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But how many Steam games run on a mac by default?
Source titles will be adapted but this is still a while off before Mac users get to fully take advantage of steam. Still it's good news for those users and more revenue for Valve.
Source titles will be adapted but this is still a while off before Mac users get to fully take advantage of steam. Still it's good news for those users and more revenue for Valve.
I heard about this a few months ago. The possibility of having Steam on another OS is glorious.
None of this Mac crap mind, I'd rather not trade some awful limitations for another set of slightly-more-subtle, but equally awful limitations. Instead I would slap in Linux distro, either Ubuntu or Sabayon, and never look back.
/excited
None of this Mac crap mind, I'd rather not trade some awful limitations for another set of slightly-more-subtle, but equally awful limitations. Instead I would slap in Linux distro, either Ubuntu or Sabayon, and never look back.
/excited
Honestly it makes sense despite how many games would run for them to monopolise the mac market in case people start making more games for it again.
wait? why would you want to play games on a magic mouse? ewwww
but really, i thought people only bought macs because they looked nice and didn't want to do things like gaming on them? well more power to you
but really, i thought people only bought macs because they looked nice and didn't want to do things like gaming on them? well more power to you
Please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please.
Games-wise, even if Valve ported just their games to OSX... To have TF2 on my MacBook Pro...
Well, that would eliminate about 50% of my Bootcamp needs. XD
Well, that would eliminate about 50% of my Bootcamp needs. XD
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This would eliminate about 95% of my need for Boot Camp. All I would need it for would be Fallout 2, which I got from that huge sale over Christmas GoG.
Other then that, I have Civ 4 for OSX now, and outside of a large number of Steam games, those were the only games I own for PC. Steam is a kick ass service and I'd love to not have to use bootcamp to get to Counterstrike and the like.
This would eliminate about 95% of my need for Boot Camp. All I would need it for would be Fallout 2, which I got from that huge sale over Christmas GoG.
Other then that, I have Civ 4 for OSX now, and outside of a large number of Steam games, those were the only games I own for PC. Steam is a kick ass service and I'd love to not have to use bootcamp to get to Counterstrike and the like.
One plausible scenario is that Steam may integrate a take-off of WINE in the client itself to directly handle the games. Makes more sense than rewriting existing games, anyway.
Does it really matter though, considering that 90% of the Steam library is going to be incompatible with Macs anyway?
@Dinin - Exactly why would they want to target a userbase even smaller than OS X? Do you think this would be profitable? It's questionable in my mind whether or not they'll ever really make the jump to mac, at least not without native OS X versions of their flagship lineup, let alone do the whole shebang again just for the six Linux nerds.
Free Software is for college kids and people with way too much time on their hands. Yeah, yeah, freedom, blah blah. The rest of the world wants to push a button and have it work. When it doesn't work, they want to call someone, or take it somewhere and have it fixed. This is not Linux. This is not Unix. This is not BeOS. The average user doesn't want to need dozens of years of experience to add a new wireless card, or just another piece of software that didn't happen to like the fact that your drivers were six years old. Well, honey, I really want to spend the weekend with you, but I have drivers to update on my computer! Yes, I know all it takes for you is clicking the "Software Update" button when it appears, but I'm a better person because I have freedom over my computer! Linux is the wild west. Choosing to run it exclusively is a hobbyist decision, not a productive one.
Free Software is for college kids and people with way too much time on their hands. Yeah, yeah, freedom, blah blah. The rest of the world wants to push a button and have it work. When it doesn't work, they want to call someone, or take it somewhere and have it fixed. This is not Linux. This is not Unix. This is not BeOS. The average user doesn't want to need dozens of years of experience to add a new wireless card, or just another piece of software that didn't happen to like the fact that your drivers were six years old. Well, honey, I really want to spend the weekend with you, but I have drivers to update on my computer! Yes, I know all it takes for you is clicking the "Software Update" button when it appears, but I'm a better person because I have freedom over my computer! Linux is the wild west. Choosing to run it exclusively is a hobbyist decision, not a productive one.
