GamingSteam Deck could be a very expensive paperweight for Apex and Fortnite players
Valve have announced their handheld PC gaming machine this week and oh boy the Steam Deck excitement is in the air. A handheld PC has all sorts of possibilities. It means we'll have a handheld that supports mods, which will be rad. Until Valve are able to sort out compatibility though, we could have a handheld that doesn't support several notable multiplayer games. Valve are currently working on getting support for the anti-cheat software required by such big names as Fortnite and Apex Legends prior to the Deck's launch.
Like their former Steam Machine system, the Steam Deck will run on Linux, not Windows. It will use a compatibility layer called Proton to run Windows games on Linux, a fork off of the Wine compatibility layer. Trouble is, not all games are compatible with Proton, though Valve say they're working on it.
"The team has been working on and improving Proton for a while now, and it has a large amount of coverage," according to Steam's current documentation. "Most APIs are already supported by Proton, and most games work out of the box. We're continuing to improve Proton compatibility, and our goal is to get as close to full coverage as possible."
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