Don't do what this guy did, save the money and get an OLED

What does it offer besides an OLED screen……… Improved performance, battery life, heat distribution, 90hz screen, better storage options

I promise you the oled model is totally worth the extra $100. The battery life and thermal performance are also significantly improved with 6nm. The faster ram makes framerates more stable across the board. Also, the 90 hz refresh rate combined with 1000 nit peak brightness hdr make the gaming experience just sooo much more impressive visually and the controls are much more responsive. As someone who owned the lcd deck before upgrading to the oled, I can tell you all these different things add up and the result is top notch.

My dude, you were wrong about the steam deck and now you are wrong about the steam deck oled. pls get one second hand or something and let us know what you think.

this videos is a great example to remind you kids: just because its on youtube, it does not mean its true. Just because most of it is true, it does not mean everything is true. Get the OLED

For me it's steam input. It's so nice having access to two trackpads for hotkey and macro menus, plus sensors on the thumbsticks to activate gyro aiming. You can do layouts for normal controllers, but Deck just has infinitely more options.

What you mean OLED is not worth it? It has better screen, better battery life, better controls, you need to research before giving stupid statements

Should have got the OLED model. You brushed off the OLED model far too much but up to you, mistake doing that but it is your money.

The OLED is the only steam deck you should buy. The LCD felt like a prototype, the OLED feels like a final product.

Great Video! I also own an LCD Deck. But honestly, if I'd buy a Steam Deck now, I'd go for the OLED one. The LCD Fan can be a bit loud sometimes, + the black bars on the OLED are smaller, it has a bit better battery and also 90hz instead of 60. a refurbished 64GB for 280-300 bucks from valve with warranty is a crazy good deal. Just get an extra SD Card and you are ready to go. And if you are brave enough, you can even buy a 1TB SSD for 50-100 bucks.

Just to add a note. If you change the setting of default resolution to native when you dock it you can get higher resolutions than the deck screen.

I love my Steam Deck and although I picked up an LCD at the first year anniversary sale and just prior to the OLED, I have no regrets. But for those just looking at one, totally get the OLED model. I’m just gonna wait til a Steam Deck 2 before I replace it since it’s too soon to upgrade to the OLED.

Some other nice things about the OLED that I haven't seen anyone mention is the actual screen size. It's a little bit bigger than the LCD but it feels like a massive difference because the actual size of the Deck remains the same but the bezels get MUCH smaller. Another benefit is the pure blacks from the OLED make games that don't support 16:10 aspect ratio of the deck more immersive. The grey borders from the LCD can be distracting and the OLED fixes that.

You're brushing off the oled upgrade way too much. Especially for someone who hasnt gotten a steam deck before. Like the best advice is either get 64gb lcd and upgrade by changing the ssd or 512gb oled as entry point $100 for oled, better battery, more refined control seems fair. But anyway good video and exactly why people love the steam deck.

"I'm a big fan of handheld gaming f you can't tell by my recent uploads". My guy, I just found you on youtube by chance

Awesome video! I have a 1TB Steam Deck OLED and I’ve used it nonstop since I got it in February. One of my top handhelds for sure.

As a giant monster hunter fan you get a thumbs up just for the music and gameplay XD

I have both the Ally and The Deck. When I got the Ally I gave my deck to my son, the UI was good for him. I recently switched to Bazzite OS which is a steamOS varient. I am so pleased with it as Linux w/ proton is the secret sauce. The Steam deck native Steam OS is a fantastic linix distro imo and I think thr loss of certain multiplayer games is well worth the much better stability with other games and no windows bloatware.

I haven’t seen anyone comment about it on here and I didn’t know it either when I first got mine but don’t use the left pad to scroll up and down like that. Rotate it in a circle clockwise or counter clockwise around it. That’s actually how it’s supposed to be used. TRUST me it works way easier.

I've been using the steam deck since almost ago and I could've been happier that I got one myself just to play games wherever I go. It's a great experience for me. I mean there are some drawbacks with the deck itself, but at least it's worth the cause.

