Why doesn't gaming improve for Apple? Hmm...

Steve Job's investments in MS stock would plumet?

Apple practically subsidise Pangeasoft by including their games with all consumer Macs.

Quote: Originally posted by Paco500: It seems that unless there some amazingly killer game available exclusively on the mac- something so much better than anything avail…

It's all about market. id doesn't want to take the time to make games anymore becuase they don't make bazillions of dollars on the Mac. When Quake III came out and it was wicked …

Quote: Originally posted by OptimusG4: We almost had that until Microsoft bought out Bungie. That is the kicker. Bungie was primarily a Mac developer, and Halo was o…

I remeber when Bungie did the Halo demo on a PowerMac at macworld... They bill comes along and starts throwing wads of money to get his way. It's weird that Apple gaming isnt as po…

Apple would have to do something with their iMac hardware to really make them a gaming contender. You can't even play Doom 3 well on the majority of the new hardware, and those th…

Quote: Originally posted by olePigeon: It's all about market. id doesn't want to take the time to make games anymore becuase they don't make bazillions of dollars on th…

Quote: Originally posted by TailsToo: Apple would have to do something with their iMac hardware to really make them a gaming contender. You can't even play Doom 3 well …

All in due time my child! Have patience.

I like the idea of Apple sending out Devs or having Devs trained on Mac hardware and going out and helping different studios... I wouldn't want any of the OS X developers to be tak…

Quote: Originally posted by Hawkeye_a: I remeber when Bungie did the Halo demo on a PowerMac at macworld... They bill comes along and starts throwing wads of money to ge…

Quote: Originally posted by goMac: IIRC Blizzard started out on SNES and moved to DOS. Actually they started as Silicon & Synapse (Battlechess, The Lost Vikings)…

Quote: Originally posted by TheBadgerHunter: Again, Doom III is more than playable on any new mac and even many older ones. Just because some jerk maxed the settings and…

Quote: Originally posted by TailsToo: According to Aspyr, the new iMacs graphic cards are only acceptable. That's a crock. If they wanted to, they could adapt game…

Quote: Originally posted by Hawkeye_a: I've personally learned to live with it though..... i get work done on my Powerbook and goto my console(Gamecube) for gaming. i th…

Quote: Originally posted by Randman: That's a crock. If they wanted to, they could adapt games to meet any graphic cards. Or create games for graphic cards. It sounds, t…

Actually, if x86 optimization (and lack of G5 optimized code) is such a clincher, and Xbox is moving to the G5 platform, shouldn't that make game optimizations much more easily por…

Steve wanted the iMac to be some great home gaming machine, and then Apple dropped the ball by putting only the cheapest, crappiest video chips into them. Apple needs to offer a be…

Quote: Originally posted by ReggieX: Steve wanted the iMac to be some great home gaming machine... Is there anything at all that supports this claim? Or is it safe …

Quote: Originally posted by Hawkeye_a: Hmmm...honestly how many Apple users actually play video games on their computer ? Ill admit that the last game i baught for my Ma…

Quote: Originally posted by ReggieX: Steve wanted the iMac to be some great home gaming machine, and then Apple dropped the ball by putting only the cheapest, crappiest …

Quote: Originally posted by Randman: That's a crock. If they wanted to, they could adapt games to meet any graphic cards. What? There's no magical "optimize" button o…

Quote: Originally posted by olePigeon: But Doom III is just pathetic. Again, another game "ported" to the Mac with little or no optimization. Then people yell out "loo…