Destiny 2 Not For SteamOS - Gaming on Steam Deck Only With Windows
Devs at Bungie are not going to take care of verifying Destiny 2 for Steam Deck. What's more, the developers will be blocking accounts of users playing on SteamOS devices.
In recent weeks, more developers have boasted about checking compatibility of their games with Steam Deck. Meanwhile, Bungie announced account bans for playing Destiny 2 on Valve's portable computer or other devices running Proton software (which enables us to run games developed for Windows on Linux derivatives, including SteamOS).
As noted by users on Reddit, Bungie dedicated an passage to Steam Deck in a guide for playing Destiny 2 on Steam. It reads that the game can not be launched on SteamOS - trying to run D2 results in a return to our Steam game collection tab.
The only way to safely play Destiny 2 on Steam Deck is to install and run Windows on it. This option is already available in theory, but we are still waiting for fully optimized drivers. If anyone tries to bypass this limitation in any other way, they must expect to have their in-game account banned.
Destiny 2 on Steam Deck - cheater problem?
The developers have not explained what the problem with Steam Deck is. Internet users speculate that it all boils down to the anti-cheater solution.
- From August 2021 Destiny 2 uses BattlEye software. In theory, Valve had introduced, already in December, its integration with Proton, and activating the security feature on Steam Deck is supposed to be very easy (just send an email to the BattlEye team).
- User u/floatingatoll speculates that perhaps Bungie has some reservations about the BattleEye implementation in Proton, or simply about Linux being an open system (i.e. one where the source code is available to any user)
- Some Internet users doubt u/floatingatoll's explanation, pointing to the Internet user's lack of basic knowledge of Linux and Proton. However, they do not give an alternative reason why Bungie might have a problem with Destiny 2 on Steam Deck.
It is worth noting that not only Bungie dropped support for Valve's portable computer. The big absentee from Steam Deck is Fortnite, which Tim Sweeney - the president of Epic Games - explained by doubts about the operation of the anti-cheat on Linux.
