After the BattleEye anti-cheat update, GTA 5 became unsupported on Steam Deck devices which fueled outrage among fans.
GTA V has been at the top of the most-played game on Steam Deck for such a long time, the problem is that it’s too darn popular. That’s why its online multiplayer has been the reason for contention with cheaters, which led Rockstar to implement an anti-cheat system called BattlEye.
BattlEye is an anti-cheating software. The use of the software keeps on eradicating fraudulent activities by these cheating players in games developed. This software has ensured the effectiveness of combating cheats in many titles while seeming to have had fallout for users of Steam Deck.
Due to the incompatibility with Steam Deck, GTA V’s page on Steam has now put a warning on it, indicating that it is “unsupported.” This unexpected move has left gamers puzzled and frustrated as many of them have enjoyed playing their games on handheld devices.
Rockstar has attempted to pass the blame to Valve by pointing out that the cause of incompatibility is on Valve’s side since the Steam Deck does not support BattlEye for GTA Online. That is somewhat contrary to previous statements by Valve in which it declared in no uncertain terms that BattlEye can easily be enabled on the Steam Deck games.
The ambiguity of Rockstar on why the incompatibility issue has created not just more confusion but a cloud of confusion over the heads of the gamers. Despite this, the single-player mode in GTA V remains open to gamers, although most of the players cannot enjoy their multiplayer mode games.
