The Macintosh (Mac) line of personal computers is designed and developed by Apple, Inc. - formerly Apple Computer, Inc. It runs macOS, a Unix operating system. Its current version, macOS 13.4 "Ventura" was released on May 18, 2023.
@Yukoei: that's funny considering my bro a couple years ago played Crysis and Bioshock on his Mac Pro laptop and they run much better on that than they did on my decent PC.
If I recall correctly, Valve fucking hate the PS3. They were adamantly against the port of the Orange Box and wasted no time dissing the PS3 in the process.
Thumbs up to valve:) PS3 support will come in due time since developing for os x requires valve to begin using OpenGL which also the ps3 utilizes for it's graphics. Remember it took quite some time before valve began launching games on the xbox and this console uses directx.
I have a mac, but I can never see companies taking the time and effort to port or make games for such a small market segment. Unless developers start adopting more open standards such as Open CL and a good number of engines get ported over, I really don't see this venture gaining legs. But then again, what the hell do I know about making games...
I got a Very Fast PC right now... But I got my eyes on that 27in iMac....I will Wait for the next Upgrade to roll out in the Fall. I want the 27in iMac with Radeon 5700-5800 series Video Card and with at least 1 GB Video Memory...blu-ray would be nice but doesn't matter.
Fact is, I've been buying a bunch of games on Steam these last 2 years. The problem is, my PC is 8 years old, so I must confine myself to less graphics-intensive indie games and older big games. My more up-to-date Macbook will run a lot more games :)
" I have a mac, but I can never see companies taking the time and effort to port or make games for such a small market segment. Unless developers start adopting more open standards such as Open CL and a good number of engines get ported over, I really don't see this venture gaining legs. But then again, what the hell do I know about making games... "
You have to see it like this: For the hardcore gamers they basically become the only alternative on Mac, I'm sure that it's profitable as long as it stays like that. But what is probably more important to them is that they can get a share of all those app-buying people with apple-hardware. If they get steam running on Mac, they can deliver all sorts of stuff with its marketplace. All those mini games you see on the app-store right now and apple is getting crazy rich of, Valve will get a share of them.
Great to see, I don't get some of the bitterness in the thread. To the Mac haters: big deal, it doesn't affect you, I am sorry other people's happiness makes you bitter. Not like they are pulling Windows support.
Would like to see PS3 coverage eventually, but one thing at a time. Anything that saves me having to boot into Windows just to play games is a strong plus. I can probably get rid of my Windows partition if this does well, which not only makes things more convenient for me, but saves a lot of space.
" @Yukoei: that's funny considering my bro a couple years ago played Crysis and Bioshock on his Mac Pro laptop and they run much better on that than they did on my decent PC. "
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