Fortnite on Steam Deck: According to Tim Sweeney, Epic will not support Fortnite on Steam Deck due to anti-cheat issues. Steam Deck hardware support is a separate issue, but the market for non-Steam games with limited availability is a new issue, according to several experts.
If the Steam Deck makes its way and becomes massive over time, well, maybe Epic will think differently in the future. The article talks about the news that confirms that Epic does not support Fortnite on the Steam Deck for various reasons.
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Fortnite no Steam Deck
Steam Deck is an upcoming gaming laptop 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 value of 7,5 watts 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 cooperation |
| Terraria | Open World Survival, Sandbox, 2D |
| ARK: Evolved Survival | Adventure, Survival, Action, Massively Multiplayer |
The current Steam Deck has a more powerful GPU and more memory bandwidth than the mini PC, although the CPU is a little weaker. The GPU in the Steam Deck, meanwhile, uses the latest RDNA 2 architecture. The graphics chip spans eight cores and can reach clock speeds between 1,0 to 1,6 GHz.
However, Sweeney described Linux as "a terribly difficult audience to serve, given the variety of incompatible configurations". Asked if it would be possible to enable compatibility for SteamOS only, he said: "Linux is already a small market and if you break it down by blessed kernel versions, it's even smaller."
It might not be worth it for Epic to work on security for what will be a comparatively small 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 your 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 choice – including Windows and other stores.”
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