@TheStripe - Easy there precious. Sabayon and Ubuntu work right out of the box, plus the wireless problems have been fixed. Yes indeed there are many 'hobbyist' distros out there, Slackware and the like. But the recommended OS' for new users a very simple to use.
Also instead of the 'Software Update' Button, Linux users have a 'Install Updates' button in the update manager. No exactly taxing.
Incidentally, I don't actually use Linux on my computer, due to the lack of gaming support. However I would if it were available.
Perhaps you should actually check out the Linux side for a while, you may be pleasantly surprised and less inclined to make outdated assumptions.
Also instead of the 'Software Update' Button, Linux users have a 'Install Updates' button in the update manager. No exactly taxing.
Incidentally, I don't actually use Linux on my computer, due to the lack of gaming support. However I would if it were available.
Perhaps you should actually check out the Linux side for a while, you may be pleasantly surprised and less inclined to make outdated assumptions.
So... basically, they're going to slap Steam on Crossfire, and work it in with OS/X (which is Unix based)?
Even if only a small number of the games on Steam have Mac versions, the introduction of a Mac Steam client could induce more Mac support from game developers.
But just because Valve might be developing a Mac Steam Store doesn't mean Steam will 'come to Linux'.
"Linux" is a kernel, not a singular, unified desktop OS designed and maintained by a single company or group. Its ability to basically run on anything is great for people with old or unique configurations, it creates even more compatibility testing and hardware variation for Valve to deal with than it already has to with Windows.
There are now ~30 million Macs in the world according to most estimates. There are nowhere near that many Linux-based systems in use as people's primary home computers and only a portion of the ones that are have decent graphics/processing power.
A Linux Steam Store simply doesn't make any real sense for Valve to bother with and they have every right to keep it closed, just like Google's closed-source Android apps (e.g. Gmail, YouTube, etc.).
But just because Valve might be developing a Mac Steam Store doesn't mean Steam will 'come to Linux'.
"Linux" is a kernel, not a singular, unified desktop OS designed and maintained by a single company or group. Its ability to basically run on anything is great for people with old or unique configurations, it creates even more compatibility testing and hardware variation for Valve to deal with than it already has to with Windows.
There are now ~30 million Macs in the world according to most estimates. There are nowhere near that many Linux-based systems in use as people's primary home computers and only a portion of the ones that are have decent graphics/processing power.
A Linux Steam Store simply doesn't make any real sense for Valve to bother with and they have every right to keep it closed, just like Google's closed-source Android apps (e.g. Gmail, YouTube, etc.).
I hope you're right KingSigy. If I can't use my purchases I've already made on my Windows partition, I can't be bothered with an OS X Steam.
Psh, Mac gaming is an oxymoron if I ever heard one. I mean really, that means Mac gamers will be able to play what, 10-15% (at most) of Steam's library? I doubt most devs would go through the trouble of retroactively porting each and every one of their games to the Mac platform.
@Gee-Man: What's wrong with Mac users gaining 10-15% of Steam's library? Cross-platform titles harm no one, unless you're a dick PC fan who feels slighted at the loss of some superfluous 'exclusivity,' which only serves to deepen your vitriolic platform xenophobia.
A few friends and I recently discussed how many 360s have died on us, and how we wouldn't have ever bothered buying into the failing product line, if not for one or two XBox-only games. If Mac Steam ends up being a reality, it will help push developers from DirectX lock-in (only Windows and XBox) to OpenGL (every OS, non-XBox consoles). For gamers, that means more freedom to play games on their platform of choice.
A few friends and I recently discussed how many 360s have died on us, and how we wouldn't have ever bothered buying into the failing product line, if not for one or two XBox-only games. If Mac Steam ends up being a reality, it will help push developers from DirectX lock-in (only Windows and XBox) to OpenGL (every OS, non-XBox consoles). For gamers, that means more freedom to play games on their platform of choice.
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