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Seasoned Newcomer

4 months ago

Linux/Steam Deck Support - Please Reconsider with Steam Machine Coming

Hey Respawn and EA team, I want to talk about the Linux block from October 2024. I get that cheating is a serious problem, but I think this decision needs another look - especially with Valve's Stea...

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evertonstz

Seasoned Newcomer

3 months ago

I simply stopped buying EA games because of this. I used to play on Steam Deck. Thanks EA for always being awful!

Midnight9746

Hero+

3 months ago

memesis_one wrote:
Valve is going all-in on SteamOS with the Steam Machine. Linux gaming is actually becoming a real thing. Other developers see this and are supporting it. Blocking an entire platform while competitors embrace it seems short-sighted.

memesis_one While that may be true, Valve also said that you can install any OS onto their Steam Machine and that they, (Valve), won't stop you from doing so, (meaning that players can just install and use the Windows OS, which would then mean that Respawn wouldn't need to re-enable Linux support).

Note: I'm not defending Respawn's decision to block the Linux OS, I'm just saying that they, (Respawn), wouldn't really have much of a reason to bring it back.