MSI Claw Review: Swing and a Miss

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The Claw is MSI's first foray into handheld PCs, and while they shot for the moon, their aim was more than a little off. Let's take a look at the good, bad, and ugly of this device and demonstrate why it can't compete with other handhelds on the market -- even against those that are significantly cheaper.
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02:09 how we got here
03:20 things I've learned about the Claw
06:14 the good things
10:31 the bad things
17:51 the ugly things
23:14 comparison with Deck and Ally
31:59 PC gaming and value summary
33:24 summary and conclusion
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@itchimo82 Месяц назад

I appreciate the fact that you waited before doing the review. You were being more than fair with MSI/INTEL. I don't want to pay to be a beta tester for a inferior product.

@jinx20001 Месяц назад

not many reviewers actually spend time with a product and live with it in order to give a true objective review and i think thats why retro game corps is up there with the best if not THE best reviewer. Dude could be reviewing washing machines and i would still entirely trust the review because they are not rushed and are the results of weeks of living with the product. Thanks for putting that time in to make these reviews as honest as possible and i hope the channel just exponentially grows.

@venom74799 Месяц назад

I absolutely agree. Some people grab a product and review it a few hours after launch. I appreciate the longer hold times on reviews to get a full depiction of how ownership of the product would be on a long term scale.

@rosaria8384 Месяц назад

Yeah, this feels like a more expanded version of Gamers Nexus' review of the Claw. And that's a good thing.

@LprogressivesANDliberals Месяц назад

Russ is a ex army man! Content from them tends to be very disciplined & well thought through. I enjoyed it too 🦅🇺🇸

@mechanicalmonk2020 Месяц назад

Nah. This dude didn't wait for a year before reviewing the device meaning he's obviously missing out on all the fixes that are _just_ around the corner. Fail of a review. (Yes, I'm being sarcastic)

@Bob_Smith19 Месяц назад

ETA Prime hands head in shame 😂

@me2olive Месяц назад

The fact that the Steam Deck with its now 2 year old hardware (except for the OLED screen) can still compete and in many cases outperform more expensive and more recent handhelds is pretty amazing.

@ElmokillaXDK Месяц назад

not that surprising since amd and valve worked together to develop the chip, and it runs on linux which is infinitely customizable

@ElmokillaXDK Месяц назад

@lofl6968 would could win the handheld gaming war if they just gave windows a handheld gaming mode and control panel to control tdp etc

@MyZimeCharts Месяц назад

@lofl6968but because Steam is working hard to get every Game to Run in linux I think 95% of the Games Run fine. I tried most Games from my steamlibary on my steamdeck and I didnt find one single game that dont Work on Linux. Even those Games which Had a "non compatable" sign on Steam run very well. And the craziest thing is there is one Windows-Game that didint work on my high-end Windows PC but Work on the steamdeck 😂

@antonkirilenko3116 26 дней назад

@lofl6968 Funny how running a Windows game on Linux through a compatibility layer can get you better performance than just running the same Windows game on Windows.

@paulkendrick4153 19 дней назад

@lofl6968 no it isn’t. Stop complaining

@Daidoart Месяц назад

Finally a Claw review from my favorite RU-vid channel

@TOAST818989898 Месяц назад

This one is for people that say Russ is too nice of a reviewer... Great work as always btw

@FostersHomeFG Месяц назад

Damn! Russ didn't tell me I needed a Snack and Drink. =( Luckily I'm eating lunch =)

@mec1 Месяц назад

You needed lunch, and I hope it passed The Contra Test.

@JavierHerrerag Месяц назад

Retro game Corps is my fav channel. Period. Love this man's reviews!

@stormranger528 Месяц назад

Better than ETAprime

@TOAST818989898 Месяц назад

@@stormranger528not in the same league. The other is just advertisement at this point

@plaistowjames6792 Месяц назад

Thank you

@B_Machine Месяц назад

@@TOAST818989898 No kidding. I like that he always advises to not spend money on Black Friday and whatnot, but damn his reviews are so bias towards the product.

@KristopherCost Месяц назад

Excellent review! I appreciate you taking the bullet for us with this handheld.

