I don't need a new Steam Deck I don't need a new Steam Deck I don't need a new Steam Deck I don't need a new Steam Deck
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This isn't the SteamDeck you're looking for...
When the OLED Switch came out, I ordered one as soon as they became available. It was my first handheld, and the advice at the time was that you didn’t need it if you already had one, but if you didn’t the OLED was the one to get. I enjoyed the switch, and ended up buying a deck not long after that.
I’m going to treat this update to the same advice that they made for the switch. Since I already have one, and since the internals are essentially the same, it doesn’t make sense to update after less than a year, and it’s not worth the hassle of trying to sell the old one.
Original switch screen was rubbish, to put it mildly. While original Steam deck screen is in fact quite decent. It gets bright enough for indoor usage, has large viewing angle, color is ok. I can happily play my original steam deck for another one or two years. I only play on my original switch with it plugged in to a TV.
Fair point. I never tried the original switch. I only bought one once the OLED came out and everyone was raving about it, despite the fact that Nintendo didn’t give it the full 2.0 treatment. I had packed away my pc for a move and just never got around to unpacking it, and wanted something to play on. When I saw it had games like Diablo and Disco as well as Mario Cart, I decided to pull the trigger.
I ended up liking it enough that I went out and got the deck to try to work through my games backlog. Because of steam sales, I have dozens of games I’ve played for less than a couple of hours and some I’ve never even opened.
Of course, right after buying it I ended up buying Stray, BG3, and a couple of others, and still haven’t made progress on my backlog…
I really want a Deck but I'm not sure how much I'll play it :/
I really want a deck and would use it hours every day, but I can barely afford food.
What's funny for me is I have two gaming PCs and yet I play more games on the deck. It's just easier for me to pop into games for an hour or so and suspend it when I'm done. So far I've beaten the Trails In The Sky trilogy (with each game taking me about 3-4 months to beat) and it's been such a wonderful experience on the deck.
Same here. I built a new PC recently but I still play mainly on the deck. Sitting in front of the PC all day at work is enough.
IGN review video said
Screen is HDR certified and 1000 nits.
Others are bigger fan, lower temperature (5 to 10 degree C diff)
For battery, Cyberpunk 2077 runs 1 hr more than LCD one.
It's peak 1000 nits with HDR. The base full-panel max is 600 nits. Still, it's a big jump over the 400 on the previous LCD model.
Hard to get excited about this when Valve still won’t release the deck in my country and it’s now out of date hardware.
Really kinda disappointed with Valve on the deck.
it’s now out of date hardware
What? It's not the fastest APU around anymore, but it's hardly outdated.
It’s two generations behind the current handheld offerings.
Now if you were going to buy something to last you the next few years would you pick the already old product or the fresh new one with modern components?
It’s outdated.
The software beats the shit out of any other handheld.
On one hand this is super cool.
On the other hand, I already have a Steam Deck goddammit
That's the whole point. They had to walk a thin line between making an attractive upgrade and pissing off the existing users. If they had made the deck more powerful, the old ones would suddenly have been obsolete. I think they did a good job of that. And no, I'm not buying the new one either.
Yeah, it's just a big enough upgrade to be a little envious, but not feeling like I got ripped off.
The way I'm looking at it, I'm still very satisfied with my current deck and this upgrade shouldn't change that. But still, damn, OLED...
If they had made the deck more powerful, the old ones would suddenly have been obsolete.
I'm pretty sure it has more to do with current chip technology not actually changing that much in the, what, 2 years since the deck first released?
Also obsolete is a pretty strong word for what - if it had stronger internals - would likely end up being more expensive than current models.
I think it's two things.
Firstly, the landscape hasn't changed that much as you said. People will say the Z1 Extreme/7840U is available and while that's a lot more powerful, the difference isn't night and day to what the Deck's APU offers at lower wattages. I wouldn't be surprised to see another custom APU made in cooperation with AMD. The Z1 Extreme is basically an 7840U, a chip made for notebooks, and usually not gaming notebooks. Sure, even the GPU it comes with is faster than what's in the Deck, but I don't think CPU/GPU power is balanced well for gaming. With a custom chip design, they'd be able to strip away unnecessary pieces of the silicon, like excess PCIe lanes and probably some other stuff, resulting in a smaller die, which then results in less power draw.
Secondly, there's compatibility. Developers often include a graphics preset specifically for Steam Deck in their games nowadays, and having two hardware configurations with a huge gap in performance would mean they'd have to include two. Sure, people in this community are mostly fine with setting their own graphics preferences, but I'd imagine there are many people out there who just want to start playing as soon as the game has downloaded.
God I want it but all I play lately is Stardew Valley
It's so nice being able to have mods on the steam deck though. I had stardew valley on my switch, and while I enjoyed it, I missed so many of the quality of life mods. Now I can have my cake and eat it too lol