I was convinced for me it would be the 90hz refresh rate, or the improved touchscreen/haptics - but the moment I picked up the new OLED I knew my answer straight away:
The 30g they removed from the weight.
I’m sure that sounded minimal and inconsequential for a lot of us when we heard about it, but when you pick it up, you feel it immediately.
The original steam deck was always a bit too heavy for me to hold comfortably. Especially as I struggle with a disability which makes me pretty weak in general.
Now the device is so much more comfortable to hold. I can actually pick it up and hold it with one hand now, whereas before it would always overbalance and I could never keep it straight.
What’s the best upgrade from your experience so far, if any of you are lucky enough to have an OLED now?
The ability to wake the device with a controller. That’s a huge plus for me.
This is what I’m excited for. I have two docks and the Deck is my main gaming device. I’m going to start to hate the one I cant wake from afar.
I could do that with my Steam Controller with the old model too :/
This is a critical thing for me on my PC
Microsoft’s controller adapter did that in the original model, but the smaller newer one doesn’t. I have to hope my old one lasts forever
WHAT!!! Omg playing it docked is gonna be awesome!!!
I didn’t know about this thats awesome wow
FFS stop selling it to me 😀
It feels like all those incremental changes they made in total almost makes it worth the upgrade…
I loved when I heard about this because it means I don’t have to get out of bed when I feel like playing a game before I sleep