After the launch of Steam Deck, some Destiny 2 players may also be on the official website to try to understand when Destiny 2 will support Steam Deck. At present, it seems that the answer may be "never". Bungie, the developer of the soon-to-be Sony subsidiary, recently released a bootstrap page in which they not only stated that the game would not support Steam Deck, but also warned that player accounts that tried to bypass the unsupported players would be banned.
The bootstrap page reads as follows:
"Unless Windows (the system) is installed and running, playing Destiny 2 on Steam Deck or any system using Steam Play Proton is not supported. Players who attempt to launch Destiny 2 on Steam Deck via SteamOS or Proton will not be able to enter the game and will be returned to their library for a short period of time.
Players who attempt to bypass Destiny 2 incompatibilities will be banned from the game. ”
According to the speculation of some netizens, this is not that Bungie does not want to support Steam Deck or "threatens" players not to use Steam Deck to play Destiny 2, but warns players for technical reasons.
Netizens speculate that the Proton layer used by Steam Deck is still based on the Linux system, and only allows the game to run on Linux, but Destiny 2's anti-cheat system may not be supported.
But opposition was soon raised. Because Destiny 2 currently uses BattlEye Anti-Cheat Software. Both BattleEye and V announced publicly last year that the anti-cheat software already supports Linux systems and Proton used by Steam Deck.
Bungie does not currently make any other explanations or declarations in this regard. Verge editor Tom Warren tweeted, "While BattlEye supports Proton and Steam Deck, that doesn't mean game developers will want to enable it. Thinking that There are risks and threats in Linux and custom kernels opening up Destiny 2, it seems that Bungie doesn't want to take that risk. ”