The Steam Deck, Legacy Users and Support

[Risvertasashi]

A) as the steam deck is nothing more than a portable PC it shouldn't be an issue. You'll simply need to install the game and log in per usual. Steam has stated multiple times, THIS IS A PC USE IT AS SUCH and that if installed it will even support the Epic store etc... Again it's just a portable pc.

While true, not everyone will want to ditch the steam OS and install windows on it, and doing so will probably come with a battery life and performance hit, among other drawbacks.

Yeah, it's cool that you can, but "will this work without needing to take extreme workarounds" is a very valid concern/question.

[DragoAskani]

While true, not everyone will want to ditch the steam OS and install windows on it, and doing so will probably come with a battery life and performance hit, among other drawbacks.

Yeah, it's cool that you can, but "will this work without needing to take extreme workarounds" is a very valid concern/question.

Seems like a problem for steam to solve, not the ff14 devs if you ask me.

[Kes13a]

Seems like a problem for steam to solve, not the ff14 devs if you ask me.

I agree

asking SE to support a very niche audience who want to play it on the Steam deck is a little unrealistic. I mean if it works great, but I wouldnt expect SE to put resources into ensuring it works with it.

[Risvertasashi]

Seems like a problem for steam to solve, not the ff14 devs if you ask me.

They near-certainly already have. They're advertising full library support. FF14 is in Steam's library, and isn't a niche title.

The issue the OP is wondering about is being able to login with a non-steam FF14 account.