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~2009 until ~2019 (when Apple dropped 32 bit support) was actually a pretty good time for gaming on the Mac. AAA games like Human Revolution and Witcher 2 were
by bnralt 4y ago
~2009 until ~2019 (when Apple dropped 32 bit support) was actually a pretty good time for gaming on the Mac. AAA games like Human Revolution and Witcher 2 were being released about a year after their PC counterparts, lots of Unity games were coming over, GOG was supporting old games on the Mac (bundled with DosBox), and Bootcamp was available for people who needed more.
If you were a casual gamer, you'd be pretty satisfied on a Mac for that decade.
Things got significantly worse since the 32 bit support was dropped. Most companies aren't interested in going back to update a decades old game to support Mac gamers, so a ton of games that were available suddenly became unavailable. And with the M1, Bootcamp no longer works.
We'll have to see what the future brings. I never would have guessed things would have been as good as they were from 2009-2019, or that things would suddenly reverse as quickly as they did after 2019. So who knows what's around the next corner for Mac gaming.