How many of you are Mac gamers?
Back 10 years ago from today, there were plenty of Mac games. In direct comparison to the PC side of the gaming world, there were few games available for the Mac, but the games that were available for high-quality, enjoyable ones, like Quake, Unreal, Unreal Tournament, Warcraft series, Starcraft, Diablo series, etc. I've been itching to play a new game for a while now, yet on my search, all I find are lousy, flat-out lame games for the Mac. What the heck? As far as I'm concerned, the few games available for the Mac 10 years ago were GOOD games because developers didn't want to waste money creating or coding a game for the Mac also if it was a lousy, lame game. Now, though - and in the past 3 years - fewer games are coming to the Mac, and at least half of them suck. Blame consoles, blame Windows, - whatever. I'm pissed that the gaming market on the Mac is drowning. Granted, if money isn't to be made porting games to the Mac, then I can understand why it isn't happening.
I just played Rainbox Six: Raven Shield (FPS) - it's from 2003-2004. A killer game, yet almost 3 years old. One of the few, GOOD games that were ported to the Mac in that time frame. Still enjoyable to this day, just like Warcraft 3.
Intel users might argue that you can install Windows and play Windows games, but I don't own an Intel Mac, and even if I did, wouldn't install Windows on it, because I wouldn't pay for a copy. Consoles are even worse, because first-person shooters are my choice of game genre, and playing those with a controller is a joke. (though I hear that you can buy mice for consoles now?)
What are your thoughts on gaming on the Mac?
Back 10 years ago from today, there were plenty of Mac games. In direct comparison to the PC side of the gaming world, there were few games available for the Mac, but the games that were available for high-quality, enjoyable ones, like Quake, Unreal, Unreal Tournament, Warcraft series, Starcraft, Diablo series, etc. I've been itching to play a new game for a while now, yet on my search, all I find are lousy, flat-out lame games for the Mac. What the heck? As far as I'm concerned, the few games available for the Mac 10 years ago were GOOD games because developers didn't want to waste money creating or coding a game for the Mac also if it was a lousy, lame game. Now, though - and in the past 3 years - fewer games are coming to the Mac, and at least half of them suck. Blame consoles, blame Windows, - whatever. I'm pissed that the gaming market on the Mac is drowning. Granted, if money isn't to be made porting games to the Mac, then I can understand why it isn't happening.
I just played Rainbox Six: Raven Shield (FPS) - it's from 2003-2004. A killer game, yet almost 3 years old. One of the few, GOOD games that were ported to the Mac in that time frame. Still enjoyable to this day, just like Warcraft 3.
Intel users might argue that you can install Windows and play Windows games, but I don't own an Intel Mac, and even if I did, wouldn't install Windows on it, because I wouldn't pay for a copy. Consoles are even worse, because first-person shooters are my choice of game genre, and playing those with a controller is a joke. (though I hear that you can buy mice for consoles now?)
What are your thoughts on gaming on the Mac?