For Those Still Doubting if They Should Upgrade to OLED

[Alf]

I've read a lot of comments about LED Steam Deck owners regretting buying the LED, greater than 6 months ago. By next Steam Summer Sale 2024, I would bet there would be a 10-20% off discount on the OLED, which they have done with the LED previously this year. However, selling your LED version to offset the costs isn't bad if you desperately want the better screen and battery life considering it's very likely that you've invested many hours playing games on the LED.

[deaddoof]

I will end up reporting random hardware bugs to various distros. I will sit this one out. I kinda a bit burnt from reporting many bugs in the original LED version.

[Brance]

Except Valve dropped the price so that can't get your money back. You would be lucky to get $300 for a 256 GB version on eBay for not including fees and shipping. Almost cuts the value you paid in half just months after buying.

[Jedimindtrickonyou]

Originally posted by Brance:

Except Valve dropped the price so that can't get your money back. You would be lucky to get $300 for a 256 GB version on eBay for not including fees and shipping. Almost cuts the value you paid in half just months after buying.

This is pretty much always true though with electronics/gaming hardware/consumer tech in-general. Unless you have a weird situation like in 2020-2022 where you literally could not buy new GPUs or game consoles, apart from scalpers at a 100%-200% markup.

50-60% of current retail price is about the best case scenario when you are reselling something, especially if it's been opened and used and has signs of wear and tear and battery capacity is lost from lots of recharging. And honestly, at that point, it's hard to get more than 50%. A used Steam Deck is worth roughly half because that's just what happens with used electronics. If you buy a Playstation 5 today (let's say the new slim model), if you open it and use it for a few days, no one is ever going to pay $500 or even $400 for it, even though you just bought it. Same for Series X or a new 7800XT GPU.

I am frequently upgrading my PC hardware, smartphone, and consoles and usually sell the old one to offset the upgrade. I have tried often to get a higher % of the retail price when flipping electronics and it's extremely rare to get more than 60%.

[Alf]

Originally posted by jedimindtrickonyou:

Originally posted by Brance:

50-60% of current retail price is about the best case scenario when you are reselling something, especially if it's been opened and used and has signs of wear and tear and battery capacity is lost from lots of recharging. And honestly, at that point, it's hard to get more than 50%.

It's really the luck of the draw how much you are able to sell your used items. There are plenty of fish in the sea to take the bait, so you'll never know.

[Alf]

Originally posted by Brance:

Except Valve dropped the price so that can't get your money back. You would be lucky to get $300 for a 256 GB version on eBay for not including fees and shipping. Almost cuts the value you paid in half just months after buying.

If I am not able to sell my LED with anti-glare at a good price, I actually wouldn't mind keeping it for gaming on the go and just keep the OLED for in bed gaming since I bought the non-anti glare. I prefer that because I play in the dark and I prefer the punchy and true blacks which the anti glare does not provide--the blacks looks grayish.

[Jedimindtrickonyou]

Originally posted by Alf:

Originally posted by jedimindtrickonyou:

It's really the luck of the draw how much you are able to sell your used items. There are plenty of fish in the sea to take the bait, so you'll never know.

I disagree, and I have sold a lot of things. People aren't stupid, the ones who buy on sites like ebay are actually very savvy and don't want to pay $1 more than they have to. If the item is sealed in the original box, then maybe you could get upwards of 70% in rare instances, but that is it. Getting anything more than 50% is difficult, very difficult actually. People just aren't willing to pay more than that because of the risk involved and the fact that most electronics' warranty doesn't transfer from the original owner to the person they sell it to. There is a limit to what people will pay.

[PopinFRESH]

There is no original LED model.

LCD is not the same as LED.

[Tatiana]

I purchased the 256 LCD Steam Deck 9/15/2023, during the Sale. And had I known there was a new version coming, I would have waited for the new one, and would have paid full price for the 512 OLED. I was told, I am outside of the return POLICY timeframe. So in reality, I paid $479 for a $399 (now entry level buy) two months ago. I am really disappointed in Valve with the Sales trickery. I do enjoy the steam deck, but the wifi really does suck, as I have to be near the router for it to be useful to access the internet.

[Asryia]

https://deckhd.com/index for you lcd crowd with some know how.

[PopinFRESH]

Originally posted by Tatiana:

I purchased the 256 LCD Steam Deck 9/15/2023, during the Sale. And had I known there was a new version coming, I would have waited for the new one, and would have paid full price for the 512 OLED. I was told, I am outside of the return POLICY timeframe. So in reality, I paid $479 for a $399 (now entry level buy) two months ago. I am really disappointed in Valve with the Sales trickery. I do enjoy the steam deck, but the wifi really does suck, as I have to be near the router for it to be useful to access the internet.

You are comparing the price you paid for a Steam Deck LCD 512GB model to the new pricing for the Steam Deck LCD 256GB model. The Steam Deck LCD 512GB model is $449 while supplies last.

So no, in reality you didn't pay $479 for a $399 model, you paid $479 for what is now on sale for $449.

[Tatiana]

Originally posted by PopinFRESH:

Originally posted by Tatiana:

I purchased the 256 LCD Steam Deck 9/15/2023, during the Sale. And had I known there was a new version coming, I would have waited for the new one, and would have paid full price for the 512 OLED. I was told, I am outside of the return POLICY timeframe. So in reality, I paid $479 for a $399 (now entry level buy) two months ago. I am really disappointed in Valve with the Sales trickery. I do enjoy the steam deck, but the wifi really does suck, as I have to be near the router for it to be useful to access the internet.

You are comparing the price you paid for a Steam Deck LCD 512GB model to the new pricing for the Steam Deck LCD 256GB model. The Steam Deck LCD 512GB model is $449 while supplies last.

So no, in reality you didn't pay $479 for a $399 model, you paid $479 for what is now on sale for $449.

I purchased the 256 LCD, NOT the 512 LCD. Thanks for you input thou, from those that did buy the 512 LCD.

[omicronpersei8]

Originally posted by Tatiana:

I purchased the 256 LCD Steam Deck 9/15/2023, during the Sale. And had I known there was a new version coming, I would have waited for the new one, and would have paid full price for the 512 OLED. I was told, I am outside of the return POLICY timeframe. So in reality, I paid $479 for a $399 (now entry level buy) two months ago. I am really disappointed in Valve with the Sales trickery.

How far out would you like them to let you know? Publish their entire roadmap for 2 years including price cuts and sales, so you can best time your purchase?

This is not sales trickery. I know it is unfortunate (and stings right now) as the consumer, but with the rapid pace of innovation that's how the hardware market works.

Apple does not let people know when a new iPhone will be released incase folks want to hold off and buy at a discount or buy the new model.

[Kage Goomba]

Originally posted by omicronpersei8:

Originally posted by Tatiana:

I purchased the 256 LCD Steam Deck 9/15/2023, during the Sale. And had I known there was a new version coming, I would have waited for the new one, and would have paid full price for the 512 OLED. I was told, I am outside of the return POLICY timeframe. So in reality, I paid $479 for a $399 (now entry level buy) two months ago. I am really disappointed in Valve with the Sales trickery.

How far out would you like them to let you know? Publish their entire roadmap for 2 years including price cuts and sales, so you can best time your purchase?

This is not sales trickery. I know it is unfortunate (and stings right now) as the consumer, but with the rapid pace of innovation that's how the hardware market works.

Apple does not let people know when a new iPhone will be released incase folks want to hold off and buy at a discount or buy the new model.

Yep - this is normal practice in marketing.
It's not fraud - It's murphys law.

You gamble every time you buy a piece of equipment.
This is why people need to take time to research and weigh consequences.