@shinyplaid Месяц назад

34:48 “The only reason I’m keeping it is because I’m past my return window.” is a pretty scathing review all by itself. 😂

@EricCarter12 Месяц назад

I was waiting and anticipating this video for so long and actually didn't know if you were going to review this device. I'm glad you did, this was a fantastic and thorough review!

@jtdx_ Месяц назад

Tried one in-store and was shocked to see the hefty price tag. They need to price it similar to the Steam Deck to even get some consumers to consider

@Syssn3ck Месяц назад

You're putting more time and care into your reviews than MSI put into this handheld device. Thank you so much for this review and it's such a shame, that the Claw doesn't deliver.

@gdot1803 Месяц назад

The Steam Deck OLED is just too good. I can't live without the trackpads, gyro, the comfort, the 4 back buttons, battery life and user friendliness of the Deck.

@deleteduser3455 Месяц назад

That's fair not my favorite device though

@originsource Месяц назад

Steam deck is awesome, but my favorite of all the devices is the Legion Go, but Steam deck is definitely the second favorite for me.

@MrQuay03 Месяц назад

and it runs Linux

@paulkendrick4153 19 дней назад

@@deleteduser3455 good thing nobody cares about your opinion. 😊 Love my OLED😊

@paulkendrick4153 19 дней назад

Steam Deck is King. The rest are copies. Will always stick with the OG 😊

@KrazyShark Месяц назад

Man this review just made me realize how much of a beast the Steam Deck is. 750$ for the MSI Claw... the stutters are unacceptable, this really feels like a prototype. This is why I'm always on guard whenever there's a "Me-too" product from other brands, even well known ones cause I know the lack of polish that the "original" does not have will always make the product suck. When I bought my HP PC tablet many years ago that supposedly was just like a Microsoft Surface, the UI and overall experience was just so bad that it still leaves me with a bitter taste to this day.

@SWOTHDRA Месяц назад

the OG steamdeck was a metoo product too

@oo--7714 Месяц назад

The shader cache was too much for me lol I had to give it away. Can't really say ythe steam deckw as polidhed when my drive was always filling up due to steamworks files and sbader cache.

@DogginsFroggins Месяц назад

@@SWOTHDRA How exactly? They basically made an entire operating system, a verfication system on games, insanely cheap price, years of development and innovation, its the opposite of a metoo product.

@IceYetiWins Месяц назад

@@SWOTHDRAhell no

@adderhoney Месяц назад

Great review.

@positivepig Месяц назад

absolutely love you're channel, and i'm honestly refreshed to see you didn't bullshit on the title with some clickbait bullshit of 'will they won't they?' so just judging on knowing what it generally is and that i usually agree with you and that it looks like this isn't up my alley i can actually skip the vid for the most part and get on with my day. great work great work great work x3. keep me updated on all the minutiae when u can, damnit!

@gnarlyblasterboys4123 Месяц назад

Subbed. Gorgeous review. Really like how you showcased the sound. It is good af. But I own a steam deck and this review makes me happy.

@Madblaster6 Месяц назад

21:10 I would have locked the Ally to 60FPS like the SD. Could have been closer to 2 hours and I'm sure if you lower the TDP you can still get 60 FPS and increase the battery life more.

@David-gs9vw Месяц назад

Nice video I like how you label the name of the game that you’re playing on your devices

@mattb6522 Месяц назад

Good review and analysis! I am more than happy with my Steam Deck. Valve already really set the bar insanely high! The fact that the MSI Claw has constant stuttering in many games (amongst the other issues) at its current price is completely unacceptable. Hopefully MSI will be able to work out a lot of these issues, but I'm surprised many of these issues weren't already addressed and corrected before it even hit the market!

@tebo2286 Месяц назад

The claw is a lost cause. Let's move on to the next device. Great review by the way

@Kikkoman85 Месяц назад

I saw the Claw out in the wild (Costco in Ontario, Canada) and thought I should check out a review. Thank you for confirming what I thought, I'll stick with my OG Steam Deck for now :)

@DrifterSupremo Месяц назад

Seems like steam deck OLED is still the best bang for the buck

@V1CT1MIZED Месяц назад

Yeah, especially if you want more than 1 hours worth of battery. All these other companies have missed the main point of a handheld. Glad I sold my rog ally.