Weird way to look at the price difference. The 512GB LCD model saw a price drop of $200 from $649 USD to $449. You're jumping in on a product that anyone else who bought it before you paid $200 more than you did, so saying that an extra $100 isn't worth it for a better screen, higher refresh rate, massively increased battery life, etc., when others paid $200 more for what you got just feels odd.

For those that don't know the 3DS can play N64 games You just can't specifically emulate them. How do you think Star Fox and Zelda Majora's mask are on there?

Congrats on your buy! The Steam Deck is an awesome device, but have so many "hidden features", I can tell you at least 2 you didn't mention: 1. If you like physical collections, you can hotswap microSDs full of games as cartridges (and then organize your games that way to have complete collections: For example, the complete Witcher trilogy can be installed in a single 128GB microSD). 2. When docked (or anywhere really), you can sync any Bluetooth controller to work as input for any game, will all inputs including touchpads, gyro and grips if available, and yes, this include both your joycons as a single controller with additional side buttons (the mini shoulders act as L4 to R5).

2:36 "New Steamdeck OLED vs old LCD" Steamdeck OLED gets 50% better battery life, 10% better GPU performance due to the upgraded RAM bandwidth, 90hz refresh rate (also enabling lower input lag at 45fps) and it's the first HDR handheld gaming device ever made. For an extra $100 there is no question the Steamdeck OLED is worth the upgrade.

I think I'm the reverse here, that started playing my 3DS XL again and use the SteamDeck and switch mostly docked the past month. For battery management I would suggest get an external battery if you go out a lot. It helped me on a lot when I didn't want to plug in on the couch but just plug somewhere far away.

I am so hyped for the rog ally x

Valve's dock isn't that expensive when you realize it comes with another charger so you don't have to crawl under your desk when you take your Deck with you travelling or whatever. You can leave the charger connected to the dock all the time.

On April I upgraded my LCD steam deck to a OLED steam deck, great upgrade! Also, I bought a 2TB SSD on Aliexpress; so now I have the steam deck OLED with 2TB, and the LCD model with 1TB (upgraded from 64gb) -but I'm planning to sell the LCD to a friend-

The thing that makes the OLED deck lasts beyond its hardware is the capability to stream HDR on the OLED from other devices (PC, PS5 and potentially more in the future). When the hardware is no longer capable to drive the games, the ability to stream HDR to the deck at 1000nits extends the longevity of the deck greater than the LCD

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this video is spot on the gaming world is changing right now. and it all started with the gameboy its been a long process but we finally came at a break through with the switch and the succes of the switch made developers open their eyes to the market and made them push forwards for us to have devices like the steamdeck and rog ally etc. my guess the new switch will be leagues above the old one and having features like dlss and g sync etc maybe even rtx remix for old games. would givve nintendo's catalog the boost it needs to give a experience that compares with steam,xbox and playstation. not true quantity but through quality. ive been waiting for metroid prime 4 for a while i think that game is really gonna help the new system get to heights and start a new era for nintendo

i have gotten arround the batery life problem on the deck during long trips by just carring arround a powerbank with me, i got to play Armored Core 6 like 5-6 hours and still had battery left on both the deck and the Powerbank

I love my deck. I am in a position though where I can play it at work plugged in. Like you, never had much issue battery wise since I also don't play much modern game wise. My stepdad uses a steamdeck since he doesn't have room for a desktop

Using the back buttons for L3 and R3 is the way to go

6:32 Are you sure you can't reach 60 FPS on Elden Ring? Granted I have the OLED version, but I'm quite confident the specs aren't THAT different. It's pretty great, because it only has ever dipped to 55 and maybe 45 if I've constantly switched from Game mode to Desktop mode without a restart. I could even run Minecraft with shaders on 90 FPS :D (I wanted to play on my PC server from work, so SteamDeck Desktop mode allowed me that luxury)

Whats the Game at 2:05?

Well done

You say your a Handheld gamer but have you played any of the plethora of Retro Gaming Handhelds from China?

Okay but how does the Steam Deck stack up against the GBA Micro?

