more games to mac

[MisterSatanJunior-TTV]

why can't there be more games to Mac?

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[MisterSatanJunior-TTV]

gal...?

[Teksura]

I currently have 196 mac compatible games through Steam. What's the problem here?

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[Diogo]

oi

[AJKM]

I would agree more games like Arma 2,Arma3,AC3&AC4,GTA 4 those are just some of the games id like

[MisterSatanJunior-TTV]

the games to mac are, how do i say....well alot of bad games, it would be funnier to play games from steam on a Mac if they added more games to mac, so people don't have to spend money on a new computer just because the game is avalible for Linux etc

[Teksura]

You'll find bad games on the PC as well. That doesn't mean everything is a stinker.

A short list of some of my favorite games (all on Mac) would include titles like:

• Borderlands 2
  
• Bastion
  
• Shadowrun Returns
  
• FTL
  
• Civilization V
  
• Awesomenauts
  
• Left 4 Dead 2
  
• Bioshock Infinite
  
• Batman Arkham City
  
• Dust: an Elysian Tale

I could go on and on.


Look, I get it. You see a few titles which aren't available for the mac platform, but you want those anyway. I understand that. There are always similar games though. Games you'd enjoy just as much. There are loads of great games for the mac. You're just making a sweeping generalization so broad it's impossible for anyone to actually help you find some you'd enjoy.

[Ron ︻气デ 一]

I use to see these msgs alot - and I thought they were complaining about steam not having mac games. But over time I noticed and started to think maybe they mean the games that ARE available for Mac. Like Borderlands "1" (I just bought mac version game agent 7.49)
and Deus Ex human rev. (also Mac version) not available on Steam.
There are a lot of titles out there that have great Mac ports that Steam doesn't offer! Why?
I just bought Brothers in Arms (apple store 1.99) that's really good in the first 10 mmiinutes I've tried it. But yes my fav is borderlands 2. I have the most hours on that.
I have a PC as well - but I no l longer care to use it since I got a Mac last fall.
My games list SINCE LAST FALL! (some are PC games I play on Mac VR machine)

http://www.portranet.com/pics/gameslist.jpg

[Hopper]

97% of steam users use windows and the mac os and mac computers were not really built with gaming in mind. Developers dont see much profit in making them for mac.

[Teksura]

Escrito originalmente por Ericrct:

mac computers were not really built with gaming in mind. Developers dont see much profit in making them for mac.

1998 called. They want their outdated facts back.


Go back to the original iMacs and you might be right. They weren't built for games, they were built for video editing and simple plug and play internet connectivity. But you're citing something which was true16 years ago, not something which is true today.


Today, many Macs are designed with gaming capibilities in mind. While it is true that certain modles are designed to be cheaper and not have the higher end graphics cards (e.g. Mac Mini), they're often still capable of pulling it off anyway. Bioshock Infinite, Borderlands 2, Batman: Arkham City, they all run beautifuly even on the mac mini.


Yes, 95% use Windows (I think you counted the 1.2% of Linux users in with the Windows users there). but also consider that the recent peak activity on steam was 7,018,668 users. 3.5% of that is 245,653 Mac users (Keep in mind, those numbers are peak users online at once, not the total number of steam users). In buisnes terms, that's called a market. And looking at all of the apple logos on the various games, it seems that most developers DO see a profit in providing cross-platform support so they can reach out to that market.

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[Ron ︻气デ 一]

I prefer gaming on my Mac - because I prefer everything on my Mac. My PC drove me out of gaming for about 10 years. Getting a Mac got me back into gaming. As well video editing and music creation which my PC doesn't do well at all.

[Hopper]

Escrito originalmente por Teksura:

Escrito originalmente por Ericrct:

mac computers were not really built with gaming in mind. Developers dont see much profit in making them for mac.

1998 called. They want their outdated facts back.


Go back to the original iMacs and you might be right. They weren't built for games, they were built for video editing and simple plug and play internet connectivity. But you're citing something which was true16 years ago, not something which is true today.


Today, many Macs are designed with gaming capibilities in mind. While it is true that certain modles are designed to be cheaper and not have the higher end graphics cards (e.g. Mac Mini), they're often still capable of pulling it off anyway. Bioshock Infinite, Borderlands 2, Batman: Arkham City, they all run beautifuly even on the mac mini.


Yes, 95% use Windows (I think you counted the 1.2% of Linux users in with the Windows users there). but also consider that the recent peak activity on steam was 7,018,668 users. 3.5% of that is 245,653 Mac users (Keep in mind, those numbers are peak users online at once, not the total number of steam users). In buisnes terms, that's called a market. And looking at all of the apple logos on the various games, it seems that most developers DO see a profit in providing cross-platform support so they can reach out to that market.

Yes I can see that there are 245,653 roughly at the peak times. But not all of those will purcase that specific game. Also if you look at mac specifications you will see that they have intel hd graphics. Since when is that made for gaming? You can run games better on most pcs now days. Also apple likes the touchpad. Another sign that they are not made for games. While there is some profit in making games for mac, many smaller developers/publishers simply cant afford to put their game on a mac and it would be much more benefical to stick with windows only.

[Teksura]

Escrito originalmente por Ericrct:

Yes I can see that there are 245,653 roughly at the peak times. But not all of those will purcase that specific game.

See my previous post where I explain that in business, this is called a Market. You don't have to sell to 100% of that market to make a profit off of it. If you don't offer to that market, you gain a 0% profit. As evident by the thousands of games which are available on the Mac, most developers seem to disagree with your opinion, and seem to think they are making profits by reaching out to that market.

Escrito originalmente por Ericrct:

Also if you look at mac specifications you will see that they have intel hd graphics. Since when is that made for gaming?

I covered this in my last post, but I'm suspecting you didn't really read it. As I stated, yes, some of the lower end and more affordable Macs (e.g. Mac Mini) use lesser graphics cards. The same is true for many PCs which are lower end and less expensive. Therefore what? Not all units are created equal, and it's absurd to try and pretend they are.


I will, however, add that all of those games I mentioned before in this thread all run beautifully on the late 2012 Mac Mini all the way up to 1080p resolution (highest quality) in spite of using one of those intel graphics cards "not made for gaming". It's actually pretty impressive that even the lower end Macs which don't meet the graphic card requirments can STILL pull it off without any problems, glitches, artifacts, or anything like that.

Escrito originalmente por Ericrct:

Also apple likes the touchpad. Another sign that they are not made for games.

Your logic here is woefully backwards. It's Microsoft who loves the touchpad, that's why Windows 8 takes the most powerful operating system ever designed for a tablet computer and tries to run it on a PC. Then it expects everyone to buy a new display to make the interfaces work as designed. Lol. To their credit, many of the new Windows 8 laptops come with them now because if you’re going to run an OS built for a tablet then it really needs a touchscreen.

See, you've got it the wrong way around. It's Microsoft that loves the touchpad, not Apple. So by your own logic, shouldn't that make Windows 8 a sign that it's not made for games? Of corse it doesn't. You're just being a ridiculous. I'm starting to think I'm dealing with fanboyisim here. If that's the case, take it somewhere else.