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Soundwave on 30 June 2025
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Conina said:
Soundwave said:

The OG Steam Deck's display wasn't anything special and only 720p 

No, 800p. Get your facts straight!

Soundwave said:

was there a bunch of crying about that? No, there wasn't. 

Yes, there was. The Switch OLED released just a few months before the Steam Deck, so it was an important comparison point.


https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2022-steam-deck-review-a-handheld-pc-capable-of-console-quality-gaming

The audio-video experience offered by the handheld is both good and bad. Concerns were raised about the quality of the screen when the first hardware reviews emerged a couple of weeks back and the display does feel compromised. Colour reproduction, black levels and brightness are all average and the omission of variable refresh rate (VRR) is a missed opportunity for a system where so many games unlocked sit between 45-60fps. Sit Steam Deck side-by-side with Switch OLED and it's a night and day difference in favour of the Nintendo machine and I think I even prefer the original Switch LCD display.

https://www.ign.com/articles/steam-deck-review 

I have no complaints about the resolution – at this screen size there’s a diminishing return on packing in extra pixels. I have to say, though, that the OLED screen on the latest model of the Nintendo Switch has spoiled me on handheld screens, and the Steam Deck doesn't live up to the vibrance and clarity afforded by Nintendo's latest update.

And without the complaints of the tech reviewers and Steam Deck players, Valve probably wouldn't have switched to OLED that fast to fix it.

Lol, that's no where the hysterical crying by a small minority crowd over everything Switch 2 related. 

"The Switch OLED has spoiled me" is a tame statement, but even there I never recalled any big campaign of "don't buy a Steam Deck!!!!! The display is horribad!!!".

And also puhlease cut it out with the "Good guy Valve went running to OLED because of reviews because they're all in it for the gamer" bullshit. Valve switched to an OLED display because they saw Nintendo making a fortune off the Switch OLED model and saw an opportunity to upcharge people. And they charged out the ass for it too, $150 premium mainly for a screen upgrade and a moderate die shrink when Nintendo only charged $50 more for a bigger OLED screen + die shrink. Now when Nintendo does the same thing in a couple of years and charges $600 for Switch 2 OLED, the same babies are going to be working overtime to cry when they didn't utter a peep or maybe made a passing remark over the Steam Deck OLED. 

Last edited by Soundwave - on 30 June 2025