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Re: Will the EA app have a Linux version available?

I have been playing SIMS4 on Linux for a long time now using Steam/Proton and the game plays perfectly. What breaks it is EVERY. SINGLE. TIME the EA App gets updated. I have to delete all the EA folders and force Steam to re-download it. I know the official line is that EA doesn't support Linux, but now with the Steam Deck becoming the go-to gaming platform for many people, is that position going to change so that the EA app downloads, install and updates properly under Linux? Or are you just going to leave it so that EA games are unplayable on the Steam Deck?

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Kleeways
Seasoned Rookie
2 months ago
I see this post has been moved to / buried in a five year old thread. People are speculating that EA's app breakage under Linux/Proton is deliberate/malicious and this action of moving my post so it's effectively buried adds weight to that belief. Can EA please explain why they refuse to make the app work properly under Linux. If EA will not support use of their games on Steam Deck can an explicit statement to that effect please be given. Because Steam are saying that these games are compatible and they actually are not compatible unless and until the EA App is compatible. So people are forking out money for something they believe will work and in fact, will not. I think this is an unfair way to treat people especially in these financially hard times. If EA will NOT be updating the app so that EA games can run on the deck then this is something the internet needs to know. I don't understand why on earth EA would wish to damage its market share in this way, but so be it. If that's the position can you please unequivocally say so.