It is well known that Tim Sweeney has an unfounded hate for Linux in general and routinely makes up lies to support his idiotic views.
Especially in the case of a game like Fortnite, which uses EAC, it would require enabling a checkbox and recompiling once to make it compatible with proton, which in itself is a rather unnecessary measure imposed by Epic.
So no, it’s not simplistic, it’s literally how it would work in this case. As demonstrated by the countless other games which use EAC and did just that.
I think in this thread we’ve both proven your point about echo chambers on Lemmy… People on here do not seem to realize that 2.5-3% of all desktops is not a great market to get into and that the vast majority of those 2.5% are not even interested in playing the damn game. I also find it funny that so many people on here seem to hate Epic Games saying they would never buy anything from yet they are still very angry they don’t support Linux, like it would affect them.
However, Fortnite makes so much money that it wouldn’t be a hardship at all for them to do it. It may not be as profitable as other things they could do, but I think it would be a good gesture.
But Epic really doesn’t benefit if the Deck succeeds, especially since they don’t have a store there. It doesn’t really hurt them that much though, but they have no reason to facilitate Deck adoption.
Except if they did enable Fortnite on Deck… As the game is not on steam, people who want to play it would be encouraged to install the epic store on their Decks (which IS possible, and already something people do to play other games from the Epic store on Deck), which would give Epic an in on SteamDeck.
Enabling EACs proton support for Fortnite would be a means to get their foot in the door with Deck players, but you’re saying they wont do it because they don’t have a foot in with Deck players?
I’m saying they won’t do it because it requires work and they don’t think the market is big enough. As you noted, the process for getting EGS on Linux (Deck or otherwise) isn’t straightforward, so few people would do it, which makes the market even smaller.
And it’s not just enabling an option once, they would also need to do some level of QA testing to make sure it’s playable and not easily exploitable by cheaters on Linux. That all costs time and money.
So I completely understand why they wouldn’t bother, the profit just isn’t there. I still think they should, I just understand why they don’t.
I love Lemmy, but it’s quickly becoming a vacuum chamber of blind hate for certain people and topics.
While yah, some of that statement is bs. Not all of it is false.
Shit like “JusT ENabLE PRoTon!” Is ridiculously simplistic and not how anything works. Otherwise every game everywhere would just do it.
It is well known that Tim Sweeney has an unfounded hate for Linux in general and routinely makes up lies to support his idiotic views.
Especially in the case of a game like Fortnite, which uses EAC, it would require enabling a checkbox and recompiling once to make it compatible with proton, which in itself is a rather unnecessary measure imposed by Epic.
So no, it’s not simplistic, it’s literally how it would work in this case. As demonstrated by the countless other games which use EAC and did just that.
I think in this thread we’ve both proven your point about echo chambers on Lemmy… People on here do not seem to realize that 2.5-3% of all desktops is not a great market to get into and that the vast majority of those 2.5% are not even interested in playing the damn game. I also find it funny that so many people on here seem to hate Epic Games saying they would never buy anything from yet they are still very angry they don’t support Linux, like it would affect them.
Agreed.
However, Fortnite makes so much money that it wouldn’t be a hardship at all for them to do it. It may not be as profitable as other things they could do, but I think it would be a good gesture.
But Epic really doesn’t benefit if the Deck succeeds, especially since they don’t have a store there. It doesn’t really hurt them that much though, but they have no reason to facilitate Deck adoption.
Except if they did enable Fortnite on Deck… As the game is not on steam, people who want to play it would be encouraged to install the epic store on their Decks (which IS possible, and already something people do to play other games from the Epic store on Deck), which would give Epic an in on SteamDeck.
Enabling EACs proton support for Fortnite would be a means to get their foot in the door with Deck players, but you’re saying they wont do it because they don’t have a foot in with Deck players?
I’m saying they won’t do it because it requires work and they don’t think the market is big enough. As you noted, the process for getting EGS on Linux (Deck or otherwise) isn’t straightforward, so few people would do it, which makes the market even smaller.
And it’s not just enabling an option once, they would also need to do some level of QA testing to make sure it’s playable and not easily exploitable by cheaters on Linux. That all costs time and money.
So I completely understand why they wouldn’t bother, the profit just isn’t there. I still think they should, I just understand why they don’t.