Mac is so undertreated on steam

[AcidSnake]

I think most of you can agree that mac gaming is bad. There is not a single mac only game on steam and many developers make there games only for windows, why? for what reason. Also what if there game is as popular as TF2 and the game is only for windows, They could get so many more people to play there game if they just let it be used by mac users (like me) . Do you think that steam should change the whole platform thing so people can enjoy gaming on mac, And cant afford a new (Windows) computer

[Komrade]

Mac is just not for gaming. Period. It's for work and productivity.

[Omega]

1. Put Linux on the MAC
1.1 Be sad because you could never get Linux installed due to the T2 DRM chip in your MAC.
2. Play Windows games using Proton on Linux
3. Complain that your $2000 machine can barely run anything and that it always overheats


There are two types of people who buy MAC's, people who want to show off and profecional users such as software developers.

[emoticorpse]

I would think Steam thinks anyone with a Mac has the money for a new Windows computer.

[Aliquis Freedom & Ethnopluralism]

It's been like that for long.

A whole lot of Apple users used to brag about how bad the situation was in that "Macs are for professionals not gaming!" or whatever and they just have what they deserve. Sad for everyone else though.

Metal or whatever the graphics API is may not completely have helped but I also assume that's not much of a problem today.

I don't know how much of it is Apples work.

[HypersleepyNaputunia]

mac makes great cases


to gut and put pc stuff inside

[Komrade]

Originally posted by M.a.g.e.s:

mac makes great cases


to gut and put pc stuff inside

They don't.

[_I_]

mac is overrated
too expensive for its performance and build quality
you can get a much better pc laptop or desktop for its price

[Komrade]

Originally posted by _I_:

mac is overrated
too expensive for its performance and build quality
you can get a much better pc laptop or desktop for its price

Apple has bad support as well.

[worstcaster]

Originally posted by emoticorpse:

I would think Steam thinks anyone with a Mac has the money for a new Windows computer.

With the exception of games actually developed by Valve, the decision to make a game for a certain OS is made by the developer not Steam. Steam is just the store front the game is sold on.

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Want to game - get a PC.
Want to work - get a PC.

[emoticorpse]

Originally posted by worstcaster:

Originally posted by emoticorpse:

I would think Steam thinks anyone with a Mac has the money for a new Windows computer.

With the exception of games actually developed by Valve, the decision to make a game for a certain OS is made by the developer not Steam. Steam is just the store front the game is sold on.

You have a point, I goofed.

Originally posted by Rumpelcrutchskin:

Want to game - get a PC.
Want to work - get a PC.

Ten/Fifteen years ago, that wasn't what everyone thought though. Supposedly the Mac was better at video editing or whatever. It was even all over movies too, people having a Mac hooked up in their room or office. It was like Beats, it was the thing to have. It was like that for a couple years. I forgot the default app was called. I don't think it was called iMovie.

[Nepgear]

Originally posted by Phantom Phoenix:

There is not a single mac only game on steam

Off the top of my head, https://steamdb.info/app/214630/ it's retired, but it still only runs on Mac.

Originally posted by Phantom Phoenix:

many developers make there games only for windows, why? for what reason.

It has a massively higher market share. They probably did some analysis and determined that porting or developing games for Mac isn't economical.

Originally posted by Phantom Phoenix:

Do you think that steam should change the whole platform thing so people can enjoy gaming on mac, And cant afford a new (Windows) computer

Mac just isn't a good gaming platform, and devs should be free to make what they want. If Steam started requiring devs to support Mac for all their new releases, I'd be willing to bet many would simply leave Steam - nobody wins. On Mac is it not possible to run another OS in a VM, or boot off another hard drive with another OS?

[nullable]

Originally posted by Phantom Phoenix:

I think most of you can agree that mac gaming is bad. There is not a single mac only game on steam and many developers make there games only for windows, why? for what reason.

Mac's make up like 2% of the user base. Mac's have always been a niche market, especially where gaming is concerned.

Originally posted by Phantom Phoenix:

Also what if there game is as popular as TF2 and the game is only for windows, They could get so many more people to play there game if they just let it be used by mac users (like me) .

Well I understand why you feel that way, a lot of Mac users have over the years. But the numbers don't lie, there's not always enough Mac users to make Mac support worthwhile. And not every developer has the resources to support Mac and their minuscule user base to be realistic.

Originally posted by Phantom Phoenix:

Do you think that steam should change the whole platform thing so people can enjoy gaming on mac, And cant afford a new (Windows) computer

How? By forcing developers to support Mac? Never gonna happen. If you want to play PC games and you get a Mac, well there's consequences for that decision. Always has been. And users not being able to afford their hobbies or buying into a platform that's got limited gaming potential really isn't Steam's problem to solve.

And scuttlebutt has it Apple is looking to ditch Intel/x86 eventually on the Mac platform, so that's going to make Mac gaming a bit tougher when it's not hardware compatible. Although running on ARM means you could probably play all those mobile games... =p

[Snow]

Originally posted by emoticorpse:

Ten/Fifteen years ago, that wasn't what everyone thought though. Supposedly the Mac was better at video editing or whatever. It was even all over movies too, people having a Mac hooked up in their room or office. It was like Beats, it was the thing to have. It was like that for a couple years. I forgot the default app was called. I don't think it was called iMovie.

More like 20 years ago, because 15 years ago Macs started switching to Intel CPUs, which made Macs just PCs with Unix-like OS.

[𝓡𝓮𝓽𝓻𝓸𝓒𝓪𝓽]

Serious question. Why get a Mac when you can just build your own PC that's much more powerful for the price and a lot more versatile? Is there something you can use on a Mac that you can't use on a Windows PC?