The Steam Deck LCD Is Still Absolutely Amazing | Steam Deck in 2024? [Long Term Review]

Steam made 500 compromises and nailed the balance. And then they worked their butts off with updates and support.

The Steam Deck is barely 2 years old. A lot of people seem to think it's outdated and old now... the Switch is 7 years old in comparison and they cost the same amount of money.

"It smells amazing", Love that you added that.

got the LCD and still love it, it’s a reminder and a special place dear to me. I was those customers that had to wait months & months during the pandemic, and it feels fulfilling to finally have one. I play Tekken 8 online on it and it’s a blast! one day I’ll get an OLED but for now I’m good!

Black thumbnail & back ground, is something new and unique, you have earned a sub by being different, cheers.

The best part about the OLED was, that people sold their LCD oleds in masses. I was able to get a 500GB model for 300€, which was a pretty sweet deal. I wasn't completly sold of the idea of a SD, but now I love it. If there is a SD2 in the coming years, I might be dempted to actually buy a new one this time.

I have both LCD and OLED. Like CGD says in the video, once you adjust the colour temperature on the deck either with the in-built adjuster or VibrantDeck plugin through Decky Loader (if you can still get it) the display actually looks great. The one thing about the old deck is the buttons sit more flush and don't rattle as much as my OLED buttons. Apparently they made the OLED deck buttons ever so slightly smaller to mitigate them from getting stuck. Anyway, I still use my old LCD model and I give it to my friends to play so we can play some couch co-op when they stay over at my place.

Bought the limited edition OLED for my brother on christmas and the only thing im truly envious of is the weight distribution on it, it doesnt actually weigh much less than the LCD but somehow manages to feel so much lighter and comfortable when holding it by the grips

Less than 1k subs? Dude, you got me. Subbed. Great vid, great point. It was fair and you were conscious that not everyone is printing money the way some creators talk 😂

Just got my Deck (used, 512gb LCD) the other day, which I am still learning everything about it. I'm new to online gaming and PC gaming, and not very tech savvy. So definite learning curve for me. I'm hoping 🤞. I got a couple of small games from the sale, as I can't afford much currently (recovering & rebuilding after a house fire). I've been enjoying it so far, a nice distraction and escape from my life currently when I have down time.

Well said! I am still loving my OG LCD Steam Deck. At the time I bought it and even now it is such a great value in gaming. I also bought the 64 GB model and upgraded it to a 1 TB SSD and a 1 TB Micro SD. You are also right about the vivid software update and how that improves picture quality. Rather than spend the money on a "more powerful" gaming PC I chose to compliment my OG Steam Deck with an, Analogue Pocket and a Switch OLED. These 3 devices complement each other well and I really don't feel like I am missing out in the portable gaming department plus all can be docked to my TV. What a time to be a gamer! I definitely don't take any of it for granted.

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I have the OG Deck and I've just purchased the oled one 😊 The initial goal was to sell the current one and now I've found myself in a spot where I'm looking for excuses to keep both. Unfortunately I live alone so there's no real reason to keep both, but I just love these devices.

I got my Steam Deck in early 2023, and while I am a bit envious of the OLED Steam Deck or ROG Ally, I've realized with time that there is a reason I jumped on the OG LCD Deck as quick as I could: while it's not perfect, it fits my use case more than any other handheld out there. I love to leave things on in the background but I also hate having to worry about burn in or a micro SD card slot dying. While I think the Deck OLED is probably an amazing handheld (I have an OLED ultrawide at home and it's insane), the few games I play that even are HDR compatible I don't really ever play on my Deck. On top of that, I feel like the new color calibration setting does an AMAZING job at making the screen look better, which helped to soften the OLED blow. I also recently got an RMA unit after my left bumper broke and it couldn't be repaired, and I got a revised LCD model instead, that has a redesigned cooling system that's a lot quieter and what seems to be a slightly different screen since the color controls don't change anything between native and sRGB so I think maybe the panel is native sRGB now. All that to say, Valve made it apparent that Deck OLED was like a relaunch for them, and that with the supply chain issues mostly gone, they were able to fully fulfill their vision, but it seems that might also be applicable for the newer units of the LCD variant too! I'm glad to see they're not just giving up on it altogether now that they have a revised model.

Great video! I recently invested in an OLED and filled it with just over 6000 games from old to new. You can't fault this device, it is absolutely amazing!

I got shocked you had less than 1k subs. You now have one more! 🔥🔥

I just recently bought my steam deck 64gb base model for 400usd and it's very amazing. I just bought 256gb SD card and with this little storage, I still have enough. SD is really great.

The soon-to-be discontinued LCD 512 GB variant went on sale, lower than the mass-produced 256 GB. As much as I would have liked to have OLED, that was a deal that was just too good to pass up. I've been played with the original LCD switch and I've NEVER had problems with the experience. So I went and bought the LCD version. I am excited for it to arrive!

Do the other handhelds have touch-capacitive sticks for the gyro?

The vent fumes are amazing