What the hell does it matter? Buy what you want and let others buy what they want. I personally hope a million “limited edition” decks get sold, if that’s how many people want one. If you jumped on one hoping to be able to flip it for a menial profit because it sold out instantly, well that’s karma and you got what you deserve.
I bought the deck 100% for portable gaming. I already have a top tier gaming PC which can play anything I can throw at it, as well as a PS5 and many other consoles, but when you’re sitting on the couch or laying in bed and wanting to play a game, the deck is just the best. Even though I don’t use it that much, no regrets at all, and I wouldn’t hesitate to buy it again. It is bad freaking ass!
Same. I didn’t even have a desire to buy a Switch until well after the OLED was released, so I benefited in that regard. Although I hardly ever play the thing. But I’ve had my OG deck since the original pre-order days and have no complaints.
You know what? I fired up my deck for the first time in awhile last night amidst all this hype over the OLED model, and the LCD screen still looks beautiful and vivid to me, the colors really pop, and that’s with the factory settings. Clearly an OLED screen is “more vivid-y” but when immersed in the experience, who’s going to notice? Are you going to be playing a game, constantly evaluating color saturation and thinking “wow, that OLED sword sure is vivid!” Doubtful. I’ve never once had any complaints about my deck screen and there’s no reason to start now. As far as battery life goes, I’ve never played my deck long enough to be concerned about having to stop to charge it. I play it so infrequently I can go weeks without needing to charge it. So for me, I would gain very little by upgrading to the OLED. Obviously if you play your deck for like 8 hours at a time, the bigger battery would be a benefit. I’m an adult with a full time job and a family so the time I have to spend on video games is very minimal. Whether or not the upgrade is worth it depends entirely on your gaming habits and practicality. I’ll buy the deck 2 when it gets released.
Don’t know why you’re being downvoted. I’m also sticking with my LCD day one deck, it’s as amazing as it always was. The seeming elitism amongst those who bought an OLED deck is lame, saying the LCD deck is the worst screen they’ve ever seen, bogus. It’s so overhyped. Say what you will, but I’ve never had to RMA my deck for any issues.
Looking forward to the next version of Steam Deck.