“So I said I wasn’t gonna get the Steam Deck OLED, but then I did,” is literally the most relatable thing I’ve ever heard in my life. Solid video dude, I’m on the same page and love the OLED so much.

Got my Deck like 5 months ago, can’t justify it but you’re not wrong, this looks like a final product, the inflection point for mass adoption. Now back to 90 minute sessions of Midnight Suns before charging.

I went with my gut and ordered it on day 1. Got it last week and I’m so much happier with it. It feels great, the screen looks amazing, and the less heat make it feel so refined. Valve did a phenomenal job with the OLED Deck.

I got the 1TB Steam Deck OLED and I’m loving the heck out of it! My favorite games to play on it are the Resident Evil 4 remake, Red Dead Redemption 2, KOTOR 2, Halo: MCC, and Mass Effect Legendary Edition. (The best games for performance and looks so far have been Mass Effect. They look and run like a dream!) 😊

@4:26 LOL! Great review brother! I already owned the 512 LCD and decided to pull the trigger on the limited edition OLED. Super happy with the upgrade!

im happy for you, you finally found your device

Brother I’ve been watching your videos for over a year now, you are super underrated you have great content

Really beautiful review, wondering if you'll be doing a comparison between this steam deck and other portable gaming pc like how you did between the og deck and switch.

The shot of you is so good, so well lit and the set design is awesome. Its probably just your home but it looks so gooood

For OG deck owners… that’s a lot of money to burn re-buying this product. I just can’t justify another $800 for a screen.. I’m glad they upgraded it as well as a more efficient system giving you an extra hour of battery…. but just like when Nintendo came out with OLED… its for new users… I’m in Canada and the base OLED is $800 with tax. If the price ever comes down maybe but otherwise I’m completely fine with my NON OLED steam deck, and non OLED switch.

The face buttons are also a little less stuff and slightly shorter travel. Makes them much better imo

Upgraded to the top tier OLED from base model LCD and have not looked back. I love this thing.

Never got the OG deck but just ordered the OLED, can’t wait to experience some games on this thing

I was waiting for some kind of upgrade before buying the Deck, OLED is definitely one that’s caught my eyes now

Got one in September. Then they announced the OLED. Bought the OLED LE and gave my LCD to my brother as a Christmas present ❤

Good review buddy! One of the few youtubers that can rock a beard and without too!

I was contemplating getting the OLED model for the screen alone.

I've decided to get my buddy in the States to help me get one, glad to hear your positive review!!

I just bought the steam deck oled and its incredible, im loving it.

With the die shrink, the bigger battery and the better cooling I think they could've upped the clock speeds on the GPU and CPU a little and raised the max TDP a couple watts. I know as is most games get a couple FPS boost with the faster RAM but it would've been nice to get an additional few frames with clock bumps elsewhere. I could see Valve or someone in the community doing this down the road I just think Valve should've done it out of the gate. Either way an incredible update and someone who never even considered buying a Steam Deck (me) is now almost definitely getting one.

“Ohhhhh” techspacecowboy sounding like Beedle in zelda.

Great review! Handsome man! Beautiful house! Quick question, have you ever fallen down those steps? 🤔

The new glossy oled is so sexy! ❤❤❤❤

Thinking to get 512 gb oled but have some concerns. So there is still a chance for Thumb stick drift ? Also a bit concerned about the dead pixels and headphone jack issues. Are the new batch of steam decks have less issues that i mentioned ?

Absolutely loving mine. Never had the OG so can’t compare. Have to say, I hate the bumpers though. It’s literally the only thing I don’t like but I really don’t like them. I just find them super awkward. Everything else is just so good. I was playing Hogwarts Legacy for ages with HDR on and when I turned it off, it still had about 30% left. Also, I bought the 512 and upgraded to 2tb and it’s totally worth it and way easier than I expected. It was filling up really fast.

They couldve put VRR on the screen also lol, but I agree with you if you can buy one gaming device and that's it I would get a Steam Deck OLED, best bang for buck, biggest library outside of an actual PC and great reparability and value not just hardware but software side which is heavily supported and constantly improving. Without a question 5 out of 5.