@badmoose01 Месяц назад

@@V1CT1MIZEDfr. Rog Ally defenders say they aren’t ever far away from a wall socket so battery life doesn’t matter. I think that’s more of a them problem.

@kellyweaver8422 Месяц назад

@badmoose01 wall outlet, car outlet, train, bus or plane outlet...all the same. Beyond that I carry a battery in the case that I carry my Ally in. So just with the internal battery and my extra battery I get about double the battery life.

@Batmanshack Месяц назад

Great review, I've seen many others say the same about the Claw... The MSI claw is a lemon, unless they can patch it...

@oo--7714 Месяц назад

@@badmoose01heliterally said he got 3 hours in inde games tho😂

@QuirkyAvik Месяц назад

I bought the ally at launch and I am still amazed at the efficiency of the z1 extreme chip.

@kanna2002 28 дней назад

This was great, thank you for the work getting this video out. I am wondering if you would advise on a device. Where I am, the standard Steamdeck is the price of the ROG ally, would this make the Ally the obvious choice?

@FORZALEGEND360 Месяц назад

Massive respect for you waiting to review the device. Wasn't there day one like other reviewer's after a quick buck.

@austinRstr8 Месяц назад

crazy how every handheld pc review is basically just an ad for the steam deck 😂

@wolffactor56 Месяц назад

Without the benefits that the steam deck is with battery life.

@brentcox2961 Месяц назад

Tell you own a steam deck without telling us you own a steam deck lol

@Chris.in.taiwan 24 дня назад

But the ROG ally is better.

@paulkendrick4153 19 дней назад

Love it. Steam Deck is King and the original. The rest are copies 😊simple as that

@Chris.in.taiwan 19 дней назад

@@paulkendrick4153 not really. These run windows so are much more flexible.

@MSKH1970 Месяц назад

THX for your review

@ryankertai2907 Месяц назад

I really appreciate your honesty, just a quick question, while it should have been released with better software/firmware. Do you think in the next couple of months these updates will close the gap in experience between it and the Ally?

@huskyspade3461 Месяц назад

Good video. Thanks for staying objective. Your review was certainly consistent with other reviews of the device. It was an interesting prospect, but I'm sticking with my Steam Deck as it offers a superior user experience.

@zinoelgato Месяц назад

This is why you’re the GOAT when it comes to handheld tech reviews! In depth, thorough and non bias, well done!!!

@arr0w769 Месяц назад

its crazy how far ahead the steam deck is right now, they already said theyre planning on a second steam deck once they can improve it enough

@fernandoibarra2081 Месяц назад

I was waiting for this! Saw some reviews and was unsure how it will uphold in the future.

@berightback91 Месяц назад

great video, and kudos to great ergonomic features from MSI

@NeilGilbert Месяц назад

The honesty is what makes this SO GOOD. I appreciate you!

@charliesayno1115 Месяц назад

Brilliant review & much appreciated. The SBS comparison of all 3 top dogs speaks volumes in a way that typical tech specs never do.

@TheCoolDave Месяц назад

First of all, thanks for putting in the time and effort to get this video out. I personally was interested in seeing what Intel could do in this handheld market that AMD has almost full control over. A first model, beta at best and it shows. Maybe they will fix it or maybe they will give up on it and it will be on the clearance racks for $250. Even at $250 with those studders, it would be a deal killer... It's like my experience with MSI, last gen PC I went all out on MSI (was a ASUS fan but, wanted to try MSI), flagship motherboard, Video card, all MSI, on 2 machines. My main gaming PC, RMA'ed 4 times, and finally when warranty ended, I picked up a used ASUS board (never a problem) on the 2nd PC a bios update screwed up(not my fault) and I needed a manually through command line re-flash the bios (a non-PC user would have had a big problem here) and got it up.... Never will buy a MSI PC part again and this just shows more of how they treat their customers....

@TrialbyFire Месяц назад

Have you checked to see if you have a defective unit in regards to the controls stopping working? I haven't seen any other reviewers with this issue.

@MatthewJohnCrittenden Месяц назад

Those stutters would be enough to rule it out for me. Great review, as ever.

