Maybe it’s not worth it to them and I can understand that. Maybe they just spent too much money on things like a new SSD, shell swap, fan upgrades, a DeckHD screen, and Hall Effect sticks and are a little salty about it. Maybe they are just genuinely more than happy with their current SD and that’s great too. But all these posts about people saying the new SD isn’t that big of a change and that’s it’s not worth it seem like people just trying to soothe their own crushed spirits.
Valve updated nearly every inch of this device and it’s objectively better than the original in almost every single way. The lengthy list of improvements is seriously impressive, even down to the longer length power cord, and they kept it at the exact same price to boot. The OLED SD has more refreshes than a new iPhone series and I can’t wrap my head around how anyone can think it’s not a significant upgrade.
Ofc it’s better, but if you already have a deck, I don’t think it’s worth it to buy the oled. Not without a meaningful performance upgrade. I will wait for the SD2 probably at the end of next year or early 2025
Valve said 2-3 years for SD2 but they’ll probably do it sooner. Still though, that’s going to put it at mid-2025 at best, late 2026 at the long end.