He's a Tech Space Cowboy 🤠 🎵 🎶 🎵 🎶

Good review, I totally agree that it's worth it for current Deck users to upgrade to this. With today's technology it's a near perfect device. The only thing I would say for somebody who hasn't bought one yet, is there is a "screen lottery" between the Samsung panel and the BOE panel as Valve used two different suppliers. The 1TB Limited Edition guarantees the BOE panel, the other ones you are playing the lottery. The BOE panel allows higher refresh rates over the Samsung panel when the display is overclocked. Anything over 90hz does have a slight gamma increase, mostly over 109hz, but playing at 120hz on a portable OLED is smooth as butter. I've been playing Portal all morning at a solid 120fps and it's absolutely gorgeous. The Samsung panel will OC also, but to a much lesser extent.

Hey I hope you can help me with this or anyone else: How noticeable is input lag on the Oled Steam Deck in your opinion? Im pretty sensitive about this and heard mixed reports about latency on the original Steam Deck. Like how is the Oled when compared to your desktop PC? Thanks in advance! Have a great New Year :)

❤The Video Bro…

funny to see a chad doing a steamdeck review

Sold my upgraded 1tb OG deck for $400 and bought the limited edition OLED. Well worth the $280 out of pocket. It's such a massive upgrade in almost every way.

hello sir, i just bought the SteamDeck 1TB OLED, do you think its worth it and/or better than the ROG Ally?

Luckily for me, I didn’t own the original steam deck so I just picked up a 1t steam deck oled. Pretty pumped

I learned today what 120 HZ means! Danke, man!

Please do a battery drain test

Im sold! Glad i waited

bought an rog ally for 3months now, although performance is great battery life kills it. Just ordered a steam deck oled after watchimg tones of review.

My original Steam Deck got its right bumper broken as a random failure. I'm still waiting for availability of DIY daughterboard to fix it, but the part still can't be found. Until those replacement parts are readily available I'm not buying another hardware product from Valve.

Aughhh 😩😩 I bought the original one not too long ago so I'm just gonna wait out for a steam deck 2 even though that new OLED display is enticing.

Im wondering, are they going to create a dual boot capability for games like Call of Duty? I have the OLED Steam Deck and I would gladly get rid of my Ally before the return period if this is in the works officially. Anyone know?

Yea i just KNEW you was cappn in that other video.

I bought the original steam deck like 1 and a half months before they brought this out, i know its mostly the same but i would of liked the upgraded battery at least :(

The first Nintendo Switch had a shite battery life too until they released another model with just that changed.

Great video, my only critique is when color grading pay more attention to your skin than anything else Edit : 3:33??

did they fix the sliipery d-pad on the new oled sd? my fingers tend to slip on the d-pad while playing fighting games on the lcd sd

Space cowboy do you have a gaming pc as well? I like the steam deck Oled (first time owner) because it allows me to play lots of games on the go continuing from my PC. I too also have a ps5 and switch Oled because I love Sony and Nintendo exclusives. sad Oled crush the ally absolutely not. Crush the legion go absolutely. The only down side at this point with the ally is the sd card issue but I really enjoyed it and also battery life isn’t the best but that’s more a windows thing and more power. The legion go I had for three days and was like nope. The ergonomics were good and the display but that’s where everything stops. Legion space is an absolute joke. The ally has proven to be awesome esp with the support and updates it has received and imo is the best windows based handheld. But for what I wanted the sd Oled slaps. Although I still hope they can have epic games, game pass and gog on the steam deck in the future as I have a ton of games there.

I just bought another one a few days ago just for my nephew, I'm going to live abroad so he can't borrow my deck anymore until i come to visit. I was planning to just buy the same as mine 512gb oled for him but when i see the price between this and the 1tb oled is just like 100 in my currency (like 20 usd) differences+ free accessories, i grab the 1tb immediately and i gave my 512gb oled to him 😂

Anyone having a problem with the touchpads, my left touchpad is way more punchy then my right. I've tried messing around with the sensitivity levels but its still noticeable, especially when typing on the keyboard

I’m getting 3h30-4h playing The Last of Us capped at 30fps. Its amazing

Real talk. How does this handle full game play of RDR2? People are saying it plays great, but there's not a ton of long walk throughs which makes me think otherwise.

