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Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney was asked by Verge why there is no support for the Steam Deck for Fortnite (lemmy.ml)

submitted 10 months ago by mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml

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[–] DingoBilly@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Lmao at one of the most popular.

I don't agree that Epic doesn't have enough resources, but realistically Linux makes up such a tiny proportion of systems I don't blame any other developer for not supporting it. Would be a waste of resources.

[–] Phen@lemmy.eco.br 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Well Linux is certainly one of the top 3 most popular pc operating systems.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Yup, with ~2% market share. That's like a fart in the wind, you'll probably smell it, but it's not worth actively doing anything about.

I love Linux and use it 100% outside of work (macOS at work), but I also 100% appreciate how little large companies care about it since it doesn't even make a dent either way to their profits. We're a rounding error to them, and until we get more marketshare, it'll continue to be that way.

I wish they would support Linux, but I honestly only see risks and not many benefits to Epic to do so. Steam dominates Linux, so EGS probably wouldn't make a dent there, and the costs to fix potential bugs that enable cheaters on Linux is probably higher than the revenue they expect to make (at least compared to other ways they could spend their resources).