Were you hoping to play Destiny 2 on Steam Deck or a Linux desktop using Proton? Well, you're currently out of luck. Their updated Steam Guide has a newer section just for Steam Deck and it's not good news.
Like a lot of bigger games, they don't support Linux either natively or at all and right now it appears they don't have any plans to either. It reads:
Destiny 2 is not supported for play on the Steam Deck or on any system utilizing Steam Play's Proton unless Windows is installed and running. Players who attempt to launch Destiny 2 on the Steam Deck through SteamOS or Proton will be unable to enter the game and will be returned to their game library after a short time.
Players who attempt to bypass Destiny 2 incompatibility will be met with a game ban.
I've already seen a few places jump on that last line but it's pretty normal. Anyone who works around anti-cheat in online games, would face a ban. I mean, that's obvious really isn't it?
Note: Destiny 2 already has a full Linux port, since it runs on Stadia and it was properly ported for it.
For Destiny 2 to work with Proton if they decided not to bring over their Stadia Linux port to Steam, one thing Bungie would need to do is speak to BattlEye which it now uses, although that's only supposed to be a little email away to get hooked up.
Meanwhile, I don't want to hype it up too much just yet but Apex Legends now works on Linux with Proton and the Steam Deck. I even captured a little rough video for you. No confirmation yet to be clear so it's not official as far as I am concerned, so I'm hoping it's not another case of a game that will stop working in a day or two like has happened previously with multiple games. Given the Steam Deck is here though, and Apex had a dedicated Steam Deck branch we saw on SteamDB — I remain hopeful on that.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Quoting: Spl-itQuoting: AussieEeveeBut threatening a ban on players that manage to get the game running under proton is just scummy, Bungie and that makes you one of the scummiest companies in the industry.
They're not. They threaten people that disable the anti cheat with a ban.
Erm... no?
They're threatening people running the game on Linux with a ban:
QuotePlayers who attempt to bypass Destiny 2 incompatibility will be met with a game ban.
This might be due to fear of cheating, but includes all people who just want to play, and it doesn't even mention anything about cheating.
I've played about 20 hours of Destiny 2 on Stadia, but I won't pay a penny for D2 content on that platform. I'd happily drop the £60 for all three expansions on Steam though... if they just turned on EAC/BE support for Proton.
As others have said - their loss.
Quoting: AussieEeveeQuoting: CFWhitmanthe reason for not using that version is because they can't control Linux machines that other people run like Stadia servers can be controlled. They have the 'Linux is a cheating risk' mindset.
I've heard this argument before, but the same applies to the entire PC ecosystem, not just Linux.
A quick google finds me a Forbes article saying that anger over Destiny 2 cheating is reaching a tipping point.(Apr 2020)
And a player one article saying that cheaters have returned despite new anti-cheat measures (Oct 2021).
I assume the majority of these cheaters are on the Windows platform.
I didn't say that they were correct. I just said that was their mindset. There are some that see Linux as a cracker's OS.
Mohandevir Mar 2, 2022
Last edited by Mohandevir on 3 March 2022 at 6:32 pm UTC
QuoteI've already seen a few places jump on that last line but it's pretty normal. Anyone who works around anti-cheat in online games, would face a ban. I mean, that's obvious really isn't it?Though it's disappointing to see Bungie not making use of the work that they already did for Stadia (Destiny 2 is not my sort of game, but I know that there are plenty of people who do enjoy it), this reasonable attitude is why I love reading GOL so much - it's refreshing to see a gaming site not leaning into clickbait. Major kudos, Liam.
areamanplaysgame Mar 2, 2022
Quoting: KithopI mean, has Destiny 2 even been relevant since they started removing people's access to expansion they paid for and then went hard on the monetization bent? I know I stopped playing around the whole New Light F2P thing. :/
Yes. It's still very relevant. It is still one of the most played live service games.
FWIW, I think they remove old content in order to keep the download to a manageable size. People who are paying for the new expansions aren't that excited about running the old missions another thousand times anyway.
areamanplaysgame Mar 2, 2022
Quoting: omer666For a company that started as a mac-exclusive, it is pretty goofy to be so hostile.
It's not especially hostile. The point is in order to make it work right now, you would have to defeat anti-cheat. Obviously they can't say that's OK.
While I am disappointed that they are not putting in the very little effort it would take to make the game playable on Linux, it's just business.
areamanplaysgame Mar 2, 2022
Quoting: SuperTuxDestiny 2 is dead to me. I'll wait for the official go ahead to check out Apex Legends.
Apex Legends is not really a similar game at all unless you only play Destiny PvP. There is no PvE content in Apex at all.
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