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how are you going to run a good game on Mac?

by mtw 15y ago

Total_Meltdown 15y ago
Steam.
- blhack 15y ago
  Steam has nothing to do with running games on a mac, it's just a storefront for downloading them.
  - JonnieCache 15y ago
    Meltdown is pointing out the fact that there are many, many good games available for the mac. To run good games on the mac, one simply has to install them, with steam being one of the best ways. It was a stupid question. Anyway, a more technically accurate answer would've been "cider," but I am loathe to promote such an unsatisfactory compromise ;)
    - Total_Meltdown 15y ago
      Right. I mean, I'm not the biggest Apple fan, but in the interest of fairness I thought it was worth pointing out that gaming isn't as much of an anti-mac argument as it used to be, which is what the mtw seemed to be implying.
      - rimantas 15y ago
        I am glad one-button mouse is not mentioned any more. Or maybe it's because there are no buttons on Apples' latest mice…
    - Steko 15y ago
      It's an even dumber question because we're talking about the cloud. Sooner then you think we won't even have to install the games or even have them ported to your platform. And once LTE pings are more consistently <50 (40-100 today) even your tablet/phone will be able to offer basically any game.
- mtw 15y ago
  I didn't see on Steam mass effect 1&2, bioshock, dragon age origins, warhammer 40k, crysis, bf2, avp The only games on mac are the hyper popular games, like world of warcraft or The Sims. I should know, I have a macbook pro, I tried but had to finally windows.
squidsoup 15y ago
Blizzard and Valve have both successfully integrated OSX builds into their pipelines. That's two developers of AAA titles at least, and there's plenty of great indie stuff available like Minecraft.
- mtw 15y ago
  You do know that DirectX rules the gaming world right? Having 2 developers on mac won't change the fact that all games run faster/better on windows first. Games of the year like Mass Effect 2 (or many other top selling PC titles) were not released on mac.

how are you going to run a good game on Mac?

by mtw 15y ago

how are you going to run a good game on Mac?

Total_Meltdown 15y ago

Steam.

blhack 15y ago
Steam has nothing to do with running games on a mac, it's just a storefront for downloading them.
- JonnieCache 15y ago
  Meltdown is pointing out the fact that there are many, many good games available for the mac. To run good games on the mac, one simply has to install them, with steam being one of the best ways. It was a stupid question. Anyway, a more technically accurate answer would've been "cider," but I am loathe to promote such an unsatisfactory compromise ;)
  - Total_Meltdown 15y ago
    Right. I mean, I'm not the biggest Apple fan, but in the interest of fairness I thought it was worth pointing out that gaming isn't as much of an anti-mac argument as it used to be, which is what the mtw seemed to be implying.
    - rimantas 15y ago
      I am glad one-button mouse is not mentioned any more. Or maybe it's because there are no buttons on Apples' latest mice…
  - Steko 15y ago
    It's an even dumber question because we're talking about the cloud. Sooner then you think we won't even have to install the games or even have them ported to your platform. And once LTE pings are more consistently <50 (40-100 today) even your tablet/phone will be able to offer basically any game.
mtw 15y ago
I didn't see on Steam mass effect 1&2, bioshock, dragon age origins, warhammer 40k, crysis, bf2, avp The only games on mac are the hyper popular games, like world of warcraft or The Sims. I should know, I have a macbook pro, I tried but had to finally windows.

squidsoup 15y ago

Blizzard and Valve have both successfully integrated OSX builds into their pipelines. That's two developers of AAA titles at least, and there's plenty of great indie stuff available like Minecraft.

mtw 15y ago
You do know that DirectX rules the gaming world right? Having 2 developers on mac won't change the fact that all games run faster/better on windows first. Games of the year like Mass Effect 2 (or many other top selling PC titles) were not released on mac.