According to Bungie’s latest update to its Destiny 2 help blog, the game will offer no support or functionality on Valve’s SteamOS operating system. On its own, this might not be a total deal-breaker as players may look for alternative ways to get Destiny 2 to run on the Steam Deck, but Bungie seems to have taken the situation to an even further, and somewhat unexpected level.
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Official Bungie sources have now confirmed that Destiny 2 will not work on Valve’s handheld gaming PC, similar to how Fortnite won’t be updated for Steam Deck, either. The Bungie help page specifically denotes that the popular looter-shooter would not run on any PC running Valve’s new SteamOS operating system, or through the widely supported Steam Play Proton translation layer. Players attempting to run Destiny 2 this way will simply be booted back to their library, according to Bungie.
What’s more, even though Steam Deck is compatible with Easy Anti-Cheat, which Destiny 2 uses, Bungie will also take things a step further if players attempt to somehow bypass the game’s platform lockout. The help article mentions that, if someone were to figure out a way to run Destiny 2 on SteamOS, they would be met with a prompt game ban. In fact, Bungie claims that the only way to play Destiny 2 on Steam Deck is to install Windows on the device.
Such a hard line approach to blocking Steam Deck owners out of playing Destiny 2 is strange, especially considering Valve’s claims that getting EAC-enabled games working on Steam Deck is a simple and straightforward process that shouldn’t take up much developer time at all. Apex Legends, for one, also uses EAC, and is already running perfectly fine on Valve’s new handheld PC.
Following the wild success of Destiny 2’s Witch Queen DLC, which is now being widely regarded as potentially the best Destiny release of all time, the game’s community is already curious as to what reason Bungie could have to take this approach towards the Steam Deck and SteamOS, specifically. Considering Destiny 2’s ongoing memory leak issues, however, the team may have concerns about supporting a new operating system, though there has been no official explanation offered in any way, shape, or form.
Destiny 2 is available on PC, PS4, PS5, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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Source: Bungie
