Shortly after the announcement of the Steam Deck, a hybrid between a PC and a portable console, the CEO ofEpic Games Tim Sweeney had congratulated Valve for the creation of his machinebased on an open architecture under linuxallowing users to enjoy Steambut also other programs, just like a real computer.
So, Will Fortnite be playable on the Steam Deck ? After all, it will be possible to install theEpic Games Store on the machine Valvethen the question arises, but Tim Sweeney has the answer, and it will disappoint the world. No, Fortnite will not be compatible on the Steam Deck, the fault isEasy Anti-Cheat. anti-cheat softwareEpic Games will be updated for the Steam Deck, but the studio does not want to render Fortnite compatible, for fear of having to manage too many different kernels, and because of the very large number of players of its Battle Royale free-to-play, providing an effective anti-cheating service would be impossible.
Furthermore, Tim Sweeney stated thathe would be happy to offer Fortnite directly on Steambut much less to leave 20 to 30% of its income to Valve. And as the firm of Gabe Newell does not seem to want to change policy, it is not about to happen. As a reminder, the first copies of the Steam Deck will arrive at the end of the month, and a user has already compared the PC/portable console to other machines (spoiler : it’s enormous). To play mobile at Fortnite it will be necessary to be satisfied with the mobile or Switch versions, a pack Cool Captions is sold €29.99 on Amazon.
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