Valve’s upcoming Steam Deck might be great for games you already own, but don’t expect it to keep up with next-gen titles.
That's all folks. EA anticheat has now been added into Battlefield V, so it's the end of being able to play it on Steam Deck and other Linux systems.
This joins the likes of Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition, EA SPORTS FC 24, EA SPORTS FIFA 23, Battlefield 2042 and Madden NFL 24 that all have EA's own homegrown anti-cheat that make them simply unplayable on systems running Linux.
Now if you try to run it, you'll be greeted with an error. A shame to see a game that's multiple years old get broken like this and no doubt EA will continue to use their own EA anticheat in future online games. Battlefield 1 is still okay, and Apex Legends is also still running but perhaps it's only a matter of time before EA force it onto those too?
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Yes counter cheating that is good but when the ea app on pc is still totally broken and these cheaters are on 2042 same anti cheat this is just putting scotch tape on trumps file cabinet to prevent leaks its nothing more than a stop gap.
I mention ea app as for 4years it was in beta then tossed out with 3 year old issues and i still cant not get the products that i purchased on origin yeah i purchased digital but guess what there is no dvd games on pc anymore.
The rough part of all of this is that for those of us on PC mostly be it Windows or Linux based, the anti-cheat sucks up a lot of resources. It kind of reminds me of the conversation between, security and freedom. Too much of ether is both good if managed well or very bad. We just as gamers keep seeing this pop up over and over again. Wish I had some magic wand to stop cheaters... but I don't... hell we just seen what happened with Apex at a high level event.. getting that kind of access and such is not good... but at the same time. Can anyone, one person provide me an example where Anti Cheat has even like a hit rate above 50? I know I'm pulling numbers out of my ass, but it seems the cheaters beat the systems in place time and time again. Where there is a lock, and a smith to make it. We always will have a thief that breaks it.
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eXputer: "With Steam Deck's popularity and affordability being second to none, it's about time it receives native Game Pass to expand its depth."
Important note this is only giving users access to cloud streaming games not full fat installation of PC versions.
Obviously if Microsoft were to figure out a way to offer uwp apps or translate to run on native steamdeck it's preferable but for the moment it's at least an option
I had to buy a 2tb m 2 drive from AliExpress and dual boot windows from it to get Gamepass native. Would be great if we didn't have to go through such extremes to get additional stores on the deck.
*yawn* more fawning over MS's GaaS sub... Why bring that onto a great platform that is actually trying to "sell" games to consumers. Get a streaming handheld or something for that trash, like the Logitech G.
no it can't..
I dont see why it wouldnt. Modern games are being built with scalability in mind. To run on the widest range of hardware configurations available.
I don't think the hardware itself is going to be a issue. Because they are at the end of the day PC games. Meaning that they will have scalability in mind. So at the worst case scenario people will just have to drop the settings down or go from 60fps to 30fps to keep on playing. However we might run a issue with software like with the new direct storage from Microsoft. As that is probably not covered by the Proton. But only time will tell about that one.
The bit about storage space is mostly a non-issue though. Valve already showed the games running from a SD card and it looked fine. And if people want more proof they can just try right now on their own computers.
Phones have reached well beyond 500 dollars for a few years now. Some are 1000+, but all regardless of their cost do the exact same thing. Some do it slightly faster others are slower. They slap 100 different cameras charge you 1500 meanwhile my 250 dollar phone does everything your expensive phone does. You know what you can get for 1500? A decent computer.
Despite being on the market for over a decade smart phones haven't reached PC levels of complexity. The tech has been held back due to features being locked behind paywalls and closed architecture. Android may be the exception due to being a more open system but even then you can only benefit if you're willing to root or jailbreak your phone.
The deck will be seen as a gaming device but this might be what finally pushes portable smart devices to actual advances. Actual PCs in the palm of your hand and not an over priced selfie camera
If you don’t mind running 2021 and beyond triple A releases at low settings and 30fps then sure.