Valve Comments on Steam Deck with OLED Display: “It’s a Bigger Amount of Work than People Might Think”

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One the most obvious and exciting improvements that Valve could make for the Steam Deck 2 is an OLED screen, but people shouldn't be surprised if it ends up sticking with LCD. Pierre-Loup Griffais, one of Steam Deck's designers, was recently asked by a publication whether Valve was planning an OLED model of the Steam Deck, and while Griffais didn't go so far as to rule it out, he did suggest that the chances were on the slimmer side, explaining that it'd probably require a substantial overhaul in terms of how the system is designed. Nintendo released a new version of the Switch that features an OLED screen in 2021, but the Steam Deck, which launched in February 2022, features an IPS LCD. Images shared by Steam Deck users have suggested that some units have very noticeable backlight bleeding, a problem that won't be found on OLED, although the technology suffers from its own issues, including image burn-in.

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