I have got my OLED Steamdeck today and made a picture with my old one side by side. The display is a little bit bigger, the touch screen is way better (more like a smartphone).
For anyone who can’t tell the difference: The OLED is the one that’s next to the other one.
Ohhhhh, I thought it was next to the other one.
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It took me searching the blacks to notice. Where I play there’s usually enough glare I wouldn’t get good blacks if you swapped the LC layer for vantablack.
Yeah the biggest difference is inside
Serious question: Is the difference more apparent IRL (not a picture)? I’m not seeing a big enough difference that I’d spend much more for OLED.
I saw a noticeable difference going from a Switch to a Switch OLED, mainly in the contrast in scenes. Greys and blacks can almost look inky in comparison to LCD, and glowing lights (think neon signs) pop out a lot more.
That being said, the topic is the Deck OLED, which I haven’t seen in person, so your mileage will vary.
I say so. Screen looks great in person. Be gone light bleed!
I didn’t try this out on my OLED steam Deck yet, but dark scenes are a bit of a strain on the eye on the LCD one. I played mark of the ninja on it and the black and darker stuff (which the game has a lot of) is illuminated like any other color, which feels a bit unpleasant. With OLED black is the absence of light, which feels much more natural.
Unless I also have an OLED screen I’m not going to be able to tell the difference, but the bottom one looks slightly better so I’m guessing that’s the OLED one?
The screen is also larger
Left looks like it has blacker blacks but that’s may be camera lighting. Anyway I’m guessing left is the oled. Looking at image from my phone which is oled.
One is downloading which I assume is the deck lol
Looks great on my mini LED screen. Honestly, why do we keep doing this?
People like to show off, sometimes subconsciously.
Nice! Is it weird that I prefer the more white details on the buttons instead of the new gray?
I’m with you. The white stands out more, adds a little flair to it. The grey just kinda blends in.
Of course, I’m the weirdo who gets attached to their controllers, so take that as you will.
Frankly, the low-contrast gray is a usability nightmare.
As an avid nighttime gamer, I wish they added lights to the controller/navigation buttons on the new version.
Why? Your fingers are on top of them, and games often show you the button placement, shape, or both, and some even point to it during tutorials or idle moments.
And who looks at their own buttons anyway? Lemme ask a quick question: Can you type on a physical keyboard in the darkness? That is far more complicated (though most of us don’t even think about it), but nobody gets caught looking at their keyboard, unless it’s a meme.
Not to mention the extra lighting would just take away from the gameplay.
It was a missed opportunity for RGB lighting, not necessary but would be very nice to have.
Screw RGB.
just cause you don’t like it doesn’t mean it couldn’t be there
I swear I saw somewhere those adhesive low light stickers you could probably use as a stopgap. That or 3D printing caps and sticks with fluorescent plastic.
If I didn’t already buy the 512, the oled would be worth it imo
I’m in the same boat with my switch as well.
I left the decision to wether or not my wife would want the old one.
Yep, that’s what we “early” adopters get for adopting so early. I’ve hardly even played my Steam Deck and certainly not enough to get its value yet, I’m not upgrading to an OLED one. I have played my Switch a ton, but I’m waiting on a Switch 2 (which hopefully would have OLED from the beginning, like all these devices should have had at the start) before I bother upgrading.
For getting your value out of it, I highly recommend emulation.
Oh I did that the moment I was able :) I just have too many devices for entertainment (first world problem, I know).
I think seeing how well the OLED versions of consoles sells, Nintendo will release their new switch with OLED, then make a cheaper non-oled version like the switch lite / 2ds /etc.
Which model of the original Steam Deck did you have?
The 512gb one.
I ordered my first Deck yesterday. It still shows it hasn’t packed yet.
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Absolute game changer for me, as I expected it would be. I’ve gone from picking up the deck monthly to picking it up hourly.
I guess the problem is looking at your picture on my LCD smart phone. :)
I can tell the machine on the left is the OLED version because the screen is just a touch bigger.
