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Conina on 30 June 2025
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Soundwave said:
Conina said:

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!!!".

Of course these are tame statements... they are from professional reviewers. The crying commentaries from a lot of haters (or fanboys of the Switch OLED) were also there, but you can google these yourself... I don't need that kind of drama.

Also there ain't a big campaign of "don't buy a Switch 2"!!!! The display is horribad!!!" from professional reviewers. 

"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."

You have some flawed logic.

The OG Steam Deck (LCD) 512 GB was priced $649 / €679 until the OLED version launched. Since then Steam Deck OLED 512 GB is priced $499 / €569, so for the screen upgrade + die shrink + bigger battery you have to pay less than before.

And even if you take doubling the storage for granted:

The OG Steam Deck (LCD) 256 GB was priced $529 / €569 until the OLED version launched. Since then Steam Deck OLED 512 GB is priced the same.
The OG Steam Deck (LCD) 512 GB was priced $649 / €679 until the OLED version launched. Since then Steam Deck OLED 1 TB is priced the same.

The price difference between the OG Switch and the Switch OLED wasn't that small because the Switch OLED was offered so cheap but because Nintendo wasn't cutting the price for the OG Switch. They probably made a lot more profit with the LCD models than with the OLED model.