Valve is making microSD cards the next game cartridges
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Valve is making microSD cards the next game cartridges
"Just like how the Nintendo Switch blew me away with how it let me play the latest and greatest Nintendo games on the go and on a TV, the Steam Deck has drawn me in with how it offers a vast catalog of PC games that I can play portably or on a big screen. And with the Steam Deck's microSD card slot, I can add a lot more storage just by tossing in a tiny memory card,"
"But with its new Steam Machine PC and Steam Frame VR headset, Valve is about to make any microSD cards you use with the Steam Deck even more useful. Like the Steam Deck, both of those devices also run Valve's Linux-based SteamOS operating system, and both have microSD card slots, too. So if the microSD card you've plugged into your Steam Deck is formatted for SteamOS, any games you've stored on it will be immediately visible by the Steam Machine and Steam Frame as well."
Valve's Steam Machine PC and Steam Frame VR headset will run SteamOS and include microSD card slots. MicroSD cards formatted for SteamOS that contain games from a Steam Deck will be readable on those devices, making stored games immediately visible and playable on the Steam Machine and Steam Frame. The Steam Deck already supports expanded storage via a microSD card slot, which enables carrying many PC games in a small form factor. The cross-device compatibility will simplify moving game libraries between handheld, desktop, and VR hardware when the new devices launch in early 2026.
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