Mephisto40
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Only a fool would buy a mac to play games
INSIDE APPLE'S MASSIVE PUSH TO TRANSFORM THE MAC INTO A GAMING PARADISE
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RoboFu
One of the green rats
My device has an M2 Max, which is capable.
Max = 4 monitors
Pro = 3 monitors
non pro = 2 monitors
Laptop screen = 1 monitor
RetroGamingUK
Member
Resident Evil 3 available on Mac, iPad and iPhone.
Universal purchase and cross-progress supported
www.macrumors.com
Universal purchase and cross-progress supported
Resident Evil 3 Now Available on iPhone, iPad, and Mac
Capcom's Resident Evil 3 has debuted on Apple devices, making it the fifth Resident Evil title to arrive on Apple's mobile platforms. The...
www.macrumors.com
RetroGamingUK
Member
For people on the verge of buying a Mac, having the option of playing the latest AAA games is another box ticked that that will likely sway that decision.
For people who don’t own a console or a PC and only use a Mac for computing, this is a way for them to discover games too.
From a developers perspective, Mac has never been so popular and with iPad Air and Pro sporting the same M series chips as Macs means there’s an even bigger potential audience for their AAA games in Apple’s ecosystem.
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LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
What a piece of garbage ecosystem has this got bumped and just reminds me of how I don't want to play games on Mac. Especially when you consider their prices not necessarily the quality of their hardware. I do like the Mac mini though
RetroGamingUK
Member
Do you own a Mac?
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Another bomb incomingResident Evil 3 available on Mac, iPad and iPhone.
Universal purchase and cross-progress supported
Resident Evil 3 Now Available on iPhone, iPad, and Mac
Capcom's Resident Evil 3 has debuted on Apple devices, making it the fifth Resident Evil title to arrive on Apple's mobile platforms. The...
PurePlatinum
Member
Their hardware is there now. They just need software support. Five year old ports of resident evil games just aren’t going to cut it.
They need things like dedicated ports of the biggest service games. How overwatch never came to Mac is totally beyond me.
They need things like dedicated ports of the biggest service games. How overwatch never came to Mac is totally beyond me.
Wildebeest
Member
Hardware almost doesn't matter. People do an expensive port of a big game to mac, and they get two or three digit sales figures. Mac owners use 10-year-old kit and are the sort of people who are proud that they don't spend any of their time on computer games.
LordBritish
Member
I got into pc gaming back in the apple 2c days (conan game, mystery house, etc)...
no shot in hell im going back
no shot in hell im going back
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
I don’t get why they don’t do the steam deck trick?
All i need is steam deck compatibility and gaming on apple would be amazing.
Come to think of it..
a shit ton of indie games work just fine on my macbook m1pro 16 inch 1TB
Two point museum
Factorio
Loop hero
Balatro
Caves of Qud
All i need is steam deck compatibility and gaming on apple would be amazing.
Come to think of it..
a shit ton of indie games work just fine on my macbook m1pro 16 inch 1TB
Two point museum
Factorio
Loop hero
Balatro
Caves of Qud
StereoVsn
Gold Member
I have an M3 Pro MBPro and it’s fairly competent at games it can play. There is a smattering of developers who do support it like Owlcat, Larian and Paradox. And I actually like and play games from these studios.
You can also use CrossOver to play non supported games through a translation layer and it’s surprisingly decent for quite a few of them.
That said, yeah, I didn’t buy MBPro for gaming. But if you do have one, between available games, emulation, CrossOver, and streaming, there is plenty to do.
You can also use CrossOver to play non supported games through a translation layer and it’s surprisingly decent for quite a few of them.
That said, yeah, I didn’t buy MBPro for gaming. But if you do have one, between available games, emulation, CrossOver, and streaming, there is plenty to do.
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Autistic_Pancake
Neo Member
Using M3 MBAir (2024) to play visual novels. The only caveat is that it runs Windows 11 ARM via VMware. So, yeah, whatever Apple is doing - it's not quite up to the task.
