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> My own game's wishlist stats are showing Mac is less popular than linux! If you're talking about Railgrade (from your bio), couldn't that simply be because y

> My own game's wishlist stats are showing Mac is less popular than linux! If you're talking about Railgrade (from your bio), couldn't that simply be because your game only shows as supporting Windows? Why would a Mac user wishlist a game they can't play? Linux users have had Proton for a few years now and the discussed Mac toolkit was only announced a couple days ago.

Danieru 3y ago
The platform wishlist breakdown occurs when players make a specific choice. Players use it as a "vote" for their platform. Thus Linux users are voting for Linux trying to convince us as devs to support them, Mac users are doing likewise. If the Linux users were vastly out of line, I'd question them. Instead they are inline with the Steam survey. Anyway, the idea that Mac users are not big games is about as controversial as the color of the sky.
- 16bitvoid 3y ago
  That makes sense. I was just a bit confused. I wasn't aware that's how the wishlist was used by some. With that said, I imagine Linux users are probably more familiar with that use than Mac users (i.e., power user vs. casual user). But, if it's representative of the Steam survey, then I suppose it's as good a metric as any. Regardless, I definitely didn't mean to imply that Mac users are big gamers. Most Macs are MacBooks and most people don't buy a laptop primarily for gaming. It'd be a secondary concern. There's also a chicken and egg situation in which Mac users may not be big gamers because there's not many games for Macs (not to mention that Steam runs terribly and is buggy on M-series Macs). Any Mac users that are big gamers probably have a console and/or PC (like myself) due to this situation, so any wishlisting is done on the device I play games on, despite the desire to be able to play on the go on my MacBook. Any Mac users that aren't big gamers may be due to having limited games. My wife who isn't a big gamer, but does like to play games occasionally, is relegated to using Bootcamp on her iMac.

Danieru 3y ago

The platform wishlist breakdown occurs when players make a specific choice. Players use it as a "vote" for their platform. Thus Linux users are voting for Linux trying to convince us as devs to support them, Mac users are doing likewise. If the Linux users were vastly out of line, I'd question them. Instead they are inline with the Steam survey. Anyway, the idea that Mac users are not big games is about as controversial as the color of the sky.

16bitvoid 3y ago
That makes sense. I was just a bit confused. I wasn't aware that's how the wishlist was used by some. With that said, I imagine Linux users are probably more familiar with that use than Mac users (i.e., power user vs. casual user). But, if it's representative of the Steam survey, then I suppose it's as good a metric as any. Regardless, I definitely didn't mean to imply that Mac users are big gamers. Most Macs are MacBooks and most people don't buy a laptop primarily for gaming. It'd be a secondary concern. There's also a chicken and egg situation in which Mac users may not be big gamers because there's not many games for Macs (not to mention that Steam runs terribly and is buggy on M-series Macs). Any Mac users that are big gamers probably have a console and/or PC (like myself) due to this situation, so any wishlisting is done on the device I play games on, despite the desire to be able to play on the go on my MacBook. Any Mac users that aren't big gamers may be due to having limited games. My wife who isn't a big gamer, but does like to play games occasionally, is relegated to using Bootcamp on her iMac.