@Ess_Chalk Месяц назад

Did your testing include the BIOS and driver updates of the past week? I don't think that it would change your review but I'm curious.

@Greenwithao Месяц назад

Question if you unpark the cores does it fix the stutters. also if that does work what does that do to the battery life?

@alejandrobarcelo3987 Месяц назад

Great video as allways, the quality fo your reviews are just amazing. It´s a "cheap" copy of the Asus Rog Ally, a not finished product at a very high price, seems that the Steam Deck Oled is thes best choice for the price.

@dialgalovesINSOMNIAC Месяц назад

Do you think performance will improve with driver updates? Arc saw a lot of improvement with time

@fonzitheman Месяц назад

Man, thats a lot of battery testing, cant imagine how long it took you stuffing around doing all that ☺️. Very good video btw 👍

@kevmarkwell5713 Месяц назад

Good review thank you, I think the issues were unforeseen but I'm confident a fix will be done to bring it up to the MSI branding we all know and love. hopefully some bios/driver updates will resolve this. I can see why MSI went with Intel, there is a lot of talk and focus on "AI" at the moment, being an intel ultra core it ticks that box.

@LordMaxed Месяц назад

I mean the Ayaneo products (while support is bad) definitely pushes for interesting handhelds like the flip, slide, and DS. The OXP2 is another detachable controller handheld with a bigger screen, the X1 is practically a tablet with controllers and it’s awesome and unique. I wouldn’t ignore or denounce these other Chinese manufacturers and their innovations simply because everyone prefers the US based companies that are known pc manufacturers. I enjoy them and definitely will look forward to seeing someone like Acer, HP, Dell, Alienware, or Microsoft to release their version of a handheld.. heck even an nvidia based handheld pc would be dope. That being said with a little research and good reviews I’d consider Onexplayer or these other handheld pc manufacturers when purchasing one

@crunchtime6244 Месяц назад

I hope all the negative reception the MSI Claw is getting doesn’t discourage other competitors to enter the handheld market

@mravg79 Месяц назад

The review which points flaws should encourage the manufacturers to produce better devices. At least in theory.

@bryanjs4785 Месяц назад

Russ has officially made it... the thot bots are commenting 😂

@HolgerNestmann Месяц назад

It shouldn‘t discourage intel to be honest

@yusepbcn Месяц назад

MSI should be desincouraged by their own actions , not the reviews. The review reflect reality.

@miuletzmitzu6641 Месяц назад

It doesn't. This kind of discouragement comes when users dislike most alike devices on the market. People LOVE rog ally, steam deck, lenovo legion go. You can't expect to release a WORSE device for the same price and people to eat it up. Rog ally is 500$ for the z1 extreme rn (in europe at least), you pay less for it but get more. I love all this negativity towards the msi, so they understand we won't take lesser devices and pay premium prices for shit.

@justjoeblow420 Месяц назад

This was a good reminder of why I've stuck with a Deck. Not only have at this point gotten a fantastic two years of use out of my 256GB Deck but there's also not a ton of reasons to jump to a different handheld as the OLED Steam Deck refresh would be a better minor upgrade than the alternatives. I'd also argue the Deck still has the best input set up on the market to the point that the track pads honestly give the Deck a larger library of games that work well given how much the track pads allow for stuff like very keyboard and mouse oriented games to be playable on the Deck with less friction than the alternative.

@Bilal.Hussain.Shaikh Месяц назад

1st: Steam Deck Oled 2nd: Rog Ally 3rd: Lenovo Legion Go 4th: MSI Claw

@loz9324 Месяц назад

15th: MSI Claw

@Bilal.Hussain.Shaikh Месяц назад

@@loz9324 👍🏿👍🏻

@KIIVx Месяц назад

The Legion go is above the rog ally

@paulkendrick4153 19 дней назад

@@KIIVx lol no it isn’t 😂 not even close

@KIIVx 19 дней назад

@@paulkendrick4153 it is close, and the Legion go tops it

@trbdann2 Месяц назад

I am now starved and parching because I was not prompted to grab a snack and drink.

