I'm not a game dev but just as a developer I do think a lot of these assumptions are a little unfair. You can't call things "not a real issue" just because they

I'm not a game dev but just as a developer I do think a lot of these assumptions are a little unfair. You can't call things "not a real issue" just because they're not a big issue to you. > ...64 bit is likely your default target anyway - has been for awhile. So, killing 32 bit is not a real issue. If you depend on 32-bit software, no, it is a real issue. Updating an app and dependencies to all be 64-bit can be a pretty big issue. Not everyone is on a modern stack. > ...linux is more problematic per sale than mac. Yet he has no issue with linux. If I were on a PC I would have less issue with linux too, simply because I don't need to buy special hardware or switch computers to deal with those tickets. > If this was me, I'd be wanting to know exactly why linux/mac was generating so many tickets. The answer will likely help the overall product. Will it? If they're platform issues, they're not improving the product, just getting it to run. > Personally, you need to jump through so many hoops to release software that none of these thus far mentioned should be big enough to stop you. You don't know this guy's resources though. That's like telling someone, if you're already come 25 miles, 5 miles aren't that much more. If they're in a car, sure. If they are running, yes it is— every mile is a lot. > The real reasons should be: is there a demand in this target market; will that demand generate sufficient profit? I think the fact only 4% of sales come from macOS means there isn't much demand or profit, right? > As I'm starting my own journey on this I see all the platforms and app stores have various issues. Everything has tradeoffs. The article's author needs to come up with better arguments. The arguments are good. You yourself just said it. Everything has tradeoffs, and the tradeoffs of developing for macOS are just not worth this person's time. > I just don't see his reasons as relevant in comparison to the other much larger costs associated with development. Except do you really know his costs, and the resources he has to cover said costs? > I'd actually recommend targeting multiple platforms just to force bugs to come out. Different platforms / compilers see and expose different issues in your codebase. Wait, what? What's the point of killing bugs for a platform you don't support though? Maybe when I develop for web I should text in IE 5. It'll surface so many "bugs" in my site.