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Epic won’t update Fortnite to run on the Steam Deck. Tim Sweeney says Linux is ‘a terrifically hard audience to serve’ (2022) (www.theverge.com)
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[-] unmagical@lemmy.ml 176 points 6 months ago

A terrifically hard audience to serve given the variety of incompatible configurations.

If your game doesn't work with my fully functional operating system (while others do), isn't it literally your game that's "incompatible?"

[-] snooggums@midwest.social 41 points 6 months ago

Plus it isn't like there aren't tons of compatibility issues with all the versions of hardware on PC.

[-] Subdivide6857@midwest.social 21 points 6 months ago

My kids, unfortunately, love the game, so I’ve kept up with performance a little bit. It seems they’re trying their best to make it run like trash. They can’t even support the few operating systems it does run on. I haven’t noticed any mind blowing graphics updates, but fps is around a third of what it used go be. Such a garbage company.

[-] atocci@lemmy.world 25 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The cartoonish artstyle might hide it a bit, but Fortnite is basically Epic's showcase of all the newest Unreal Engine tech. The move to UE5 a couple years ago brought with it all those new features and a huge leap in graphics. Fortnite has been around for a long time now, so the minimum performance targets are probably changing as tech and average system hardware improve. I don't actually play it, but it's pretty much a different game now compared to when BR mode was first released.

[-] Subdivide6857@midwest.social 6 points 6 months ago

That explains the consistent decline in performance. Thanks for the info.

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