@nathanburg Месяц назад

I really felt like I was rolling the dice with the ally, but it ended up being my favorite handheld pc. Glad I didn't go for a claw when I had the chance; it doesn't seem like its there yet.

@MrKugler Месяц назад

Unrelated to this video, but are you going to be making a RG35xx Plus garlic OS tutorial in the near future?

@gregyance9901 5 дней назад

Have you tested the new update in this one? , how is the new performance boost in comparisson with the 7840U , do you have any news about the MSI Claw 8 AI+ ?

@Just_An_Ignacio Месяц назад

Arguibly the best of having ARC integrated graphics is being able to use the XMX version of XeSS, which is really close to DLSS image quality and performance and is overall better than FSR, a nice feature when you are playing at 480p upscaled to 1080p the most of the time. Well... when the ARC graphics decide to execute your title decently in the first place.

@coachnutt61 28 дней назад

That battery feature got me on my deck! I actually started a RMA on it lol! 😅

@ughitstravis9243 Месяц назад

Seeing things like this make glad I got the OLED SD man crazy

@rushmore3927 Месяц назад

Intel is at least two years away from anything efficient enough to be competitive with AMD. This seems a misguided product.

@jonesymeow9487 Месяц назад

Exactly.

@Fernando-ek8jp Месяц назад

From a business perspective and consumer perspective, absolutely. From a technical one, I am all for companies trying their own thing to see what works. It will be nothing but great from the consumer if Intel tries to take all the feedback and data points possible.

@jonesymeow9487 Месяц назад

@Fernando-ek8jp there's no point experimenting with hardware components known to not handle this type of application. It's a waste of time, effort, and resources. That's why AMD chips are used in other handhelds with success because they know what would work.

@mechanicalmonk2020 Месяц назад

My dad works for intel and he says it's actually 1 day less than 2 years

@rushmore3927 Месяц назад

@@mechanicalmonk2020 Winning!

@Neolith_ Месяц назад

I'm a fan of arcade flight games. I was curious as to what the game shown here is? 0:21 Great video, Russ.

@tomoprime217 Месяц назад

I wonder if the stutter is something odd if the fan curve is hammering on the systems eprom. Russ I might try setting a constant fan speed just as an experiment.

@randomcommenterurl Месяц назад

Although I’ll never buy it, I’m glad it exists. AMD is already stagnating with the 8000 series not bringing much to the table. With competition there will be more incentive for progress

@reaperreaper5098 Месяц назад

AMD isn’t really stagnating, they have always had a history of having partial or full generations that were refreshed hardware from the prior gen, every other gen. Ryzen 8K is a refresh of 7K Ryzen 6K is a refresh of 5K Ryzen 4K has a ton of its chips being refreshed from prior gens. Ryzen 2K was 1000 series designs on an improved node. The budget AM4 APUs were refreshed Bulldozer chips. The R9 300 series were refreshed 200 cards. The RX 500 series was refreshed 400 cards and a new top card.

@EmuQuest Месяц назад

@@reaperreaper5098 6K wasnt a refresh of 5K right? 6K has RDNA 2 GPUs while 5K had the old Vega ones

@DoubleDragon5180 Месяц назад

@@EmuQuest7k even has Vega GPUs so it’s more likely a refresh

@justswitched8841 Месяц назад

There's no competition though. Intel is bad for handhelds. It got worse performance than the steam deck with early tests.

@EmuQuest Месяц назад

@@DoubleDragon5180 7K has an RDNA3 GPU doesn't it? That's an upgrade from 6K's RDNA 2

@Iversonwings1 Месяц назад

Thanks for the video. I am even more happy I got the steam deck oled

@CrYoGeNiC6977 Месяц назад

Makes me so glad I got the Legion Go and not have to regret it.

@MichaOstrowski Месяц назад

That higher power draw on the Ally seems like CPU Boost was enabled, which is just unnecessary in many situations, especially playing 2D stuff like Balatro.

@Muhluri Месяц назад

I wish he told us whether or not he turned it on

@Jack32X Месяц назад

Regarding the ARC drivers, you may need to install Intel DSA, a separate app in order to get the check updates to work. utterly stupid I know but that's the situation with my laptop for example

@MrMegaManFan Месяц назад

Dang. Why would you pay $800 for a worse experience than a Steam Deck at half the price? Russ thank you for your honest and unvarnished review of the issues here.

