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Except, like, all the games.
by archagon 9y ago
Except, like, all the games.
- snowwrestler 9y agoIIRC Windows games already sucked on Mac hardware, even booting natively.
- archagon 9y agoThe hardware isn't top-end by any stretch, but you still have the back catalogue of pretty much the entire history of PC gaming, plus less demanding (but still un-emulatable) indie games — to say nothing of eGPU use for modern gaming. (And even without an eGPU, I can still play Overwatch and CS:GO on my 2013 MBP at 60fps on low settings.) If my Steam library couldn't come with me, there's no way I'd get an ARM Macbook.
- vbezhenar 9y agoWhat's so special about games? Sure, old games might be abandoned, but supported and new games probably will be compiled for ARM as well. Of course it depends on whether ARM will be a commercial success and there will be sizeable number of ARM laptops.
- archagon 9y agoBut old games are the classics of the genre! Imagine if switching platforms meant you couldn't watch movies made from 1960 to 1990 anymore. Also, game companies lose source code all the time, and they often aren't interested in recompiling the code that they still have. (This comes up whenever compatibility-breaking iOS updates happen.) Frankly, I'd be surprised if even a game like Overwatch got an Arm port.