RoboFu
One of the green rats
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
This is why fucking your own sister is never smart guys
nemiroff
Gold Member
The last time I gamed on my MBP it burnt the hairs off my thighs and sounded like a jet taking off.
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diffusionx
Gold Member
It's an ARM based system with a different set of APIs.
I think the problem is that people on the Mac side just don't buy and play these games.
RetroGamingUK
Member
The thing is the technology is there and there’s now a huge amount of Macs and iPads out there with M series chips, and it’ll only grow as people upgrade from their old Intel Macs and A series iPads. Once Intel based Macs become a small minority then we’ll see some serious software changes at Apple.
The problem is people who have been buying Macs and iPads for years never bought them to play AAA games.
Apple would need a huge marketing campaign to change this and they need to help developers to ship AAA games on Mac/iPad the same day they ship on consoles and PC.
Each year gets better through. Hopefully WWDC25 has a bunch of new game reveals like last year.
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StereoVsn
Gold Member
The newer ones? My M3 Pro 14 doesn’t run too loud or super hot. I don’t game on my lap though and do have a protective shell.
If you have Max version in 14” size I could see it getting quite hot though.
phant0m
Member
Palworld released a few weeks ago. AC Shadows is coming out tomorrow. BG3, No Man's Sky and W40K: Rogue Trader have had solid Mac versions for over a year.
Path of Exile 2 also coming to Mac after EA
Obviously this is a drop in the bucket compared to Windows but there is some modern AAA support.
CrossOver has come a long way as well. I've got like 60+ hours in Tekken 8 on my M2 Max Mac Studio. D2R and Diablo 4 run well there too.
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Dorfdad
Gold Member
Wrong I actually game on my m4 Mac a lot, steam has tons of Mac games,, crossover, parallels, etc allow a lot of AAA games, emulators, osx more secure, less crashes, has my messages built in, dead quiet gaming and more. For competitive titles I’d never play pc as they are filled with hackers and cheats. So I have a ps5 Pro for those titles.
But to say no one games on them is factually incorrect.
StereoVsn
Gold Member
Yeah, and I have been playing Larian’s, Owlcat’s and Paradox games for a while. Kind of regret a bit not going for 16” screen, but 14” one is just so much better for travel.
phant0m
Member
Dock to a monitor at home. I have the 32" Alienware AW3225QF and all the "gaming" features work out of the box - HDR, VRR (48-120hz), and 240hz modes.
StereoVsn
Gold Member
Oh, at home I have a proper gaming PC. I do have a dock and it is hooked up to non gaming monitor as I use it for other stuff.
Magic Carpet
Gold Member
The M4 in my iPad is being wasted.
I should have just kept my old one.
I regert.
Any chance Apple will flip a switch and load Mac onto this thing?
I should have just kept my old one.
I regert.
Any chance Apple will flip a switch and load Mac onto this thing?
Hey, there is nothing wrong with my sis!
daffyduck
Member
Except they’re still insisting on an active internet connection every time the game is started. Shame on Capcom.Resident Evil 3 available on Mac, iPad and iPhone.
Universal purchase and cross-progress supported
Resident Evil 3 Now Available on iPhone, iPad, and Mac
Capcom's Resident Evil 3 has debuted on Apple devices, making it the fifth Resident Evil title to arrive on Apple's mobile platforms. The...
RetroGamingUK
Member
Apparently at WWDC24 we’ll see the biggest overhaul of their operating systems for years.
The goal is to make them more consistent, so potentially iPadOS and MacOS will become more similar.
Apple is reportedly planning a design overhaul for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS
New looks.
www.theverge.com
phant0m
Member
Zero chance. But why wasted? The App Store is FULL of games new and old. All the RE games on Mac work on iPad w/ a controller. Warframe is on there. RuneScape, BDO, Alien Isolation, D:OS 2, all the mihoyo games, so much available - only "wasted" if you let it be.
Plus there's retroarch, PPSSPP if that's more your thing.
