Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without MS account

Re:Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows... by avazhi on Tuesday October 07, 2025 @03:56AM (#45500503)

Overwatch, Guild Wars 2, Valorant.

???

Oh right. ‘Except for games with anti cheats’ - so like, at least half the market lol, and more than 90% of games by game time.

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Re:Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows... by 63stack on Tuesday October 07, 2025 @04:30AM (#45500714)

Do you have anything more tangible than "lol"? Looking at the most played steam charts, there is about 10% that has anticheat that does not work on linux.

https://store.steampowered.com/charts/mostplayed

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Re:Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows... by chithanh on Tuesday October 07, 2025 @07:40AM (#45501914)

From the top 100 most played Steam games I count 26 (including 5 of the top 10) which are unplayable on Steam Deck for one reason or another.

But not all popular games are available on Steam, Fortnite or Rocket League are examples.

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Re:Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows... by 63stack on Tuesday October 07, 2025 @10:23AM (#45503431)

In the top 10 I see only 3: pubg, apex, and rust (no idea about delta force) but unplayable on the steam deck and whether the anticheat filters out linux are not the same.

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Re:Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows... by efreak on Wednesday October 08, 2025 @12:21AM (#45512032)

That's like complaining that your PlayStation games don't work on your Xbox.

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