I have a feeling this will come off as “preaching to the choir”, but I thought it might be a neat consideration.
In Wario64’s Discord server, I saw someone say this:
Companies love pretending they invented OLED every time they release a product with an OLED screen
While I did misremember it as “people act like OLED was just invented with a new product, it got me thinking about when around the Switch OLED got announced, there was some concern about screen burn-in. Which while is possible on OLED displays, can also happen on LCDs. (And for personal experience, I bought an OLED 55” 4K TV and haven’t gotten burn-in - probably in part thanks to built-in features in TVs and devices to prevent it)
With that, I thought it’d be a good thing to ask yourself; Before you buy that hardware refresh, were you having any real issues with your current device the new one has changes in?
Unless you’re a power-user who needs that extra battery life, especially when travelling if you can’t get a laptop, NEEDs that 6E Wi-Fi channel, or didn’t mind the display’s colors beforehand, you probably were not thinking much about these until this new device announcement. A stark contrast would be for me, who has had to deal with the Quest 2’s smaller DPI compared to the original and most devices were following suit in cutting short from 70+ DPI, resulting in a bit blurrier picture. In which case, an upgrade is more justifiable.
And don’t feel too much FOMO about OLED - chances are the upgrade will be rare to see, or just a “oh, neat” sort of small improvement that you may not notice. (Though I did feel HDR have a great role in FFXVI’s visuals when I played it, or maybe that’s cuz I only played it on my fancy TV.
TL;DR: If you weren’t having troubles with the points changed in the old Deck (battery life, color gamut, refresh rate, battery life, Wi-fi standard, etc.), you probably don’t really need a new Deck.
Besides, it may just be worth it to look at the new one as a “hardware refresh” rather than an "upgrade. devices change components all the time, and it may be worth holding onto your old device for a bigger suite of upgrades. Old 3DS to New 3DS XL upgraders like me can probably attest to that ;)
Convincing yourself not to get the upgrade by telling others to not get the upgrade. Strange behavior.
I never told anyone to not get the upgrade. All I was trying to say is “hey, don’t feel too pressured; have a second thought to if it’s something that’ll really matter to you.” I even had specific points and personal anecdotes about where upgrades could be tangibly beneficial, like visual clarity or again, Wi-Fi 6E for people who need the speed; especially for streaming.
Besides, I don’t need “convincing”; it’s an enticing suite of upgrades and OLED is cool! But it’s just out of my possibilities at the moment.