@TechSpaceCowboy How to play rocket leaugue on steam deck tutorial pls

I have decided next year because of xmas to get a handheld pc and even though they are more powerful handhelds they all have problems so steam deck oled it is

Ooohh this is an HONEST NOT PAID FOR REVIEW 😅😅 WE GOT IT 👇

Lenovo legion go !! Review it or else i will break every steam deck i come across!

I bought a 2tb rog ally used for £476 (the steam deck is like £479 in the uk). Overall I think it is alright. And the screen isn’t pixelated compared to the steam deck that I gave to my brother. The battery life on the old seems cool but realistically I only play games for short burst of time so it isn’t that much of an issue. I also find the power button to be a lot better, I can simply switch it off by holding the power button and it switches off so the battery percentage where I left off doesn’t change all too much, unlike the deck where it just goes to sleep.

FOMO sucks doesn't it. Funny how in the last video, he couldn't care less that it's OLED and didn't seem like he cared for any other aspect of the update. I wonder if his wife was puzzled that he sold, then bought another one. "but honey, it's got OLED now" 😆

What rank are you in rocket league?

My oled will be mine in 23 days. Most of the 880 steam games I have are about to be available on the go for the first time! And I'm optimistic for game streaming from my 5800x/3080 pc.

i like the burp

Oh, wait, it has a USB4 port now?

The Steam Deck is the better product of the 3, Legion Go and ROG, but, but now, the price point is a bit too close to what rivals are offering whiles the rivals are offering much better specs. That might not matter to some, but it put me off buying the Deck when I know there are others for just a little more money that offer better specs, still, the Steam Deck has by far better quality control on the software side and that counts for a lot. If the lower end Steam Deck had much of these enhancements, especially on battery life and screen, it would be a no-brainer, the Deck wins hands down, but now, to get this quality, you need to spend over $500, that's turning some away towards the ROG and Legion Go and in my case, I decided to skip them all and wait for a Deck 2, especially because the cheaper Steam Deck model is basically the older model with a bigger SSD. As it is, I personally think that if you already own the older Deck, you're better off waiting for the Deck 2, if you don't own the original Deck, well that's up to you in if you think it's worth upgrading too, but honestly, considering the price point of the OLED models, if the Legion Go and ROG had SteamOS on them with all the quality control that goes with that, those two devices, especially the Legion Go would be more appealing, especially as rivals are more powerful and are dropping in price that I suspect Valve could do a big price drop next year on the OLED Steam Decks. This also depends on what kind of games you're playing, if you are playing lighter indie games or older games, the Deck is fine, but newer games are starting to struggle on the Deck now, that the idea of spending over $500 on a device that's showing its age doesn't appeal to me, the Deck 2 will likely solve all those issues for me, but for now, the price point of the Deck, ROG and GO are close enough whiles the specs of the ROG and GO are more powerful that it's made me wait and see what the Deck 2 offers, basically, I like what Valve is doing with SteamOS, far better than what rivals are doing, but I also like what rivals are doing on the hardware specs, so none of these devices measure up for me

I sold my 256 deck . Don’t regret it one bit . My rog ally has essentially become a destiny 2 /gánelas machine as it’s not worth playing anything else on it

handsome

Not the aggressive groaning!

Another honest review? Where are the dishonest reviews?

Too bad, I want a dishonest review.

First

This video seems dishonest. You got the steam deck bc you needed to make content for your platform instead of just wanting the thing which is inherently dishonest.

exaggerated review. Yes we know the obvious but the problem was the performance. If we will just play old games and retros in the SteamDeck OLED just to experience good FPS, I think the 512GB variant should go down more. Totally crash the Ally and Legion GO? are you out of your rational mind?