That would be tougher. OLED 7.4" screen is pretty darn close to the 8" of the portal but it’s still 800p vs 1080p. The resolution doesn’t bother me as much as the color accuracy, so the OLED would solve most of my major pain points. It would definitely be a harder decision. I think if that were the case I wouldn’t get it at launch and would maybe wait for a price drop to $150 before I would impulse buy. Right now it’s not a matter of if I can already remote play, it’s that I want the experience to be as close to TV gaming as possible. The jump from 720p to 1080p is significant though for making these PS exclusives feel epic, at least for me. I would probably want to see a side by side deep dive comparison between the OLED steam deck and the portal before I would make that decision in this hypothetical.

If I didn’t have the steam deck at all and was deciding between splurging on the OLED or the Portal, I would go Steam Deck since it’s such a great device. The fact that I can play games that aren’t on PS, like Dave the diver, and other PC exclusives makes it worth it. Chiaki on it is just a bonus. I didn’t buy the Deck for PS remote play, whereas I am buying the Portal specifically for it. Chiaki4deck does also have occasional artifacting and some other connection issues that make the experience less than ideal.

I went back and forth for weeks deciding on whether or not it was going to get it, whether it was worth it, whether I was being silly because I already had the steam deck. Ultimately I couldn’t get it out of my head and decided to just pull the trigger.