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StereoVsn
Gold Member
I think that’s unlikely unfortunately. A more robust OS would be a lot better on the modern iPads.
ReBurn
Gold Member
Stage Manager helps but an option for a more traditional desktop experience when connected to something like the magic keyboard would go a long way toward increasing usability.
StereoVsn
Gold Member
Yep, proper multitasking especially with another screen hooked up is a must.
WhiteWaterM00se
Member
It seems like a chicken or egg situation. But, personally, with M chips coming to most devices, hopefully Apple will include M chip in the next Apple TV and iPad Mini.
This would help expedite playing anywhere. Apple still needs to money hat ports though. This will take years.
Apple should also look to acquire IP for TV, Movie and gaming. Whatever that is. IMO, i was surprised Apple never purchased Muppets, and Seasame Street when they licensed Fraggle Rock. They could have rebooted it all.
Same goes for old ip like Garfield, or CareBears.
They should be looking high and low at IP, imo. Mass Effect (if EA wanted to sell it), Babylon 5, Battlestar Galatica, possibly the Tom Clancy franchise (movies and games).
Things like Ninja Turtles being sold to Nickelodeon for very little is a mistake on Apple, and Disney’s parts.
IP that would likely be cheap.
Twilight Zone
X files?
Comics that are not DC/Marvel (Walking Dead was a great pickup from AMC)
Power Rangers
Hell…things like Buffy, Magnum PI or Matlock would have been good reboots for Apple. Find IP that are not used or has strong appeal to male and female.
Apple needs original IP as well. But having some familiar names to drive adoption would help as well.
This would help expedite playing anywhere. Apple still needs to money hat ports though. This will take years.
Apple should also look to acquire IP for TV, Movie and gaming. Whatever that is. IMO, i was surprised Apple never purchased Muppets, and Seasame Street when they licensed Fraggle Rock. They could have rebooted it all.
Same goes for old ip like Garfield, or CareBears.
They should be looking high and low at IP, imo. Mass Effect (if EA wanted to sell it), Babylon 5, Battlestar Galatica, possibly the Tom Clancy franchise (movies and games).
Things like Ninja Turtles being sold to Nickelodeon for very little is a mistake on Apple, and Disney’s parts.
IP that would likely be cheap.
Twilight Zone
X files?
Comics that are not DC/Marvel (Walking Dead was a great pickup from AMC)
Power Rangers
Hell…things like Buffy, Magnum PI or Matlock would have been good reboots for Apple. Find IP that are not used or has strong appeal to male and female.
Apple needs original IP as well. But having some familiar names to drive adoption would help as well.
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
Hmm I wouldn't rule out Linux making a big dent once SteamOS really gets going.
But for Apple, gaming is just a value add for them, they aren't going to be selling many devices purely on the back of gaming - it's just allowing their users an extra use for the computer they bought for other uses.
Hari Seldon
Member
Why would Apple money hat AAA gaming when they have the shitty but vastly more profitable mobile gaming on lockdown?
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
Didn't you see the Circana thread, mobile spending is dropping off along with regular console and PC game spending.
Subscriptions are the new hotness.
meech
Member
Apple pippin flopped in the past, that was basicly a console.
en.wikipedia.org
Apple Pippin - Wikipedia
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RetroGamingUK
Member
Apple pippin flopped in the past, that was basicly a console.
Apple Pippin - Wikipedia
That thing launched in 1996 which was the lowest point in the company’s entire history.
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phant0m
Member
The Apple TV 4K is like 2 software restrictions away from being a great micro console.Apple pippin flopped in the past, that was basicly a console.
Apple Pippin - Wikipedia
- Let it run GeForce Now/Xcloud/PS remote play
- Let it run JIT code for emulators
YeulEmeralda
Linux User
Apple is always premium so expect a €$999 console.
diffusionx
Gold Member
StereoVsn
Gold Member
Yep, chances of Apple ever wanting to deal with that shit when they can just collect 30% rep in the App Store…
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