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    Steam Deck Will Not Support Fortnite

    By Christian PepitoFebruary 8, 20222 Mins Read
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    Epic’s battle royale video game Fortnite has been confirmed it will not be available on Steam Deck for a number of reasons.

    Epic Games CEO and Founder Tim Sweeney recently was asked by a Twitter user about plans to update the game to make “Proton/Wine” be compatible with EAC and BattleEye anti-cheat on Linux. Sweeney quickly said no to this, but he did say their development team made an effort to maximize Easy Anti Cheat compatibility with Steam Deck. It seems they were not successful on this, yet.

    Fortnite no, but there's a big effort underway to maximize Easy Anti Cheat compatibility with Steam Deck.

    — Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) February 7, 2022

    When the Twitter user asked for the reason that the game will not get an update for its compatibility with Steam Deck, Sweeney stated it would be challenging for them. “We don’t have confidence that we’d be able to combat cheating at scale under a wide array of kernel configurations including custom ones,” he said.

    We don’t have confidence that we’d be able to combat cheating at scale under a wide array of kernel configurations including custom ones.

    — Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) February 7, 2022

    It got a bit heated in the Twitter thread as some users said Sweeney was not confident of his own product. He did confirm that, but he had reason to do so. “With regard to anti-cheat on the Linux platform supporting custom kernels and the threat model to a game of Fortnite’s size, YES THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT!”

    With regard to anti-cheat on the Linux platform supporting custom kernels and the threat model to a game of Fortnite's size, YES THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT!

    — Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) February 7, 2022

    Another user speculated that this was not about compatibility. He thinks Sweeney just did not want their popular game to play on their rival’s platform. Sweeney then simply replied they would be happy to put Fortnite on Steam, but they would not be happy to give Steam the 20-30 percent of its revenue for the privilege. Supporting the Steam Deck though, he says, was a separate issue.

    Epic would be happy to put Fortnite on Steam. We wouldn't be happy to give Steam 20-30% of its revenue for the privilege. Supporting Steam Deck hardware is a separate issue, but the market for non-Steam-hosted games on limited availability Steam Deck hardware is how big exactly?

    — Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) February 8, 2022

    Fortnite is now available on PC, Android, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.

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    Christian Pepito

    Meet our dedicated gaming news writer, a true aficionado of hardcore JRPGs, PS1 Classics, and the thrill of stealth-action games. He enjoys playing the games he collects, friendly or competitive tabletop card games, and is constantly on the quest for the ultimate ramen experience.

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