Steam Deck OLED review: Valve pulled a Nintendo in the very best way 

Whoever finds a cat's meow first wins my old Steam Deck /s

I don’t need another Steam Deck, I don’t need another Steam Deck, I don’t need another Steam Deck…

That limited edition, should not be a limited edition and be available worldwide. That thing looks awesome!

this guy is weird, get him to do more stuff

I had steam deck about 6 months ago and returned it due to financial issues ( lost my job 2 weeks after arrival) and now that im in a better financial state i was looking to buy a new one. This one couldnt have came at a better time lol

Now I wish I had waited from getting a gaming laptop coz the 1TB model is everything I could’ve ever asked for! Really loving what valve has been up to and we, the gaming community, absolutely love it!

Kept telling myself I would buy this again if it had a better screen 👀

This Reviewer knew what we wanted and even talked about niche Problems like the SD Card break.

The Linux desktop HDR support can be expected next year with Plasma 6!

Simply WOW, I didn't see that coming!

To be honest, games like Starfield and Star Wars Jedi Survivor not running well on steam deck are more the developers fault than Valve itself

4:54 If you download in desktop mode, then the KDE screen saver/power management will help with that.

Yay! A Sean review. That guy is smooth.

This is such a well shot and edited review.

The only two misses are VRR and a bottom USB port, which the original didn't have anyway.

There's gonna be like 100 steam decks on facebook marketplace because upgrades 😂

For the longest time there was an accepted hard drive price of $1 per GB of storage. This gives you that and an entire handheld gaming system thrown in for free by that old metric. How things have changed for the better for the consumer.

Nice improvement over the original

More of this guy, he is awesome!

Unique delivery. It's a thumbs up from me.

Man steam deck are getting beautifull

Why does it look like the limited edition version you showcased had yellow colorways instead of the red shown on the Steam website?

WOW. I just got my Legion Go, and was thinking of keeping my original SteamDeck (for indies and emulation). Now with the OLED and bigger battery upgrade, I need find the poor sucker tol offload my original SteamDeck to, lol.

Theres something about the way he talks and presents. I like it!

that last sentance sums me up exactly as well, and min'es 1tb + purple clear shell :)

is the fan audible even when just retrogaming emulation ?

What do you use your Steam Deck for? List games pls

Does it come with the vent smell?

I wanted the gpd win mini but the price of it doesn't justify the purchase when you have the steamdeck to consider!

Steam Deck OLED is so good, even the Verge talked about it

How about a video of cloning my steam deck ssd to move everything to the new oled model? I have spent a ton of time tweaking and downloading non steam emulation and don’t want to start over. Can you clone one deck to the other with opening them up? Want to sell my old deck after the transfer is complete.

I'm here for the peak design backpack 😉

Chris Hollister is getting really good at these video reviews

More Sean Hollister gaming reviews / gaming tech videos!! Great presentation - filled to the brim with detail & yet so short and sweet - very nicely edited :)

Damn Valve! I just got my 64g SD

Valve didn’t pull a Nintendo, or an Apple, or anything like that. They did something I haven’t seen a big company do in my adult lifetime. They made a significant upgrade that addressed the complaints from their community, and gave customers significantly more for the same of less money. I bought my 512gb Steam Deck last year for $649, and now you can buy a 512gb OLED Deck for $549. It’s the most consumer focused thing I’ve seen a company ever do.

hei yoo, why a sudden release of a good news…. i never saw this coming….

This is what I've been waiting for :)

Why this guy made everything sound a bit sexual?

And I just bought a Steamdeck 2 months ago... damn... guess I need to sell it.

Very cool! Hopefully we can welcome even more users to the wonderfull Steam platform with this new Deck.

That’s look 🔥

I’d go for the legion go if I am getting a handheld now. Wait couple of years and get the next gen Steam deck. SD 3

Pulled a Nintendo better than Nintendo ever did. 😂

Ffs Iv just sold my deck to buy the legion go and now im torn about what to buy 🤦‍♂️ I own oled tv but is an oled display with same performance enough to make you not choose the 8.8 IPs 1600p screen ! Help 😂

Damn dude, u seem really passionate about the oled deck lol good video though.