@SpikeBlighty Месяц назад

Excellent review. Steamdeck so dominant in this market. Valve's voodoo producing amazing battery performance.

@Roko-jb5hl Месяц назад

I think a huge reason is because it isn’t running windows. Windows has gotten progressively worse and bloated and resource hoggy ever since XP

@trekintosh Месяц назад

The 90% battery thing is a bit weird yeah. GPD does a similar thing in some of their machines. If you plug it in between 95 and 100 it goes into passthrough mode and doesn’t charge. It’s actually useful if you want to eke out a few more FPSs

@mattguy1980 Месяц назад

Hey Russ, i have a suggestion. for the last few weeks i've been trying to flash ADAM image to my RG280V with no success and i'm not the only one, many others are reporting the same issue. for some reason it just wont work anymore. my last RG280V which i flashed with the same image last year worked just fine but for some reason now it just wont work. i have been on many forums about the issue but cannot find an answer or solution for it. and i was wondering if you wouldn't mind diving into this issue at some point when you have a moment and create an RG280V ADAM IMAGE UPDATE video. THX

@gdpiscopo 12 дней назад

This is cool and I'm glad there's competition. I have a Steam Deck and it has a bunch of minor bugs that need to be tweaked as well. Software bugs aren't just limited to this thing.

@bb_lou Месяц назад

XeSS is available and usable on AMD GPUs too, you can use XeSS on any GPU AFAIK, both Cyberpunk 2077 and Death Stranding work with it on my AMD set up.

@retrohandhelds Месяц назад

These battery life tests are amazing to have, I actually came away liking the Claw a bit better after this. Still not worth the price, but not terrible entirely. Great video my friend! - Stubbs

@nefariou5 Месяц назад

you're amazing for going to so much trouble with this device, and giving them lots of time and chances. But personally if the performance was that bad, and the stutters were that bad, your initial review should've been scathing. if a device gets better later it can get a updated review. this device got more passes than it deserved

@Dracossaint Месяц назад

My theory on why the claw exist is simple.they designed %90 of the device and left the decision on what processor to use until th end. They couldnt get enough allocation of the amd chips andddd went intel or the amd chips would make their margins thin. I wouldnt be surprised that intel is offering them a good price per chip either. Cause they want their foot in the door for this market.

@frumiousgaming Месяц назад

Probably upper management said “we need a handheld PC. Here’s your R&D budget, here’s your deadline” without really paying attention to what it needed to be good

@tomoprime217 Месяц назад

Cant you cap the MSI framerate to 90fps with RTSS and set the resolution to match the Steamdeck if this is only a battery test?

@emit3338 Месяц назад

Hmm I love the steam deck but if you ran those games at the same setting as deck would the battery last longer on those devices? I'd assume so

@Rudizel Месяц назад

I think the claw has potential especially if they fix the freezing up and power draw issue. I believe the two are related and will be eventually fixed by software and firmware update. Should also be going on sale by that time so for anyone picking it up later it will be a double win.

@Karashata Месяц назад

Not sure if it's already been mentioned and I'm not sure I can skim through all the comments on the video to find out, but, the VRR "test" you showed from testufo is just a simulation to demonstrate how much smoother motion appears on a VRR display as the frame rate changes versus a display with fixed refresh rate and vsync on, and does not actually test a displays VRR capability.

@HapXaM6a Месяц назад

What’s brand name of steam deck case and skin? Looks awesome link please thanks😊

@matuzaato Месяц назад

Fantastic review, thanks for saving people's money

@ben-tendo Месяц назад

Sorry to hear you're stuck with this just because of it taking so long for issues to potentially be resolved via updates. If I were you I'd go direct and argue that returning it to the manufacturer due to the delays in their own updates etc. being why it took so long for you to decide.

@dookie6734 Месяц назад

Would the intel chip make it more compatible with eGPUs vs the other handhelds? That's the only possible redeeming quality I can think of for this product.

@kennethd4958 Месяц назад

Ok Russ you convinced me.. I went and bought a SteamDeck OLED.

