No Mac support?!

[Fuddy Duddy]

How come devs?

[Jin-]

Simple, no profit from it

[Fuddy Duddy]

All the rest of the DLC was supported by mac... How come this one isnt?

[Delacourt '27]

What about Mac Users?

Q) If you have Total War: ROME II on Mac, will you be able to purchase Total War: ROME II – Empire Divided?

A) Unfortunately not at this time; owners of Total War: ROME II on Mac will not be able to purchase Total War: ROME II – Empire Divided.

Q) Can I download the Power & Politics update if I have purchased Total War: Rome II on Mac?

A) No, the Power & Politics update is linked with the release of Total War: ROME II – Empire Divided and will not be available for Mac App Store, or via steam copies for Total War: ROME II

Q) Will you bring Total War: ROME II – Empire Divided or the Power & Politics update to Mac in the future?

A) Unfortunately we have no plans to bring new Total War: ROME II content to Mac for the time being.

Q) Is there anything I need to do as a Mac user to keep my game working?

Your game will work as normal after Total War: ROME II – Empire Divided releases, however due to the way the Mac version works, it will require most of the data to be re-downloaded as we are de-linking the two platforms. If you have Total War: ROME II currently installed, you can avoid this by opting into the PATCH_17 beta which will keep your game as it currently is. For anyone re-downloading the game, or purchasing for the first time there will be no noticeable difference and you will just download the game as normal.

From:

https://www.totalwar.com/blog/empire-divided-power-politics-faq

Got from Welsh Dragon:

http://steamcommunity.com/app/214950/discussions/0/1480982971157717889/

Also blame Apple for moving towards serious computing in the 90s and move away from less money making.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBq18kpPVSQ

[bbolto]

My guess is they aren't organizationally set up to handle porting right now. Rome 2's and Attila's Mac ports were, I think, in-house at CA, unlike both Shogun 2 and Warhammer which are done by Feral Interactive. So they probably don't have the staff and either have to get the staff again or contract out some solution and it may take some time if they're doing it.

While I've been grousing about it, the plus side is that when we do get to see the new Rome 2 they'll probably already have gone through several patches worth of working the kinks out.

Also blame Apple for moving towards serious computing in the 90s and move away from less money making.

Delacourt buddy, this makes no sense at all and I don't know where you're getting it from.

[Delacourt '27]

From that youtube video. Where in the 90s, gaming wasn't "serious" computing and where they believed the money will be.

[Fast Pooper]

It's over for MacDonald's users. Get with the times and install Windows(TM) 10 already.

[Fuddy Duddy]

Originally posted by bbolto:

My guess is they aren't organizationally set up to handle porting right now. Rome 2's and Attila's Mac ports were, I think, in-house at CA, unlike both Shogun 2 and Warhammer which are done by Feral Interactive. So they probably don't have the staff and either have to get the staff again or contract out some solution and it may take some time if they're doing it.

This makes sense. Well thanks! I hope they find some way to get it ported over.

[Fast Pooper]

Originally posted by Luftace109:

Originally posted by bbolto:

My guess is they aren't organizationally set up to handle porting right now. Rome 2's and Attila's Mac ports were, I think, in-house at CA, unlike both Shogun 2 and Warhammer which are done by Feral Interactive. So they probably don't have the staff and either have to get the staff again or contract out some solution and it may take some time if they're doing it.

This makes sense. Well thanks! I hope they find some way to get it ported over.

They aren't planning to.

[bbolto]

I love Steam forums, it's the only place on the internet where you can really get old school numbnuts platform wars going like it was 1999.

[Delacourt '27]

Originally posted by bbolto:

I love Steam forums, it's the only place on the internet where you can really get old school numbnuts platform wars going like it was 1999.

I hope you don't mean me, I just pointed out certain factual corporate decision that answered:

Originally posted by Luftace109:

How come devs?

And the OP obviously didn't read my wall of copy-pasted text that anwsered his question.

[Fuddy Duddy]

@Delacourt '27 I did read the wall of text even before posting. I was asking what the reasoning behind it was.

[Delacourt '27]

Originally posted by Luftace109:

I was asking what the reasoning behind it was.

First time this is stated, but they didn't elaborate in the Q&A, and I doubt they would elaborate into internal corporate decision making. If you really want to know, other then players' conjuncture, try asking in the official forum. Since they rarely make appearances on the steam forum. I won't hold my breath unless it's asked by someone with enough influence that they feel they have to answer.