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Valve Invents OSX Gaming

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KvP:
You don't really need a hog to play Source games, seeing as the engine's so old. It might've needed a formidable rig like 6 years ago. I think the Macbooks at the very least should be able to handle it.

jhocking:

--- Quote from: KvP on 03 Mar 2010, 17:42 ---I'm wondering how they'll get over the OpenGL hump.

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Well part of any OpenGL hump is Microsoft propaganda, like how they tried to use propaganda about DirectX 10 to get everyone to switch to Vista. Or who knows, maybe Apple is bribing them to care about Mac all of a sudden.


--- Quote from: messeduplilkid on 07 Mar 2010, 01:03 ---won't you need decent specs to play on it? IE: the later Intel based compys?
I suppose a powermac g5 could run this stuff pretty well. But I can't think of anything below that threshold that'll have enough power to run modern games.

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This is kind of an odd point, since it's not like PC gamers expect to run modern games on 5 year old computers. Most hardcore PC gamers have a ridiculous obsession with cutting edge hardware that leads them to consider videocards obsolete after 1 year.

Anyway I would doubt Valve is planning to port Source to G5 chips. I can't think of many software developers going to the trouble of building universal binaries these days because, well, there's not much value in supporting 5 year old computers unless you're writing software for schools to use.

messeduplilkid:
Sorry if I wasn't clear Joe.

I'm just confused, because I have a first gen and second gen Macbook... and via bootcamp neither runs counter strike source well at all (even with an overtly modified exec file).

What would be the point in having valve port their games over to open GL when they could just ask us to use boot camp? As you said this isn't going to be for people on old power pc chips. The people that CAN play games (like portal 2 that's been announced for os x) will or should or can have boot camp. Is it really that inconvenient to restart your computer and hold the option key?

I mean, Catfish Man made an excellent point, Blizzard and even Bungie released games for the Apple crowd. But the point I'm trying to make is: with the advent of Intel Chips aren't we blurring the lines between how accessible these games are? Aren't these games easily accessible already?

But all in all, I'm not COMPLAINING. And I know I'm looking a gift horse in the mouth. I'm just so confused over why someone would spend money on porting these games over?

Tom:
Wait, isn't the steam platform for OSX just going to be like a habitat for windows-game associated files removing the need for people to have to use Bootcamp/Parallels + a MS OS inorder to play games on their Mac?

Ozymandias:
They haven't said what it actually is. That seems pretty hard though since (almost) all modern computer games run on Direct X which is a Microsoft platform and not in OSX.

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