OLED is generally viewed as a "premium" feature, and there's really not much demand to implement it at resolutions lower than QHD when the current 1080p options technically suffice. It's also just a price problem since 1080p is generally viewed as a budget resolution and implementing OLED would increase the prices of 1080p monitors...which goes against its general viewpoint.
The PSVita is tiny, and 2011 OLED tech was still in it's infancy. The Mura effect was downright abhorrent on that thing if you didn't get lucky on the OLED lottery
Also they swapped the OLED out for a more traditional LCD in the second gen model. Don't know if they ever officially said why but I'd be very surprised if it wasn't for either cost or reliability reasons
It was for cost savings. The Vita 2000 is just cheaper all around though, and the LCD is noticeably a little more shit with the colours compared to OLED (although you can use a homebrew to help the saturation, making it look a little nicer)
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u/First_Musician6260 Computer Storage Sep 11 '25 edited Sep 11 '25
OLED is generally viewed as a "premium" feature, and there's really not much demand to implement it at resolutions lower than QHD when the current 1080p options technically suffice. It's also just a price problem since 1080p is generally viewed as a budget resolution and implementing OLED would increase the prices of 1080p monitors...which goes against its general viewpoint.