The only thing holding me back from pre-ordering is whether it’ll work well on the Steam Deck with SteamOS/Proton.
Most modern PvP games support it — Helldivers 2, CS2, you name it.
But CoD and BF2042 still don’t, so I’m not sure if I should pull the trigger yet.
I am sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but this has been answered:
https://www.ea.com/games/battlefield/battlefield-6/faq
There is currently no dedicated support for Steam Deck for Battlefield 6.
It's not going to happen as the anticheat cant run on Linux
carsono311 it didn’t sound like a question, more like a statement. It doesn’t really matter what EA says anyway.
That’s such a frustrating feeling. It honestly seems like one of those cartel-type moves between companies, forcing us to buy another system just to use a product that shouldn’t depend on it in the first place.
I don’t buy the “kernel-level anti-cheat” excuse, because we can play Battlefield 6 on PlayStation, which is a Unix-based system.
So why can’t we, as a society, just agree (not by law, just as a convention) that software should support open-source systems like Linux, either natively or through Proton? Why should a game I paid good money for ban me just because I don’t want to buy a proprietary system that has nothing to do with gaming or EA?
I bought the game. I should be able to play it wherever I want (PC-wise), as long as I’m not cheating.
Partly because it isn't worth the dev cost for a small fraction of a % of users. If there ends up being a groundswell of users that takes over a noticeable portion of the prospective buyers, then they will spend the money working to have it work on that system. Unfortunately, it's a bit of a chicken and egg situation.
