I had a dream last night that my brand new fancy Steam Deck OLED had arrived and I opened it immediately only to be horrified that it was such a sunny day that all I could see on the screen was my own face reflected back at me. I was absolutely kicking myself over getting the 512GB instead of the 1TB version all because of a potentially more vibrant screen. I was researching the returns policy on Decks and then I woke up.
To clarify, I haven’t ordered a Deck OLED yet and am still debating in whether it will even be worth it considering I sold my OG Deck due to lack of use. Obviously the while screen debate is something that my brain has latched onto.
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Tbh the matte one is shit. Just get a screen protector imho
On weather or NT to get a new oled deck, really have to understand why you didn’t use the of deck. If you can nail down those specific reasons, and the oled deck addresses them, it might e worth it. But if those reasons are non addressable in the new model, then no end to spend the money.
Imagine your dream you went to open your OLED and it was a 64gb LCD. The horror!
It’s not as bad as everyone thinks. I’ve had my glossy OLED Deck since Saturday and I’ve played outside on my break times at work in pretty harsh daylight for a couple of hours already.
The improved brightness is a lot of help and of course being an OLED screen helps a lot too. The reflections are not as bad it was on my LCD Deck, that experience was way worse. It’s really impressive indoors with that vibrant screen and crisp text.
Obviously this is all subjective and depends on what you truly prefer. I don’t like smudgy or blurry text and textures that’s why I chose the glossy over the anti-glare etched glass.
I think everyone is overreacting about this. Either way the device is awesome. I’ve loved my OLED Switch so I doubt I’ll know what I’m missing by going with the glossy screen.
Additionally, matte screens are a sensory nightmare for me so I think I can deal with seeing my ugly mug during loading screens.
How would the matte screen trigger your sensory issues if I may ask?
I was not set on buying the Oled, because I already have a regular one, but someone mentionned they had a special edition with a clear shell and I purchased it instantly. I’m a child of the 1990s, I love clear electronics.
I been playing on it all day, the clear shell takes me right back to the old game boy days
I’ve seen some people online who opened their Deck and it feeling less solid after (e.g. looser sticks). For devices this valuable I don’t think it’s worth risking opening them up unless it’s to repair something. I learned my lesson opening joycons, what a nightmare that was for my butterfingers.
I didn’t even realize it was a transparent shell until a few hours after I placed the order and then was reading a Kotaku (or some other such site, I don’t recall) article about what a shit show the website was on release, and it specifically mentioned the transparent shell.
I don’t know how I didn’t see that at all beforehand, but I’m stocked about it, cause I was in the same place, I wanted to do a jsaux shell swap but was too nervous about fucking it up lol