Should you buy a Steam Deck OLED? Your questions answered.

I’ve had the Steam Deck OLED for about 3 days at this point. I’ve spent most of my free and half of my on-the-clock time playing around with it. I’ve gotta say that it’s an impressive little package.

But there’ve been some loud voices decrying this new hardware refresh, saying that it’s “not worth your money.” Or worse, that it’s a betrayal on Valve’s part since they promised “no new Steam Deck for years.” Which isn’t even what they said.

So I want to tackle a few of the major lingering questions in this video.

https://www.steamdeck.com/en/oled
The Verge September 2023 interview: https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/21/23884863/valve-steam-deck-2-refresh-upgrade-cpu-2025
The Verge 2022 Interview: https://www.theverge.com/23499215/valve-steam-deck-interview-late-2022

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— Chapters —
00:00 – I’ve spent a ton of time with the OLED Deck already
00:30 – Who is the Steam Deck OLED actually for?
01:32 – Major Upgrades
02:49 – Why did Valve actually make the Steam Deck OLED?
05:09 – Didn’t Valve promise to not make a new Steam Deck, though?!
08:52 – Should you buy a Steam Deck OLED?
10:45 – What do you do with your LCD model if you upgrade?
13:16 – Conclusions

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