Ghost of Tsushima Legends will be unavailable on Steam Deck...

[Dragon]

You may notice that Steam marks the game as 'Unsupported' for Steam Deck. This is due to the Legends co-op multiplayer mode requiring Windows to access PlayStation Network integrated features.

- From the New Blog Post Update

Why is Sony selling a game with an entire game mode being unavalable on the official Steam handheld? Screw Steam Deck owners i guess....

Jesus Christ Sony, removing 180 countries and now this.

[DeathStrike]

still playing it on my deck

[Hoodie SZN]

Yeah that is unacceptable

[shakeyourbunny]

You left out "multi player". The standard single-player game is fine.

https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/ghost-of-tsushima-steam-deck-unsupported

[Dragon]

Originally posted by shakeyourbunny:

You left out "multi player". The standard single-player game is fine.

https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/ghost-of-tsushima-steam-deck-unsupported

Legends is the multiplayer

[Hoodie SZN]

Originally posted by shakeyourbunny:

You left out "multi player". The standard single-player game is fine.

https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/ghost-of-tsushima-steam-deck-unsupported

You left out reading OP's post.

Originally posted by Dragon:

- From the New Blog Post Update

Why is Sony selling a game with an entire game mode being unavalable on the official Steam handheld? Screw Steam Deck owners i guess....

[potato]

cause the steam deck is not an officially supported platform, they couldn't care less if you can't play it on it

[Sedgendary]

I mean as a Steam Deck owner you are already aware that not all games are going to work on it

[Hoodie SZN]

Originally posted by potato:

cause the steam deck is not an officially supported platform, they couldn't care less if you can't play it on it

Correct. They also couldn't care less about you being able to play the game and any Sony games going forward in an unsupported region.

[Xengre]

Originally posted by Dragon:

Why is Sony selling a game with an entire game mode being unavalable on the official Steam handheld? Screw Steam Deck owners i guess....

Okay, I can understand some of the outrage about the countries but this one... isn't fair to pin on Sony or any developer. Steam Deck runs on Linux. Technically, almost no game by almost any developer is officially supported on Linux so any complaints when you can't play a game there, it is blocked, DRM doesn't work on it, or any other technical / problems can't be pushed on the developer. This is especially so when they have a lot of code, quite possibly spaghettified just to make it work without substantial effort, tied in that makes modifying it to run even just the single player potentially not ideal.

Blame Linux nearly non-existent gaming install base of users, instead. Some devs are nice enough to go the extra mile to smooth support out even slightly but most don't because it is statistically financially not worth the effort. Linux/Steam deck gamers are essentially a grain of sand in a vast desert.

It is unfortunate but it is a reasonable reality. Blame Valve for using Linux, instead.

Fortunately, they have actually announced the Steam Deck will, indeed, allow you to play the single player portion https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/ghost-of-tsushima-steam-deck-unsupported


From Nixxes Twitter/X post:

Steam Deck support

We know many of you are eager to play Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut on handheld gaming devices like the Steam Deck. We're happy to share that the single player experience, including the Iki Island expansion, can be enjoyed on Steam Deck and similar handheld gaming PCs as we’ve worked extensively to optimize performance and deliver the best possible experience on these devices.

You may notice that Steam marks the game as 'Unsupported' for Steam Deck. This is due to the Legends co-op multiplayer mode requiring Windows to access PlayStation Network integrated features.

[Tomatokek]

maybe they will refund steam deck owners and remove their copies forcefully too.

[Amvorn]

Originally posted by a passerby:

Originally posted by Dragon:

Why is Sony selling a game with an entire game mode being unavalable on the official Steam handheld? Screw Steam Deck owners i guess....

This is handled by Valve, not Sony. Every developer only needs to care that their game is available on Steam.

This was already debunked by Valve... they said it was Sony's choice.

[The Hobbit (Bilbo)]

It was one of the few games I wanted to play from Sony, but since I wanted to play it on the deck and there is no multiplayer for us on purpose, I think I'm not going to buy this game neither other games from Sony.

In some other games which doesnt work on the deck, at least I have the option to use geforce now ultimate, but Sony doesn't want to bring their games there neither.

If they dont want my money and the money from a lot of users, they will see.

I think they are starting to settle themselves in a complicated position with the love of the steam users, such as for example Ubisoft.

Maybe it won't impact the sales of their games right now, but we will see in a few months/years.

[VonFIDDE]

Steamdeck.. pfft perhaps time to get the real deal switch :D rumors are that the switch 2 will be below any standard still but.. you will be able to play nintendo games.

[CrazyLamer]

Originally posted by VonFIDDE:

Steamdeck.. pfft perhaps time to get the real deal switch :D rumors are that the switch 2 will be below any standard still but.. you will be able to play nintendo games.

Steam deck can also play nintendo games, as a matter of fact every single nintendo game that's ever been released ^_^

[VonFIDDE]

Originally posted by CrazyLamer:

Originally posted by VonFIDDE:

Steamdeck.. pfft perhaps time to get the real deal switch :D rumors are that the switch 2 will be below any standard still but.. you will be able to play nintendo games.

Steam deck can also play nintendo games, as a matter of fact every single nintendo game that's ever been released ^_^

Nintendo will hunt you now :D.