The Steam Deck was a huge hit for Valve, opening up the world of PC gaming with a portable console PC. This little machine makes a great travel companion. Whether you're going to a bar or 2,500 feet in the air, the Steam Deck is ready to go. Unless, however, you want to play Ubisoft titles.

A new update to the Ubisoft Connect launcher is completely packed with launching Steam games on the Linux platform, and according to GamingOnLinux (opens in new tab), Ubi on desktop Linux and Steam Deck When I tried to launch the title, I got an unrecoverable error popup from Ubisoft Connect. All I could do from there was click OK and accept that I would not be able to participate in tonight's Division raid.

Thankfully, a small fix is possible with Proton Experimental. This is a test version of Proton, a compatibility layer that allows you to run Steam games for Windows on Linux. Here you can access some upcoming features before they necessarily become stable.

First, the Proton developers have implemented fixes in the downloadable "bleeding edge" beta for Proton Experimental.

While addressed, this is just another example of frustrating third-party launchers making everyone's life more difficult. I don't even want to know Ubisoft Connect exists, much less play games because it flashes before my eyes and doesn't work properly. I understand that these companies want my data, but they should have gotten it more stealthily and better by now.

For now, at least there is a workaround and all of the Ubisoft games I have tested on Windows are working fine. Hopefully, any more problems with third-party launchers will only strengthen the argument that they should be scrapped altogether. I will add one more thing that I would like to see in Steam Deck 2.