I had a dream last night that my brand new fancy Steam Deck OLED had arrived and I opened it immediately only to be horrified that it was such a sunny day that all I could see on the screen was my own face reflected back at me. I was absolutely kicking myself over getting the 512GB instead of the 1TB version all because of a potentially more vibrant screen. I was researching the returns policy on Decks and then I woke up.
To clarify, I haven’t ordered a Deck OLED yet and am still debating in whether it will even be worth it considering I sold my OG Deck due to lack of use. Obviously the while screen debate is something that my brain has latched onto.
I was not set on buying the Oled, because I already have a regular one, but someone mentionned they had a special edition with a clear shell and I purchased it instantly. I’m a child of the 1990s, I love clear electronics.
I been playing on it all day, the clear shell takes me right back to the old game boy days
I’ve seen some people online who opened their Deck and it feeling less solid after (e.g. looser sticks). For devices this valuable I don’t think it’s worth risking opening them up unless it’s to repair something. I learned my lesson opening joycons, what a nightmare that was for my butterfingers.
I didn’t even realize it was a transparent shell until a few hours after I placed the order and then was reading a Kotaku (or some other such site, I don’t recall) article about what a shit show the website was on release, and it specifically mentioned the transparent shell.
I don’t know how I didn’t see that at all beforehand, but I’m stocked about it, cause I was in the same place, I wanted to do a jsaux shell swap but was too nervous about fucking it up lol