Over a year with my etched glass Deck, over a thousand hours of playtime, gone with me on multiple trips. No screen protector and the screen is pristine.

I get that people want a sense of security, but in this instance it’s just unnecessary. It’s not a phone. It’s not going into your pocket with keys, you aren’t going to be laying it face down. Sure you could scratch the screen potentially from a drop or fall, but the screen is going to be the least of your issues if that happens. You’ll break the joysticks, bumpers, etc., before the screen will ever get scratched. If you just throw it in a bag without a proper case, a tempered glass screen protector isn’t going to save you. There’s just not really a scenario where you’re just going to randomly scratch the screen unless you’re doing something really not smart.