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I found it interesting to note from the article that the two main AAA titles cited (Civ 5 and Xcom) were ported by the two biggest Mac porting houses (Aspyr and
by WoodenChair 12y ago
I found it interesting to note from the article that the two main AAA titles cited (Civ 5 and Xcom) were ported by the two biggest Mac porting houses (Aspyr and Feral respectively). They may be new to the Linux market but they have extensive experience porting from DirectX to OpenGL and an impressive library of AAA completed projects.
Valve's Steam Machines may prove to be an interesting new business opportunity for these Mac porting houses - and hopefully the possibility of bringing games to not one, but two platforms, will mean yet more Mac ports as well.
As was noted in the Xcom vignette in the article, they'll likely have some difficulty dealing with Linux users (as opposed to their experience with Mac users) from a customer service perspective. They aren't in Kansas anymore!
- danieldk 12y agoValve's Steam Machines may prove to be an interesting new business opportunity for these Mac porting houses - and hopefully the possibility of bringing games to not one, but two platforms, will mean yet more Mac ports as well. I am not sure, I have never seen a Steam machine anywhere or anyone being interested in them. With the quickly growing power of ARM CPUs and GPUs, I think in a short time, an Android or iOS-power mediacenter will be enough for 90% of the people. Of course, since Android uses OpenGL as well, it's probably good for Mac.
- adamors 12y agoSteam machines weren't released yet. Also, while mobile GPUs are definitely stronger than they were 10 years ago, they still have a lot more to go to even match the performance of a console. Not to mention top it/reach that of a PC.
- johnchristopher 12y agoParent stated "enough for 90% of people", not "enough for 90% of games".
- adamors 12y agoRead the previous sentence or the grand parent. The context is games.
- jeltz 12y agoI do not see why AAA PC game companies would care about what 90% of the people in the world think. What they care about is what gamers think, since those make up most of their customer base.
- Chronic28 12y agoThey care because ideas propagate.
- jaegerpicker 12y agoThe latest devices, using Metal and Android extensions certainly seem close to matching up with the WiiU, X-Box360, and ps3. I don't think they will match the ps4/XBone but the Unreal Engine/CryTech demos using those beta builds has been very impressive.