I enjoyed the review, but how does the reviewer still not know how to get Starfield running well on Steam Deck? Also, The Last of Us has been updated multiple times and runs great on Deck now. I played through the whole game that way and only found a single trouble spot (the dam.)

they really done a good make over

*"Steamdeck 1.5"*

Love Valve!!

Hey guys quick question can u run emulator on oled would it make the game look better or the same

Eventually there will be HDR support on desktop, once KDE catching up.

Will this be better than a switch

Amazing

Amazing device. already want this new steam deck

Would definitely listen to a podcast hosted by this human right here. Is he human though?

They did it boys. They did it

Anyone want to buy a steam deck?

Should I spring for the new OLED at €569 or pick up an upgraded second-hand LCD for €320ish?

This is good and all, but as usual in my country the Steam Deck is more expensive than the ROG Ally. Also, I have a lot of games from GOG, EGS, and have a Game Pass subscription. Steam Deck for me, while an astonishing handheld, is not very practical for my use case and for my budget.

„Excellent ergonomics”? First I heard anyone say that

Why did he spell out O L E D instead of just saying OLED? 😂nobody calls it that

That's not right. We can't get them if you don't live in the USA or Canada

Why do I feel like this guy is trying to whisper his review into my ear? It's like having an alternate universe Chris Parnell try to seduce me with an SNL tech review.

Still waiting a Steam Deck with front camera.

They need to put a Z1 extreme in it.

....and then there's me who just received my 512gb LCD steamdeck 4 weeks ago. 2 weeks over the return window. Can I get a F?

The original Steam Deck lets you go 45FPS, it's not exclusive to the OLED model.

I want a starfield machine though

The steamdeck has more hardware failure and bugs then my Nintendo oled switch. I stay at the Nintendo fanside

Are the games the same on the steam deck oled as on the normal steam deck?

NEED - very glad I waited

I didn't know the Steam deck couldn't handle triple A games like Starfield and cyberpunk.

The guy should consider starting an ASMR channel hehe

Better screen thats it? I rather have a more powerful steam deck then better sceen the LCD work just fine.

lol why was there a moto razr

I wish you could order the 1TB model without that hideous etched glass.

Steam deck and Nintendo switch are the kings of handhelds, this is coming from someone who has them all for the moment.

I'm keeping my refreshed Steam Deck as I enjoy for the price I got it for. This is more of a Steam Deck 1.5 to keep people quite until Steam Deck 2.0 the actual big boy is released.

What matters is what games can be played? What’s the point of a small game that doesn’t require a controller to play?

Can I play the same games on the steam deck oled as on the normal steam deck?

Mmm better battery for the device 99% of times used indoors

They pulled a Nintendo and did it better

I had high hope for steam deck and I went to great lengths to purchase a steam deck OELD. But the user experience so far has been appalling! So much compatibility issues! Controller issue, display issue, black screen issue, need to go through lots of fuss just to get basic things to work, and you will need to rely on external plugins just to record a 30 seconds gameplay video. Worst of all, Steam store will not refund you for any games even if they don’t work on steam deck at all. Unlike Nintendo switch or PS5, you can’t buy games in physical forms either so you can’t resell either. From what I can see steam deck valve does not care about player experience. They just throw whatever shits to players and let them figure it out themselves. Seriously, you should save yourself heartache and buy any other gaming consoles, they do better jobs for users! BTW, I’m usually a Nintendo switch player, so I can assure you Nintendo switch user experience is ten times better than steam deck! I started appreciate switch even more now as I realise how much work Nintendo has done to ensure a smooth play experience!

they should hire you at valve, you sold this thing without selling this thing well.

nintendo switch OLED is significantly more powerful than you think. i've overclocked mine to 2700 MHz CPU, 1300 MHz GPU, 2534 MHz RAM

What are the 10 best games for adults? I think I'd like to play with one of these while my kids watch cartoons.

Anyome wana buy a steam deck?

hope they sell the screen separately

Mirror’s edge well yes

This dude is killing it. More of him please.

this video feels like satire

Why starfield hang ?

and I sit here with mine running Win 11 permanently plugged into 4K USB-C screen.

Shut up and take my money

This guy definitely owns at least one fedora.

doing a nintendo? do you mean releasing an android tablet inspired handheld with the gpu running half as fast as the android tablet it was created from?

Now please compare it to the lenovo legion go

Oh nooooo

You forgot the OLED is 90hz