I'll agree right away LCD is a poor technology - stack enough bandaids on it, and it becomes decent enough, which is where most gaming monitors are right now and have been for a while. OLED only just recently reached enough bandaids to be useful for gaming and durable enough.
But at the same time, I still view
both technologies for displays inferior, simply because OLED is not available in proper sizes and a wide price range. You can say 'but they'll never get there and when they do, they also cost more', but that's turning the world upside down. The reality is, you've sacrificed certain monitor qualities and paid more so you could get a higher quality image. A simple case of 'you get what you pay for'. And I do agree with your statement, paying over $450 for any LCD is bonkers. Its
supposed to be cheap, and 450 is pushing that already.
Its a sacrifice whichever way you go, which is my point. Exaggeration of the difference in
perceived quality between OLED and LCD doesn't change that. You found it worth the sacrifice. That's fine, but others don't.
Also, not getting an immersive experience out of anything non-LCD, is a pretty big you problem
Not a 'me' problem. Its the same thing as getting used to high refresh rates. Going back is difficult. I can immerse myself just fine on LCD, as I did on CRT, and on PAL TV with 576i on an ancient console. Immersion is not related to picture quality. Its about a state of mind and motivation more so than anything else. Do certain screen qualities help with it? Sure. But its totally abstract.