Will you buy Mac ports any more? — #17
Oh my! The grass is so much greener, from a gaming perspective, on XP! I feel dirty and like a traitor for saying that. But, I picked up Oblivion last night and I played for 3 hou…
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Will you buy Mac ports any more? — #18
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Originally Posted by lookmark
I'd like to support the great folk who make them, like Brad OIiver... but I just couldn't.
FWIW, I both appreciate and understand this…
Will you buy Mac ports any more? — #19
Why waste your money on the Mac port when
1. it comes out much later for mac
2. performance under mac < windows ... on the same hardware
3. it costs more
Will you buy Mac ports any more? — #20
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Originally Posted by mhuie
Why waste your money on the Mac port when
1. it comes out much later for mac
2. performance under mac < windows ... on the same hardware
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Will you buy Mac ports any more? — #21
I gave up on Mac gaming fully months ago. The timing, costs, and politics pretty much did me in. My main three issues for me were...
#1 (IF) your game will get ported. The wonderi…
Will you buy Mac ports any more? — #22
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Originally Posted by torifile
Word of advice: if you're thinking about getting an intel iMac and are even moderately interested in gaming, get the upgrade. It's only $90 …
Will you buy Mac ports any more? — #23
Very true, lagunasol. I forgot about that part. I bought mine through the Apple store because I got an ed discount. It was worth the extra $50 or so over the amazon price because t…
Will you buy Mac ports any more? — #24
I think you need to add <Only if it's available in a timely fashion in relation to the PC release>. I mean, releasing EQ for the Mac over 4 years after it's been out is unac…
Will you buy Mac ports any more? — #25
Considering that I have a G5 iMac and probably will have it for another couple of years, then yes, I will continue to purchase Mac-native games.
Will you buy Mac ports any more? — #26
Quote:
Originally Posted by Brad Oliver
FWIW, I both appreciate and understand this viewpoint. I think most programmers who work on Mac ports of PC games understand the limitati…
Will you buy Mac ports any more? — #27
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Originally Posted by macintologist
If they only play on Intel Macs couldn't there be a layer of emulation for DirectX since it's also an x86 API?
API is the abbreviat…
Will you buy Mac ports any more? — #28
For me it is all about price. If the game is the same price on MacOS as it is on Windows, I'll buy it for MacOS... I'd actually be prepared to spend a tiny bit more on the Mac vers…
Will you buy Mac ports any more? — #29
IMHO i believe that porting a piece of software should be easy on any system if the software has been well designed and documented. Its only when a developer starts to use tools th…
Will you buy Mac ports any more? — #30
Honestly, I'm not installing windows on my system (not that I could, G5). The way I see it the windows world doesn't even exist to me, thus if a game has been out 6 months for wind…
Will you buy Mac ports any more? — #31
I've got to agree about the multiplayer gaming aspect.
The reason that I buy many games is so that I can play them with my windows-using friends.
What I'd like to know is that pa…
Will you buy Mac ports any more? — #32
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Originally Posted by Olorin
Honestly, I'm not installing windows on my system (not that I could, G5). The way I see it the windows world doesn't even exist to me, thus if…
Will you buy Mac ports any more? — #33
I've gotta say that I'm very surprised with the results of this poll so far. It seems ludicrous to me that you'd be dogmatic about something like this. But to each his/her own, I s…
Will you buy Mac ports any more? — #34
Quote:
Originally Posted by Brad Oliver
FWIW, I both appreciate and understand this viewpoint. I think most programmers who work on Mac ports of PC games understand the limitati…
Will you buy Mac ports any more? — #35
Quote:
Originally Posted by phoenix78
IMHO i believe that porting a piece of software should be easy on any system if the software has been well designed and documented. Its onl…
Will you buy Mac ports any more? — #36
Well...if nothing changes in the near future, consoles are going to take over the game market. 2 out of 3 consoles offer something other than DirectX as their game-building APIs. N…
Will you buy Mac ports any more? — #37
It's going to be years before I will be able to jump to an IntelMac, so, yeah, I'll be buying Mac ports for the foreseeable futurer.
Will you buy Mac ports any more? — #38
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Originally Posted by Thorzdad
It's going to be years before I will be able to jump to an IntelMac, so, yeah, I'll be buying Mac ports for the foreseeable futurer.
Not…
Will you buy Mac ports any more? — #39
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Originally Posted by jcadam
The #1 problem with porting games from Windows, is that almost every Windows games uses DirectX, which Microsoft created primarily for the pur…
Will you buy Mac ports any more? — #40
Nope, I won't.
Unfortunately, Mac versions are:
1. Released late.
2. Poorly optimised (not necessarily the fault of the porter).
3. Expensive.
4. Not always fully featured.
Why …
Will you buy Mac ports any more? — #41
I will continue to buy other software for OS X but games on windows unless there happens to be a game that is better on OS X.