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State of the Mac Gaming

by linathael. - 28/11/2008 14:40:37 CET
Our friend Alex at themacgamer.com posted a nice and interesting article about the state of the Mac gaming, from a user point of view, but also from his recent discussion with Apple representatives.
Starting with a citation from John Carmack "The truth is Steve Jobs doesn’t care about games", Alex brings facts back to light, clearly stating that despite the successful come-back of Mac hardware thanks to the synergy between design and powerful OS, the Mac almost remains a no-go for gamers.
It seems that Apple did not understand the lesson from more a decade when users switched from Apple/Mac to PC/windows because there were simply more games for PC than for Mac. Fifteen years later it seems that it did not evolve, and despite Transgaming initiative and effort with Cider to ease porting PC game the Mac, Mac gamers are still missing one point: Apple's commitment for game. Cupertino should think a bit ahead and understand that having an iMac at home is fun with iLife, but if you want that children keep using Mac later on, you better allow them to play with their games as well as having creative fun with audio and video on the same computer: a Mac. Maybe the future iMac to be announced in January and powered with a true desktop Quad Core CPU will open wider the door to the game industry for Mac users, it would also require Apple and ATI + NVidia to work together to offer us decent drivers for our limited choice of graphic cards.
A must read: The State of Mac Gaming
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