I only played Undertale for a bit yesterday and it was showing 7-8 hours projected battery life. But I had set the TDP quite low (around 5 I think).

No idea how it will be with Celeste. I used to think that such pixelated games are always gentle on the battery untill I played Signalis. Fan was loud and battery life wasn’t as good as I was expecting.

Undertale and Celeste. I will play both cuz I have long distance flights soon and I need battery friendly games.

I’m late for everything lol. I literally installed the decky vibrant thing and the power tools 2 days ago and now this update comes out. Are these plugins obsolete now?

Casual gamer here. As a 1st gen 512 GB owner since summer this year, I decided against the upgrade at least for now. It would be a hassle to get a good deal for the 1st gen Deck. Plus, it’s a nice opportunity to practice self-control. We own these devices and they don’t own us. I’ve always cringed at people running and getting all panicky to get latest the smartphone and I don’t wanna to do the same thing now.

My reasons are all very subjective as you can see, but I don’t feel I own the Deck long enough to suddenly decide it has enough flaws to justify getting the OLED right away.

I also understand people who are upgrading. Especially if you have the convenience of gifting/selling the old Deck to a family member or something. Under those circumstances I would upgrade too!

What annoys me the most is spending money on accessories for my 512 GB to mitigate issues that the OLED will fix/improve.

Longer USB cable, thinner carrying case, was considering a power bank too but hey the OLED has better battery life.

I’m happy that Valve is considering the user feedback. But still…ouch my wallet lol

I am happy that the Deck is doing so well that they managed to release an upgraded model so quickly.

But I am honestly feel kinda salty about this. My next purchase would have been a power bank for long distance flights but now I feel like shit spending 100+ EUR more on my 1st gen 512 Deck, knowing that what I’ve spent so far on accessories would get my the OLED model if I’d sold my current Deck. Which I cannot do btw because Valve lowered the prices of 1st gen models, so the 2nd hand market will be terribly low now).

Realistically I would be too lazy to deal with selling my current Deck and I will prob be over these thoughts tomorrow. Though, I think it is legitimate to be slightly annoyed about this announcement when you think about it financially.