This is the Steam Deck's biggest problem, and no, it isn't the aging CPU

I love gaming on my Steam Deck, but it's becoming increasingly frustrating to see huge games bypass the handheld all because some anti-cheat software doesn't play nice with Linux. This feeling is renewed following the release of F1 25, a franchise that will be unplayable on the Steam Deck for as long as EA persists with its proprietary anti-cheat software.

Despite being the best gaming handheld, there's no doubt that the Steam Deck has its drawbacks. One huge issue is the age of its AMD chip, which contains the CPU and GPU, and is now struggling to keep up with modern triple-A games such as Doom The Dark Ages. Despite this, anti-cheat is the biggest threat to the Steam Deck's dominance, as it's already had a huge impact on the game library. We're also likely to see the Steam Deck 2 eventually released with better hardware, but it won't be able to fix this anti-cheat crisis.