The OLED seems to be more of a power consumption upgrade. The resolution is the same. Sure you will get more color depth with the OLED but it probably isn’t worth the upgrade if you already have a deck. If they offer the new screen as an after market upgrade that may be worth it. But I’m the meantime the deck HD has a higher resolution.

Does that keyboard fit in the case while closed? I don’t need a keyboard with the deck often, but it would be nice to have one with it all the time for that off chance I do. The times I need a keyboard I really need a keyboard.

Short sellers, and the corporation that absorbs them at bargain prices.

New MacBooks have their memory soldered directly to the main board and don’t have an extra m.2 port. There are very few windows laptops that meet both of those criteria. But like I said, even in those cases you can install games on an external drive.

No it’s not, unless they have a MacBook. And even in that case it’s not hard to find an external SSD with a thunderbolt or USB3.2 interface.

It’s not that unrealistic if the dock has a GPU in it. Something they should have done with the og switch.

I think the specialized tools thing leaves a lot of room for interpretation. For instance, Nintendo consoles likes to use triwing screws. A triwing screwdriver is a standard tool technically, but they aren’t found at most hardware stores. I could see the argument that a triwing screw would not comply.

There are plenty of options for waterproofing removable batteries. They just tend to be large.

It seems to me the steam deck already meets this regulation, or would with very minimal change. It does not say you need to have an access door like gamboys had. It just says the battery needs to be easily replaceable with commonly available tools (or included tools). To replace the steam decks battery you just need a size 0 Phillips screwdriver and something to pop it open like a guitar pick or a credit card. You would easily be able to get all the tools you need at any hardware store.

They already bought airpods, I don’t think price vs quality is a part of their thought process.

Air pods are known to have connection issues with non apple devices. The solution to that problem is to just get headphones that are made with other devices in mind.

Go to one of the many stores in the airport and buy better headphones

I haven’t tested them per se since that is not what I bought the back plate for, but there is absolutely a noticable difference in the heat that radiates off the device.

I know you said not ms, but I still use a 360 controller with the wireless adapter. You can get them with an off brand adapter for 30 bucks all in on ebay since they are so old at this point. Best controller feel imo.