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The issue with multiplayer games isn't the game usually it's the anticheat. In R6:S case BattleEye; who have stated they only provide Linux clients for games wh

• zaarn 8y ago
  Maybe, they could also start supporting Steam Play games using Proton considering it's a native (ie, native to the steam platform) solution or detect and block the platform. Otherwise you'd have people getting banned for doing nothing wrong, which is something BE and all anticheats want to avoid at all costs.
  • synotna 8y ago
    Anticheat is an orthogonal problem, the issue is not having the system run but a completely separate stack of detections to build & maintain
    • zaarn 8y ago
      Not quite, the problem is that Anticheat regularly bans emulation software, ie Wine, and they don't really want to do anything about it. They could simply flip a switch and Wine would work with their Anticheat. Plus, they do have a separate stack for running on Linux in case the product supports Linux, so that's no excuse either.
• briffle 8y ago
  The same problem with Player Uknown Battlegrounds, and many other titles. It seems like once they can fix this, they will have many more titles that work.