There’s many different reasons (all of them ignorant or blatantly made in bad faith) but one that I recall off the top of my head is that, since Linux gives users more freedom and more control over their operating system and computer, playing on Linux makes it easier for you to cheat in games. They like that in Windows, there’s parts of the system that Microsoft simply doesn’t allow users to touch, because in some cases, they still can, so they can use that to implement things like rootkits sorry I mean “kernel-level anti-cheat” that users have no effective way of removing or bypassing.
I have always found this argument disingenuous. Cheaters still find a way. At the end of the day, if you don’t want cheaters, then play games with people you trust.
EA with Easy Anti- Cheat seems to be the most obvious. EAC games can certainly work on Linux with Proton, and do, until EA will push through updates that break it.
I couldn’t speculate as to why. My first guess would be to screw Steam, since EA runs their own storefront. My second guess is just plain indifference.
What is their reasoning?
There’s many different reasons (all of them ignorant or blatantly made in bad faith) but one that I recall off the top of my head is that, since Linux gives users more freedom and more control over their operating system and computer, playing on Linux makes it easier for you to cheat in games. They like that in Windows, there’s parts of the system that Microsoft simply doesn’t allow users to touch, because in some cases, they still can, so they can use that to implement things like
rootkitssorry I mean “kernel-level anti-cheat” that users have no effective way of removing or bypassing.I have always found this argument disingenuous. Cheaters still find a way. At the end of the day, if you don’t want cheaters, then play games with people you trust.
EA with Easy Anti- Cheat seems to be the most obvious. EAC games can certainly work on Linux with Proton, and do, until EA will push through updates that break it.
I couldn’t speculate as to why. My first guess would be to screw Steam, since EA runs their own storefront. My second guess is just plain indifference.