Last week came out the extension The Witch Queen for Destiny 2 and the Season of the Reborn, so far nothing surprising. At the same time, the Steam Deck was launched, this device acting as a hybrid between a PC and a portable game console. Necessarily, the idea of having the game of Bungie “in the pocket” and playing it anywhere in good conditions is exciting (we can play it on PSVita via Remote Play, but this is far from optimal). Except that… it is not possible and if you try to circumvent the concern to launch it on the machine of Valveyou risk being banned !
The news could have gone unnoticed by the general public, unless you have a problem and go digging, because the mention of this sanction is only present on the help page dedicated to Steam on BungieHelp.
Steam Deck and Destiny 2
Destiny 2 is not compatible with Steam Deck or any other system that uses Proton software for Steam Play. Players attempting to launch Destiny 2 on the Steam Deck will be unable to access the game and will be returned to their game library after a short time.
Players attempting to circumvent this Destiny 2 incompatibility will receive a ban.
But why this rejection of the Steam Deck when Bungie wish that Destiny 2 remains playable by the greatest number and on a maximum of platforms, even after its acquisition by sony ? The answer was obvious, the problem comes from BattleEyethe anti-cheat solution that was implemented last year, which also uses Fortnitealso not compatible with the console of Valve. It is therefore for the sake of security that this approach takes place, Linux probably offering too many possible flaws, and we fully understand that the studio has other things to do than having to manage a concern that it can avoid in n ‘simply not allowing the game to be launched via SteamOS, especially since the number of Steam Deck owners wanting to play Destiny 2 must be small relative to the community as a whole.
In short, if you want to take advantage of Destiny 2 and the excellent extension The Witch Queenit’s happening on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows PC and Stadia. Gamesplanet offers this new content for €35.99.
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