PC is just better for Japanese games and JRPG's, which is why handheld PC's, like the Deck, Ally, Go, etc, are so much more exciting. The only reason to get a Switch 2 is just for Nintendo's 1st party exclusives, which will likely have longer development times than Switch 1, thus sit around collecting dust most of the time. Nintendo's follow up consoles typically sell a lot worse than their predessor (Sales order: NES>SNES>N64>GC, Wii>Wii U, DS>3DS, etc), so the Switch 2 may likely also sell a lot worse than the Switch. So yeah, even though handheld PC's might not sell as big as Switch, collectively over the next couple of years, we could be looking at a handheld PC market that rivals the sales of Nintendo's current handheld. And you also have to remember that Nintendo gamers don't buy 3rd party stuff in the same numbers as 1st party, which is even more reason for 3rd party developers to stop supporting Nintendo entirely. Most of Nintendo's software sales come from casuals and parents buying their games for their kids; the games aimed at the AA-AAA enthusiast market don't sell anywhere near as well, and the people who buy those games now have the option of handheld PC's to play those type of games, portably and with better graphics, mod support, free online, etc.

I ordered an oled yesterday!! Really excited to replace gaming on my old laptop with it. At first i was worried about "what if they announce a steam deck 2?" And realise they wont be around until 2025-2026(When they become readily available) and maybe 2027-2028 when they get a revised model like the current Oled. So i think staying with my upcoming one for 4-5 years until a much more upgraded model like the current oled is to the first steamdeck is perfect with me

A 1.62 kg handheld sized as a 75% keyboard running games on small screen. I was excited about it, but after I tested it, I changed my mind windows games are bad on small screen

I wouldn't say the Switch created a handheld revolution any more than the Game Boy (and a little more recently, NDS and PSP) did. Switch itself is a customized Nvidia Shield, and before Switch there was a flood of high-spec Android and PC gaming handhelds that were usually poor quality and very expensive. For the the latter, Steam Deck was the revolution, and other companies are now releasing affordable handhelds that can handle more than emulating consoles up to 5th gen

I had the LCD model, then upgraded to the OLED. To anyone reading, don't listen to him. Get the OLED. The screen is beautiful with the HDR, and the battery life is noticeably longer too

I jumped on the steam deck as soon as it released because I was already thinking of getting the GPD Win, then new handhelds started releasing every six months. If you're jumping in now, I'd get the OLED straight up, you're getting more than just a new screen, the motherboard is different and battery is better, unless you want windows then get the legion Go, windows sucks on the deck because the controller needs setting up as well and the frame rate isn't great when I use it.

The new ROG Ally X (don't know if it is new or upcoming, because people are already testing it) is looking pretty good too, and I guess the price should be similar to the regular Ally. The better performance in comparison to the Steam Deck can make a huge difference in your experience, but I want to see how good/bad the pricing is once it gets to my country.

If you want to buy a new deck, buy the OLED. It's not that much more expensive and offers more for the money. The longer battery life and the quieter fans are a blessing. It's a different story if you want to buy used. Then the LCD is a good deal because you can get it very cheaply. I would just consider how you feel financially. You'll have fun either way.

I have the steam deck dock. I do not recommend getting one until valve fixes the issues on the dock or recalls it entirely. For whatever reason the dock falls back to USB 2.0 speeds instead of leaving them at 3.0. With Mike experience it’s been a 50-50 if USB 3.0 functions. I have tested this with my dock and a friend dock. Unless we just got incredibly unlucky, and they both came from the same batch steam support refused to acknowledge the problem because I am supposedly not using the dock the way it’s supposed to be used oddly enough HDMI and display port seems unaffected.

I never had the Steam Deck LCD but I do own the Deck OLED, ROG Ally and Legion Go. All three of them are great and my Ally and Deck get the most attention. The fact that the Ally is the most comfortable in my hands is one of the reasons why I go after it the most but it's battery life isn't great and gets similar runtimes to the LCD Deck when TDP is identical. Deck OLED gets really nice battery life especially with some light tweaking like TDP limits or frame rate caps. You'd be surprised how much longer the Deck OLED gets in battery life over the Ally. It lasts longer for two main reasons. For one the battery is 25% larger than both the LCD Deck and Ally and the other reason is because valve actually shrunk the die. This means the APU is actually more efficient than the LCD Deck. This means even better than 25% gains in battery life with the same settings. Much like with the Mariko Switch vs the OG Switch, battery life is 50% to up to double the run time of the original LCD Deck. Plus it has faster RAM meaning that game performance can be up to 10% better. Not trashing on the LCD deck though as it's great. I think it's perfect for those who are unsure about the deck and don't want to invest a ton Also going to have to disagree about PC gaming. PC gaming isn't all too expensive and a good mid range PC can be easily gotten for under $1000. No need to spend thousands when most don't. Most common builds are of mid range PCs, just like the consoles.

