The thing that irks me about these new model releases is I don’t want to upgrade for a minor improvement and then a year later a new model with slightly better improvements drops and I have to spend another $300+ for it. I’d rather Valve to offer the ability to open a return request and upgrade for the price of the modules and they upgrade your old model Deck with new parts you selected. It also keeps older model Steam Decks in circulation and keeps them relevant and prevents waste.
I like to chase new things but even I find it hard to agree with OP logic.
If U can’t afford to chase then slow down, 1 to 2 years the oled still be there. Steam deck 2 maybe there.
It’s not like steam suddenly change their game format rendering Ur 1st gen steamdeck not usable.
(I am looking at some handphone manufacturer who sort of induced planned obsolete with certain updates which may slow down older phones- at least Samsung did it many years back for my exp)