New OLED screen. New APU. And lots of small hardware improvements.

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    1 year ago

    Would this be worth it next to a PS5 and Series S?

    I’m wondering if I could 1) buy games cheaper on Steam this way, and 2) play this while traveling (which I do a lot, meaning weekly flights and hotel stays in other countries for work),

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      1 year ago

      I mean not really. You’re gonna have to double buy games if you want to play on the big screen and handheld.

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      1 year ago

      By “buy games cheaper” do you mean compared to their console versions, or utilizing steam sales and/or shady key sites? For the former: no, not usually. The latter: yes, definitely.

      And it’s an amazing travel device. Used it for most of its first year while I was in hotel rooms for work and I used it more than my laptop when playing games where controllers are fine

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      1 year ago

      I have a PS5 and was looking at remote play devices. This OLED steam deck seems like a pretty ideal candidate, in my opinion. 720p is kind of a downer, but I think an OLED deck would make up for it in other ways.