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The Mac gaming renaissance has been announced every other year for the last 15 years... Macs are at an all time high in the households, that's a huge plus. But
by Xixi 16y ago
The Mac gaming renaissance has been announced every other year for the last 15 years... Macs are at an all time high in the households, that's a huge plus. But with shitty drivers, and most games written for DirectX, I don't know how it will turn out.
We will see, but I have low expectations.
- whatusername 16y agoAs I get older - I'm beginning to really only play the AAA stuff unless I'm really passionate about something.. And that means Blizzard (who make Mac games), Valve (Who have ported Source to Mac and are releasing all new games on Mac), Firaxis (aka Civ V).. The mac can now pretty much cover all of my PC gaming needs.
- omarqureshi 16y agoIt's a shame that Firaxis haven't given commitment to Civ V on the Mac .. yet - http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/13/gdc-2010-civilization-v-probably-mac-bound-eventually/ http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/13/gdc-2010-civilization-v-proba...
- whatusername 16y agoGood thing I don't have a mac. :) I was going on the basis of ComputerGuru's post here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1587352 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1587352
- maw 16y agoYeah, but this time it's for real! It's the Year of the Linux Desktop that you need to be skeptical about.
- Tamerlin 16y agoAt least now Apple isn't operating with a massive performance deficit by using a processor designed for an ATM switch in its PC's. And the price premium for example between MacBook Pro vs a comparably equipped competitor, excluding a factory direct Sager, is is relatively small now. If Apple decides to support the gaming market by working more closely with ATI, Intel, and nVidia to get high-performance drivers into OSX and also work closely with the game developers to improve the tools and libraries to match up with what XNA offers, then the renaissance could be real this time around.