I just think it’s funny how much the community has been asking for an OLED steam deck and better hardware only for so many people to cry about it when they get what they wanted all because it “wasn’t announced the way I wanted”
But what is more likely is that they are trying to get the new units out before Christmas but had they announced a new version then 95% of people would not order the old ones waiting for the new ones. And because valve sells the deck at a loss (game sales making up for it) they likely needed to get rid of old stock before they could afford to offer this newer version. And so is also very possible that valve has been trying to secure a supplier and weren’t able to get one until very recently.
But look at all the times a company who had a product that was selling alot of units who announced a newer faster better version of that product who didn’t totally flop.
It nearly put apple out of business when Steve Jones bragged about the apple2 altell it shut them down and many many more.
So either you have a short window and able to get it by Christmas. Or you can have your 90 days and get it in March.
I will be buying a steam deck OLED to trade it for another handheld and get myself a better handheld with a 7840u and 32gb of 7500mhz ram. The guy really wants an OLED and I really want his handheld so the system works 😁