It kind of makes sense a mid cicle refresh much like Nintendo did with the Switch Oled or Sony made in the past with the slim and pro models. But that would imply that we are at mid circle in this Deck gen life. It’s only have been around 18 months since it released, right? If they are planning for 3-4 years cycles then this could make sense.
Nah, we designers only do stuff that help boost sales. If people want changes, we will do them, even if the make not much sense because they’ll sell more stuff. Kind of sad but this is it.