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?

  • hl3reconfirmed@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    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

  • lionghoulman@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    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.

  • dynamicpenguin55@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I’m waiting for SD2. I love my deck, but I don’t think the upgrade is worth the cost and hassle of upgrading, I’ve only had it for 4-5 months so it has plenty of life in it still

  • Lightningxp1@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    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

  • Khangor@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Stick with my Deck and wait and see if a SD2 is worth it for me (I’ve been almost exclusively playing low requirement indie titles this last year, so the deck did 60fps anyways)

  • Justin_the_Third@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    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.