@ReckWasTaken Месяц назад

Glad, I'm Team Deck, great video dude!

@yusepbcn Месяц назад

Note: the fan configuration you set up on performance also affects the manual profile. I found it in my review, very poor UX design.

@arielm7643 Месяц назад

I hope all the negative reception the MSI Claw is getting doesn’t discourage other competitors to enter the handheld market.

@nickentros Месяц назад

If they did the same thing with an AMD processor, it would likely be considered a solid alternative to the ROG Ally. Intel is the problem

@rushmore3927 Месяц назад

If they're Intel chipsets, they need to wait a few years anyway.

@KurosuKirie Месяц назад

This should discourage stupid competitor to accept money from intel, no way they intentionally putting intel chip without getting anything in return

@jonesymeow9487 Месяц назад

Intell chips suck at low wattage. You'd think a company like MSI would know such things. Any company that has a solid understanding of the hardware won't be discouraged. This was just MSI creating a flop.

@Zman1719 Месяц назад

@@jonesymeow9487 Intel probably paid them to put their chip in the Claw

@3mptychaos106 15 дней назад

How do you get emulators onto the claw? Trying to play some ps2 games on it

@ZTGiby Месяц назад

How is that whisker game? It looks so good but the reviews on steam say it’s super short. It’s it worth the price?

@RetroGameCorps Месяц назад

I like it a lot. It's a roguelite in that there is a game loop to it, so I've never felt it was short. Gives me Star Fox vibes but with leveling up!

@yhckelly Месяц назад

I was/am a hardcore console guy- I see game discs like a fun library for part-time kicks. About a year ago. I bought a mid-tier steam deck and it blew my mind. These handhelds are totally awesome. Thanks for the video!

@Baumie11 Месяц назад

Hades has such a solid soundtrack.

@blind_neighbourhoodNerd Месяц назад

Excellent review!! Need a decent Dpad these things. I had to uninstall Street Fighter 6 off the Legion Go because of the awful Dpad choice

@V1CT1MIZED Месяц назад

I dread to think what a souls like would feel like with those bumpers.

@benlau2045 5 дней назад

I have tried the MSI claw and I’m glad I stuck with the rog ally despite being an older product because of its shoulder buttons. It is not comfortable using it for games relying on it soo much which I did and you cannot fix with a software update duhhh. I really outright felt the Claw is out of the competition out of the bat because of this. Yes , updates will come but being that this is the first intel device means a lot more work than normal needs to be put in to optimize those drivers which also takes a good amount of time.

@2521ani Месяц назад

I bought miyoo mini plus and it has ds game but only like 24 game is there a way to get more?

@maddoggaming1171 Месяц назад

If you’re willing to wait for a sale you could get the newly price dropped Rog Ally Z1 (non extreme) for about $300 which is way less than half the cost of the cheapest Claw sku, and until the claw gets better optimization it’s not even significantly more powerful than the base Z1 (which is sad).

@TeoR Месяц назад

Props for trying to give them time to patch/update it. Sadly, it didn't work.

@jamesdavies686 Месяц назад

Aw, was hoping this was the Miyoo A30 video :(

@CrunchyTire Месяц назад

It feels like they were out of ideas from the get go because it mimics the ally aesthetically in so many ways. Like some of the buttons, where they put the logo, etc. It feels like they just made their own ally rather than their own handheld.

@munodavid91 Месяц назад

Bought the steam deck loved it but returned it was hurting my right thumb button layout differently

@MrSamuel1234567 Месяц назад

I think the Aokzoe A1 Pro is quite underated and should be used in comparisons with other devices. I love my Aokzoe A1.

@Muhluri Месяц назад

I'd have loved to get the A1 pro for it's big battery

@TheTheShizzler Месяц назад

The funny thing is, I remember all the handhelds before the Steam Deck and I think GPD releasing the first AMD powered one. It's so crazy that since the Steam Deck and the release of RDNA 2 that NOBODY was using Intel and now Intel can't run anything

@Roko-jb5hl Месяц назад

It’s a good looking handheld in my opinion. Basically a black Ally, which I wish was a choice. I’m still worried about the Ally and card issues.