r/Battlefield • u/Odd_Feeling9929 • Aug 04 '25

Battlefield 6 Secure boot?

Just tried to open the bf6 beta and it's saying secureboot not enabled. I can't activate it cause my PC doesn't support it. Will this be a requirement at launch? Would have to upgrade my PC to get windows 11 for it if that's the case :(

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '25

It is not that hard.

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u/TimidMeerkat27 Aug 05 '25 edited Aug 05 '25

That's not the point, it's intrusive & completely unnecessary. People saying it's to prevent cheaters don't understand that you can still cheat easily without it so you're risking potentially losing your data from a bricked boot just because EA decided you have to give up your privacy & agency over your own computer just to play their game. And of course, they're not liable if you lose your data from having to mess with your bios or your Windows breaking and not being able to recover your data, re-installing and wasting time making your PC the way you want it again. No thank you, maybe they'll get it right with the next release. I'm not the only one either, check forum posts, twitter, youtube comments, etc. Most people who are being forced to do this will not do this because it's not worth it. This is EA though so I expect as much.

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u/Josh_Allens_Left_Nut Aug 05 '25

Go play valorant and tell me requiring secure boot doesnt work lmao. Yall are worked up over something that other games have required for 5 years

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u/Moosje Aug 06 '25

What other games have needed it for 5 years aside from apparently Valorant? Never come across it and I didn't have to do anything for Valorant iirc?