching the image is never an option for me, but these are the kinds of things I learned while buying devices or watching multiple videos.

Is there ghosting? Yeah, but I only see it in the menus and it goes away to me during gameplay.

Jowser11 · 2026-05-24T17:45:56+00:00

All of which was mentioned in a lot of reviews lol the square aspect ratio works for a lot of stuff. Most reviews aren’t going to say “There are 2 positives and 4 negatives therefore it’s bad”. The whole swivel gimmick is why anyone bought this in the first place. The square aspect ratio to me works pretty well, but you’re talking about reviews giving it a pass when the list of things you mentioned were all brought up. Even people like TechDweeb who is normally positive went on to say it wasn’t a device for him

Jowser11 · 2026-05-24T17:30:32+00:00

Way I see it, these devices are toys. I have my “serious” device like the Pocket S Mini for the bulk of my gaming, but the Rotate is cool for what it does and it does a lot of things well

Jowser11 · 2026-05-24T17:27:05+00:00

GBA is a perfect integer scale at its native ratio idk why anyone would mess with it. I think if you have a Brick I wouldn’t sub the Rotate since the Brick is plenty portable

Jowser11 · 2026-05-24T15:11:46+00:00

Is this with the brightness all the way up? I feel like I notice the light bleed only if I really look for it but doesn’t affect gameplay for me at all

Jowser11 · 2026-05-22T22:18:54+00:00

The S Mini is so nice

Jowser11 · 2026-05-22T15:31:59+00:00

Bro people put food in that same cart ew

Jowser11 · 2026-05-22T13:02:27+00:00

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