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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 2 years ago by to c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

For me it's not about fortnite but more about fast-paced multiplayer on the steam deck

When I played Rocket league on the deck instead of my Desktop with Lan, higher resolution and much higher framerate I always felt as if I'm playing much worse than I usually do which is not fun in the slightest

It's a great console for singleplayer and more tactical multiplayer but whenever reading the screen in less than a second and reacting very fast to it in an online game is necessary that's not great...

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I generally suck at playing shooters with controllers but I was looking forward to try the Gyro controls for Fortnite.

    You can as a workaround play Fortnite on the Deck via XBox Live in a browser. But there you don't have Gyro controls :(

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Not sure what you mean by that, are you asking for a Linux variant of fortnite and other fps games or something else?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    No - I'm just saying that the delay in WIFI and the low framerate and small resolution of the screen makes the Steamdeck a sub-par choice for fast-paced games for me. It's fine if you are only playing on that device but if you also have a desktop to play at it's far worse imho

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Well yeah but his sentiment is about Linux in general especially with their store only being supported on windows (maybe Mac as well?). Idc about fortnite but would be nice if more companies take the effort to support or simply stop kicking Linux out.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago*

    I mean, yes I don't have a gaming machine but also I just find playing shooters more fun on the steam deck to be honest. I can also play it while in so many more contexts (not necessarily out and about, just even at home) that the loss in computing power and screen fidelity doesn't really bother me. Do I mostly use guns with scopes? Yes lol.... but whatev it works fine.

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