Bungie explains why they didn’t support Steam Decks: Destiny 2 is still a viral game even though it has been around for more than four and a half years and has had a lot of significant changes. People who play Bungie’s games on different platforms and use technologies like cross-platform play and Stadia cloud streaming have been able to stay in touch with the company.
But even Bungie seems to have a limit to it. In Destiny 2, Valve’s new handheld device called the Steam Deck will not work with the game. In the most recent This Week at Bungie, Bungie explains why they do what they do.
To start, Bungie talks about one of its top priorities for developing Destiny 2. Bungie says that its goal is to keep Destiny 2 safe and secure. Bungie is talking about protecting the integrity of the game when they say “secure environment.”
Hacking is the biggest threat to Destiny 2’s integrity. But it’s also essential to make sure the game is stable and works as it should. Bungie talks about working with BattlEye to ensure this integrity keeps, maybe showing how important it is.
Bungie makes it clear that it doesn’t trust the Steam Deck platform to keep its games safe from what it calls “bad actors.” Bungie doesn’t say why the Steam Deck can’t lock at this time, but it does say that Steam OS and Linux aren’t supported. As long as Bungie doesn’t decide Destiny 2, including its BattlEye anti-cheat system, Destiny 2 won’t run on the Steam Deck.
Bungie explains why they didn’t support Steam Decks
There are a lot more consequences for Destiny 2 players, though. They won’t be able to play on Steam Deck, but there are many more consequences. In the end, Steam Deck is a very open platform. People will still try to play Destiny 2 even if they fail.
No, Bungie is taking things a step further. This tells you that using Steam Deck to play Destiny 2 will “trigger” the game’s security measures and make the player a possible threat. In other words, they could ban.
This isn’t the first time Bungie has made a big announcement. Players want multiplayer games to be completely safe. In today’s overcrowded gaming world, a reputation for hacking can be the death knell of a multiplayer game that isn’t careful. It can’t be sure that Destiny 2 would be safe on Steam Deck. So it has to treat it as a risk.
The news is terrible for Destiny 2 players who already own a Steam Deck or plan to become more common. However, Bungie hasn’t completely closed the door on future support for the game. People who use Steam Deck can be happy that Bungie is looking into other platforms. Which is as good news as possible.
Whether or not Bungie will support the Steam Deck in the future could depend on how well the platform does and how well players like it, so don’t give up just yet.
Destiny 2 is now available on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. It is also available on Xbox One.