Dude, you totally missed the part that this oled screen does HDR. HDR is so beautiful. The Nintendo switch does not do hdr

You've definitely got to give the gyro another chance. I would unironically say that the gyro is the closest you can get to a mouse on controller instead of the trackpads.

You forgot to mention about other launchers such as Rockstar, GOG, Epic, Ubisoft, you can get them all running on the deck. Same for other windows programs, you can get so much running on the deck with just a little digging.

My Deck fried after 1 year of use. I absolutely loved it. When I took to get fixed they said it was water damage. Must have been that ghost water that doesn't exist. (I am 100% certain that it could not have possibly been water damage.) It still works as a web browser. I absolutely loved it but it is VERY FRAGILE. Beware!!!

The Steam Deck OLED is 1000x better than the original with subtle improvements under the hood.

Chiaki4deck for PS5 remote play and GeForce now is where it’s at on the steam deck!

Gog is also a worthwhile game store by the way

Brother, why do you have Microsoft Edge on a Linux device?🤔

now you eating MAJOR CROW!!

You messed up by not upgrading to the oled model. The improvements were pretty understated when launched and the various upgrades make a world of difference.

I have an oled one, but I just don't use it as much , maybe if get those oled glasses for it I might use it more. I just can't enjoy gaming if it's not on a 65" or larger oled screen with a high refresh rate and kbm is my go to input.

Unless you want the cheapest model the only right choice is the OLED.

You can Install windows on deck and bazzite or garuda on rog ally or Lenovo legion go. So the real compariason is power vs price and trackpad. The steam OS lets you do more things than windows (not the same things), but more of them. So it is both a more console like experience and more versatile. For example old windows games can be ran as a part of the system, integrated with steam big picture where as in windows you can only run them in a XP or older VM.

Hes gonna have to make another vid talking about how he messed up with the oled isnt he? 😂😂😂

The lcd model still great

I bought an OG 64gb. The battery was terrible. I just bought the OLED 512 and it is day and night. The battery lasts so much longer. On the 64gb even when I didn't have games on the internal storage it would tell me the storage was full. Definitely get the OLED

Someone get this man an Oled steamdeck

What game is he playing? Is that Monster Hunter World ??

I would like to buy a steam deck but think it's late for this gen and will for sure buy one if the next deck comes out.

OLED is 1000% worth it unless your eyes are going, you're colorblind, and you keep the device plugged in 24/7

2:22 1. Only for games that actually support controllers* 2. Only for games that you wouldn't play with a mouse and keyboard to begin with* 3. Only for non-multiplayer games where typing/communication isn't crucial* (Otherwise, just get a gaming laptop)

you would love the OLED one

I find it so funny that the steam deck which is basically an Arch Linux distro, is the thing that doesn't need any configuration and just works out of the box, whereas the windows 11 competitors are the ones that don't work out of the box and need more configuration lmao I also hear the windows ones use up more battery which those models compensate for by having a bigger battery, but then idk sounds like that might mean longer charge times.

What game is he playing at 6:38 minutes into the video? It looks like he is running through pipes and encounters a duck wearing goggles and a pilot cap???

I replaced it has my pc For the price compared to gaming laptops, it’s a great deal

Def wrong about the OLED, but i don't blame you for that. Valve basically undersold the OLED's improvements. I guess to not confuse people and having them think it was a Steam Deck 2.

If only you didnt save the 100 buckaroos and went for the oled... you'd get 50% more battery life, better performance, better screen, better weight, better quality, better fan and temperatures and all that for a hundo...

if I waited a year I would have bought the OLED other wise the steam deck is an amazing system, it lets you use other launchers and allows you to add or reduce power and if you want to play Wii while docked you can use a wii-mote, my brother and I played wii sports this weekend off my steam deck onto the TV. Again use your tools to figure out how to get the wii-motes connected its not that hard.

