The downside with the SD if he plays a lot of PS5 is that there is usally (ever?) not any cross saves between them so all his progress would be lost. If he plays different games on the PS5 and SD this of course not a problem

The thumbsticks are different, black instead of white. All the button text is more grey instead of white. Bezels around the screen is smaller. Hex screws instead of philips.

Just return it and order a new one, if you wait 30 days I guess your return window expired and dead pixels rarely start working unless you are lucky

Never, that’s one of the best features with the deck that you can just put it to sleep quickly and resume instantly. In some games you get a audio bug but usually it fix itself, other than that it worked every time

I sold my old deck and getting the new one, no one knows but if it’s 2 years until a new one comes out I think it’s worth getting the new one for me since it’s my primary PC/console. But it comes down to how much money you have laying around, the old one will be perfectly fine, the oled is more a nice to have

OLED OLED OLED

1TB one for me, etched and better case

SD OLED! the software support, OS and long-term commitment is important for me. Running windows on a handheld is just a bad taste in my mouth 🤮

Be glad you didnt buy something from Ayaneo, they release a new one every month 🤣

Option: 3

Going for the etched