I was very close to buying an OLED, but decided to wait for the 2nd Gen Steam Deck instead. I couldn’t justify the extra money for a refresh just yet. The LCD is completely fine as it is till the next Gen release imo.
(though if I was in a region with the limited edition OLED Deck, I would have caved in, not going to lie 😂)
What did everyone do? Buy an OLED or waiting it out?
Got an OLED and waiting for the SD2.
Me for both
I bought an oled because the screen and battery life (and maybe fan noise) were my biggest gripes with the steam deck. Hoping to recoup half the cost by selling my LCD unit.
And I will 100% buy the Deck 2 day 1. Valve have me now
i got an oled. i loved my steam deck but certain things drove me nuts in it like the backlight bleed. i’ve been saying since i got my RMA’s unit with backlight bleed that if they ever dropped an OLED upgrade i would but it day one, and i did.
Got an oled. Handhelds I feel benefit more from picture quality than raw performance. There’s a youtuber named mystic that reviewed the Playstation Portal recently and he put it perfectly: “alot of triple A games weren’t designed to be played on small screens” and he’s 100% right. Let’s take for example a game like cyberpunk. Is it neat to play it on a handheld? Yeah, definitely. Is it as enjoyable as playing it on a
I got the OLED because I’ve never owned a steam deck and figured now’s a good time. Even if the SD2 comes out next year I wouldn’t buy it because I never buy consoles the first year they come out.