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With just a microSD card, you’ll be able to easily bring your games across the Steam Deck, Steam Machine, and Steam Frame. (www.theverge.com)

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[–] Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

what? or just transfer from PC to PC via wifi through steam negating any SD card..

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/46BD-6BA8-B012-CE43

use PC 1 that already has it downloaded and installed, and have pc2 download from PC 1.. why worry about a 3rd hard drive or rehoming the SD card and potentially screwing the file structure up by potentially inserting Linux (steam deck) into what I can only assume would be a Windows based pc

[–] Zangoose@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Because if you are on a steam deck and just install it on the SD card to begin with I guarantee you it's faster to pop out the SD card and insert it into the other device than it is to copy the files over a network, especially if one of those devices is a VR headset.

Besides, more options to do the same thing isn't necessarily a bad thing. People can pick whichever they like best. If someone has games already installed on an SD card in their steam deck and want to quickly move them over to a steam machine or steam frame then this would be super convenient for them.

This is also specifically an article about the steam deck, steam frame, and steam machine so all of the devices would be using SteamOS and not Windows anyway. Not really sure why you're bringing up Windows.