The vast majority of (visible) scratches come from putting a display in your pocket. Dirt and shit (especially sand. fucking sand) will demolish a screen.
But it is also something where a lot of people are running on decade(s) old information. Even the majority of non-fancy displays are generally at least “tempered glass” and can hold up to most normal wear and tear.
And the Steam Deck has the benefit of (among other things) the sticks being too fragile to just throw it in a bag without the case. So as long as you don’t take the case out at the beach, you are fine and it is protected at almost all times.
That said: I am still a screen protector person. Mostly because it is 10-20 bucks for peace of mind. I have only ever had to replace one once in my entire life but… yeah.
I’ll also add that I think the nintendo consoles REALLY fucked people up. I want to say it was the 3ds and everything before it was straight up plastic? And I can’t find anything definitive, but I want to say the switch is also a plastic screen?
helenslunch@feddit.nl 8 months ago
Never had a screen protector on any of my phones either. 3-4 years later, there are scratches so small you’d never see them unless the screen was off.
Actually I think I had one at one point and it broke in the first couple of weeks and I didn’t feel like replacing it.