Epic to not support Fortnite on Steam Deck
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Epic to not support Fortnite on Steam Deck
Fortnite on Steam Deck: According to Tim Sweeney, Epic won’t support Fortnite on Steam Deck due to anti-cheat problems. Supporting Steam Deck hardware is a separate issue, but the market for non-Steam-hosted games on limited availability is a new issue according to several experts.
If the Steam Deck blazes a trail for itself and becomes massive in time, well, maybe Epic will think differently in the future. The article talks about the news that confirms Epic to not support Fortnite on Steam Deck due to several reasons.
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Fortnite on Steam Deck
The Steam Deck is an upcoming handheld gaming computer developed by Valve Corporation in cooperation with Advanced Micro Devices. With a 45-watt power supply, Valve says the Steam Deck can charge and play at the same time, and power 7.5-watt worth of external peripherals.
| Games that can Run on Steam Deck (SteamOS) | Genre |
|---|---|
| Stardew Valley | Farming Sim, Life Sim, RPG (Pixel graphics) |
| Valheim | Open World Survival, Online co-op |
| Terraria | Open World Survival, Sandbox, 2D |
| ARK: Survival Evolved | Adventure, Survival, Action, Massively Multiplayer |
The actual Steam Deck has a more powerful GPU and more memory bandwidth than the mini PC, although the CPU is a bit weaker. The GPU on the Steam Deck, meanwhile, uses the newer RDNA 2 architecture. The graphics chip spans eight cores and can reach clock speeds between 1.0 to 1.6GHz.
However, Sweeney described Linux as “a terrifically hard audience to serve given the variety of incompatible configurations.” Asked whether it would be possible to enable compatibility just for SteamOS, he said “Linux is a small market already and if you subdivide it by blessed kernel versions then it’s even smaller.”
It may not be worth Epic’s while to put in the work on security for what will be a comparatively tiny audience, at least at first. “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.
Sweeney hailed the Steam Deck as an “amazing move by Valve” when it was first announced, calling it “an open platform where users are free to install software [of] their choosing — including Windows and other stores.”
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