The Steam Deck can’t play Fortnite, Destiny 2, Genshin Impact, and a handful of other (mostly online, often free-to-play) games with anti-cheat not enabled.
It’s not because it technically could not, it’s because those game companies don’t let it.
All the various anti-cheat things are supported by the Steam Deck. It’s just a bad policy decision by the game maker to not enable it for Linux, including the Steam Deck.
To be clear: There are several f2p games and other games with anti-cheat that are enabled for the Steam Deck.
And: I do have a Steam Deck and also game ony desktop PC that runs Fedora Linux. And every game I care about (aside from Fortnite, which my nephews play) runs well.
So I basically agree, but I’m pointing out a few very small exceptions.
The Steam Deck can’t play Fortnite, Destiny 2, Genshin Impact, and a handful of other (mostly online, often free-to-play) games with anti-cheat not enabled.
It’s not because it technically could not, it’s because those game companies don’t let it.
All the various anti-cheat things are supported by the Steam Deck. It’s just a bad policy decision by the game maker to not enable it for Linux, including the Steam Deck.
To be clear: There are several f2p games and other games with anti-cheat that are enabled for the Steam Deck.
And: I do have a Steam Deck and also game ony desktop PC that runs Fedora Linux. And every game I care about (aside from Fortnite, which my nephews play) runs well.
So I basically agree, but I’m pointing out a few very small exceptions.