Is Kioxia’s new 2TB microSD card overkill for your Deck? | Steam Deck News

New year, new Steam Deck news. First, there’s some exciting compatibility stats to review, we’ll talk about it. And what does December’s Steam Hardware survey tell us about Steam Deck adoption? Plus, what does MSI have up their sleeve in the race to de-throne the Deck as the best PC gaming handheld? All this and more today!

❯ Steam Deck most played in December: https://twitter.com/OnDeck/status/1742306403992359269/photo/1
❯ Kioxia’s 2TB SD Card Press Release: https://europe.kioxia.com/en-europe/personal/news/2023/20231220-1.html
❯ MSi’s Claw teaser video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1rM-oos8JQ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw%3D%3D
❯ MSi Claw leak details:
❯ Boiling Steam Analysis: https://boilingsteam.com/top-1000-games-on-steam-73-percent-735-working-on-steam-deck/
❯ Steam Deck Verified Data: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/01/steam-deck-officially-hits-over-13000-games-playable-and-verified/

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— Chapters —
00:00 – Introduction
00:18 – Most Played Games on Steam Deck
01:23 – Kioxia’s “EXCERIA PLUS G2” 2TB SD Card
02:29 – Like that Smash Button
02:45 – MSi’s Claw goes Team Blue
05:18 – 75% of top 1000 games on Steam now playable
06:36 – 13,000 games rated Playable or Verified
07:21 – Steam Hardware Survey results for December 2023

MSi is building a Steam Deck competitor… but there’s one problem