'Just playing Steam games' is a weird negative remark to provide though. Steam has the largest games store out there, on any platform. Also, the OLED model is definitely worth the additional cost. The screen is gorgeous and has fantastic HDR/90hz, but most importantly the battery has double the duration of the LCD and the system is lighter to hold. I've been playing Kingdom Hearts on it today and at 90fps I get over 7 hours in battery, heh. (Not a new game per se, just saying.. the battery issue is solved with the OLED and I no longer have to worry about it.)

6:36 game name?

I was wondering I have a PS5 myself but can you play like the Xbox games on this console I know that you can play Halo and you can play Forza the racing game does the two games that I thought about playing that I thought was cool never really got to play a lot of the Halos

This was a frustrating/confusing review to watch. Underplaying the OLED’s upgrades and thinking the $100 price difference isn’t worth it made no sense.

Legion Go is the best portable gaming PC

that 100 bucks is kinda expensive, but it's also 100% worth it if you can afford it.

Should have gone with oled. But steam deck is great, enjoy!

Lol, I see a future video in your future with the title “I was wrong about the Steam Deck OLED…” The upgrades over the LCD are massive, and easily worth $100. Many of them aren’t even listed, such as being able to wake the Deck from sleep with a BT controller, you know, like any other modern console. And the OLED screen on the Deck is miles better than the Switch OLED. I have both and the Deck is bigger, brighter, faster and has HDR.

Steam Deck OLED costed 100$ more? it costed the same as the model that it replaced but having double the internal memory...

Not worth it if ur an “at home” gamer? Brother, I have 1 feature that will prove this wrong. It’s the “pick up, play for a lil, put it down, come back, move to the kitchen, play during zoom call, play casual point and click game with the touch screen while eating, bring it to bed, then connect to dock, stream to my AR glasses, AirPods, and my DualShock so that I can play the games lying down staring at the ceiling with a lightweight controller I’m holding comfortably over my belly” feature! It’s my favorite!

“On the go”…. Hmmmmm…. Handhelds are great and all, but let’s face it, how many people actually leave their house? We all know that we just want a Steam Deck to be able to play in bed and on the loo.

Get the OLED. Trust me it's 100% worth it

2:53 yafuggdup

A few months later: I was wrong about Steam Deck OLED and here is why you should buy it

Not getting the OLED model was a big mistake. You spend much of the video complaining about things the OLED model fixes. Definitely worth the 100 dollar price hike.

brushes off the steam deck in his last vid then proceeds to brush off the steam deck oled in his next vid….. really missing out dude

People who watched this video, get the OLED. And just don't.... don't even think about the cheap Rog Ally. It's such a bad device.

u showed a play station streaming device. Cant remember what is it called. Portal it's called portal (i am no Playstation gamer as you can see lol) But that is not a handheld PC by any stretch of the imagination. I have 2 steam decks and a Rog ally and a Quest 3 and a gaming Pc. The steam decks are gathering dust and I really should sell them. No point when i can play starfield or elden ring at 1080p high or max settings even at really playable FPS especially starfield with frame generatioon. But elden ring is up near 50 to 60 fps on Rog Ally. So I am not gonna go back to 800p low at 29 fps drops 35 fps max on steamdeck when i can have the former.

12:53 I have to stop you right there. The best way to play DS games is probably on the ayaneo flip ds. As long as you're not disuaded by the price.

I love my OLED so much I just bought another one for my girlfriend.

Bro you fucked up on not getting the Oled. It’s way better lmao.

ROG Ally fumbles mega-bad on the customer support side. But it is Windows, which is both good and bad, pick your poison

ok lets clear up a misconception 16:13 the Ally that's "starting at $400" is terrible and won't play hardly any games besides old games or low end emulation (like N64 and older) and if it is a new game, it has to be games like don't starve, the binding of Isaac, and Stardew valley. you can forget about 3d games. the $400 Ally is so much of a performance drop its actually about the performance of a Nintendo Wii U. but with windows taking up recourses making it weaker