When Sweeney was pressed on why Epic wasn't interested in porting Fortnite, he said, "We don’t have confidence that we’d be able to combat cheating at scale under a wide array of kernel configurations, including custom ones." While Bungie hasn't given detailed reasons for its strict anti-SteamOS stance, Sweeney's statements regarding Fortnite for Linux may provide some clues.
In Destiny 2's case, though, the game has been available on Steam for years, and it was even ported to Stadia's Linux-based streaming servers in 2020. "We wouldn't be happy to give Steam 20-30% of its revenue for the privilege." Advertisement "Epic would be happy to put Fortnite on Steam," Sweeney tweeted. In that case, the longstanding rivalry between Epic Games and Valve might have something to do with the incompatibility. More than that, though, Bungie also takes the extreme position that "players who attempt to bypass Destiny 2 incompatibility will be met with a game ban." That suggests there's more than simple Proton functionality issues at play here.įortnite is similarly staying away from Proton/SteamOS for the time being, as Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney tweeted last month.
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In a recent update to the game's help page, developer Bungie notes that " Destiny 2 is not supported for play on the Steam Deck or on any system utilizing Steam Play's Proton unless Windows is installed and running." Since Windows installation is currently not an option on the Steam Deck (due to some lingering driver issues), Destiny 2 players are simply left out of the Steam Deck party for the time being. That certainly seems to be the case for Destiny 2. For a handful of popular online multiplayer games, though, inherent limitations to anti-cheat support on Linux may prevent compatibility with SteamOS (and the vanilla Steam Deck) indefinitely. Further Reading Steam Deck: The comprehensive Ars Technica reviewIn our recent review of the Steam Deck portable console from Valve, we noted that continued updates to the company's Proton compatibility layer would help many games designed for Windows run well on the system's Linux-based SteamOS.
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