Disappointed by Battlefield 6’s Lack of Linux Support

I second this,

I want to enjoy Battlefield 6, it looks like an impressive step in the right direction for Battlefield. I was excited to play the open Beta this and next weekend and probably buy the game at launch; however, EA has decided to not just ignore but blatantly slap Linux users in the face.

Anti-Cheat does not need to have command and control access to people's system to prevent cheating. Easy Anti Cheat, in-game reporting, vote to kicks have worked fine for many games, (Counter-Strike 2, . I see no reason that EA needs to make an anti-consumer product like Battlefield 6.

With the growing Linux playerbase on PC and on mobile platforms like the Steam Deck I hope that EA will turn around. Though likely with the recent change to Apex Legends I do not see this happening, and instead see a failing EA die slowly to producing more and more anti-consumer products.

Went to install the beta and was met with this error.  Clearly there's no support for Linux gamers and it's disappointing.  I am posting in all the places I can think of to get the attention of the devs.  Would love to check this upcoming game out, but looks like at this moment in time I'm SOL :(

That sucks, i hope they fix it asap

It comes off as intentional because it knows I'm on linux but doesn't even give it a chance saying "Wine, Proton, and Steam Deck are not supported by this application."

No, there is currently no support for Linux due to component incompatibility with the OS.

The game may still come to GeForce Now or may even receive Linux support at a later date… I would keep checking in.

100% a deal-breaker. No sale for me until play on Linux is supported.

I also will not be able to purchase Battlefield 6 since I use Linux. Would love to see support

Linux is great, no denial of it (I am using it for some things, too), but let's face it - it's not the best system for gaming as it still is for a very minor group of players and so there aren't many natively supported games, because it's simply not worth it for developers/publishers. I wouldn't expect BF6 will be any different in that regard.

I wouldn't bank on it, many anti-cheats are incompatible with Linux as an OS. I hope that it gets resolved so that there's a wider range of folks possible to play on their steam decks (for Battlefield, but other games like FallGuys, etc) but until the population is big enough that it can't be ignored I don't see it happening, unfortunately.

I'm in the same boat, I have purchased every single Battlefield game released since the much loved BF3, sunk hundreds of hours into this franchise.

But I just refuse to use Windows or run any kind of untrusted, random software with ring 0 privilege.

Sad to see that many publishers are still using this approach, no game is worth it to compromise my computer and data.

There has to be an other way of doing this, but it's not my job to figure it out.