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I keep reading comments like this, and it makes me feel terrible about the way Mac users are treated. I hope Apple reverses their stance towards Vulkan so your

I keep reading comments like this, and it makes me feel terrible about the way Mac users are treated. I hope Apple reverses their stance towards Vulkan so your insecurity doesn't have to manifest as hatred towards superior solutions. Your comments in this thread obviously come from a frustrated perspective, but as a Linux gamer I also know they aren't true or important. Nothing you just said is a prerequisite for a successful gaming platform - Linux is living proof. DXVK and Proton make Bootcamp look like 90s technology by comparison (mostly because, it is). I mean, shit. Who is buying a Mac for gaming when a Steam Deck costs half as much and plays better games? The simple fact at the end of the day is that Linux is a no-brainer for gaming, MacOS hasn't been a serious option since Quake II was sold in the big box at Walmart. Anyone that's tried gaming on both platforms knows the score. MacOS is the single worst desktop OS in terms of supporting games and creating an attractive and profitable platform for developers to ship to. Apple tried bluffing with their consumers as a collateral, and lost. It's time to get over it, 2024 is a sorry era to be butthurt over Metal's failure to entrench itself.

pjmlp 2y ago
All game engines that matter support Metal since it exists, and there are plenty of AAA studios targeting iDevices. Studios that don't care about Linux, and leave Valve to translate their Windows ports free of charge.
- talldayo 2y ago
  > and there are plenty of AAA studios targeting iDevices. Ah yes. Like... Mihoyo, the anime-babe gachapon company. They're AAA, right? And who can forget Capcom, who was paid handsomely to release Resident Evil to an install base smaller than than the population of Wichita? Between RE8, Astral Train (is that what it's called?) and that one Alien port, you've practically got the entire Steam Catalog at your disposal. Eat your heart out, Elden Ring. More will arrive any day now, at least once Apple finalizes their next publishing deal with someone that isn't Eidos or Capcom. Funny habit though, where studios will port a single game to Mac/iOS but then ignore the platform wholesale for their future titles. What's up with that, I wonder? Seems to not really be an issue on Linux, must have something to do with the financials. But look on the bright side! All those old games ported to Mac still work fine, as long as you're willing to source a machine supporting the specific version of the OS it was released for or run it in a virtual machine. Sony and Microsoft really ought to watch out, Apple is angling to be the new Nintendo of lootbox-like experiences.
  - pjmlp 2y ago
    Apparently playing Windows games on Linux gives good sarcatistic skills. Just remember, Gabe isn't going to be around forever.

pjmlp 2y ago

All game engines that matter support Metal since it exists, and there are plenty of AAA studios targeting iDevices. Studios that don't care about Linux, and leave Valve to translate their Windows ports free of charge.

talldayo 2y ago
> and there are plenty of AAA studios targeting iDevices. Ah yes. Like... Mihoyo, the anime-babe gachapon company. They're AAA, right? And who can forget Capcom, who was paid handsomely to release Resident Evil to an install base smaller than than the population of Wichita? Between RE8, Astral Train (is that what it's called?) and that one Alien port, you've practically got the entire Steam Catalog at your disposal. Eat your heart out, Elden Ring. More will arrive any day now, at least once Apple finalizes their next publishing deal with someone that isn't Eidos or Capcom. Funny habit though, where studios will port a single game to Mac/iOS but then ignore the platform wholesale for their future titles. What's up with that, I wonder? Seems to not really be an issue on Linux, must have something to do with the financials. But look on the bright side! All those old games ported to Mac still work fine, as long as you're willing to source a machine supporting the specific version of the OS it was released for or run it in a virtual machine. Sony and Microsoft really ought to watch out, Apple is angling to be the new Nintendo of lootbox-like experiences.
- pjmlp 2y ago
  Apparently playing Windows games on Linux gives good sarcatistic skills. Just remember, Gabe isn't going to be around forever.