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One thing that I'm wondering is whether I'll be able to get the Mac version of Dragon Age, for example, through Steam without having to buy it again since I've
by ekiru 17y ago
One thing that I'm wondering is whether I'll be able to get the Mac version of Dragon Age, for example, through Steam without having to buy it again since I've already bought the Windows version through Steam. I'm sure there could be some licensing issues there, but if Valve managed to convince other game developers to allow them to do that with non-Valve games, it would make this even better.
- stef25 17y ago"If players already own the PC versions of Valve games, they’ll get Mac versions at no extra charge through a feature called Steam Play." Source: http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2010/03/steam-mac/ http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2010/03/steam-mac/
- lutorm 17y agoYeah, too bad that of the few games I own on Steam, a big fat zero come from Valve...
- illumin8 17y agoUnfortunately, this is really up to the publisher of Dragon Age, EA/Bioware. Steam is just a distribution channel, like the App Store is for iPhone. They take a cut of each purchase and handle electronic downloads and DRM. In order to get a copy for Mac for free, EA/Bioware would have to agree to allow their PC Steam customers to do this. Edit: I'm an idiot, they did release a Mac version This isn't a magic bullet, but it's a great first step. Now that publishers have a known and trusted distribution channel on Mac, we may see more Mac versions of AAA titles.