That may sound weird to you, but my favorite devices are those that grew on me and became special.
Like the Nokia N900, my first Gameboy or my favorite X24/X60 thinkpads. They have served for years and have a place in my heart.
My steam deck became special too as it took this type of special place.
I will not abandon the poor thing to the siren of a lightly upgraded hardware.
We have still great gaming times to live.
I love my 256 steam deck, i got it a few months ago and spent weeks getting it all setup perfectly to my liking, the announcement of this upgraded deck doesnt make me like my current one any less, im 100% happy with it, especially for retro gaming. I understand if someone was unhappy with things about the current deck, but if someone loves their current deck, why would an announcement of a new one make them not like their current one all of a sudden