Steam Deck owner warns others after accidentally buying fake MicroSD card

A Steam Deck owner has taken to Reddit to warn others about scams after they accidentally purchased a fake MicroSD card off Amazon.

Since the launch of the Steam Deck in 2022, users have flocked to stores both in-person and online to look for the best deal on MicroSD storage.

MicroSD cards allow users to install more games on their handheld, removing the need to uninstall something in order to download a new title.

One Steam Deck owner, though, took to Reddit to warn others about scams after they purchased a fake MicroSD card from Amazon.

Steam Deck owner accidentally buys fake MicroSD card

“Watch out for fake cards, even on Amazon,” said Reddit user Lundon44 on the Steam Deck subreddit. In the accompanying picture, you can see the seemingly fake SanDisk Extreme Pro MicroSD card they received from Amazon.

They continued in a comment, warning others about buying MicroSD storage.

“Just a PSA, don’t trust Amazon even if it looks legit. I’ve been burned by Amazon a few times and had to return fake cards over the years. Decided to test my luck again recently with a listing that had over 1800 reviews and a rating of 4.7/5,” they said.

“What arrived was an obvious fake. Returning it and just bought one from Best Buy again. Honestly, I don’t know why I trusted Amazon again. I think it was just me being lazy and not wanting to go to Best Buy.”

Others quickly took to the comments to share their thoughts on the warning, with a few sharing that they’ve had similar experiences elsewhere.

“Same thing happened to me when I first got my deck, physically purchased it from Best Buy and found my Samsung 512gb SD card was only about 8gbs. Pretty sure they thought I was full of shit when I returned it, but I swapped it out for a different brand and it worked fine,” one user replied.

A second said: “I’ll no longer buy items like this from Amazon. I’ll go to Best Buy.”

“For what it’s worth, test the card if you haven’t already. Legit cards also look like the bottom picture. At this level of zoom, they don’t look perfectly crisp like the render above,” a third commented, sharing the thought that the card might not actually be fake.