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[RetroGamingUK]

What happened to all the games announced at WWDC 2024

Fourteen games were mentioned at WWDC 2024 as titles coming to Apple devices, allegedly signaling Apple's shift to take gaming more seriously. Unsurprisingly, not all of them have shown up yet.

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[EverydayBeast]

What’s the problem with games on Mac exactly? It’s crazy gaming on Mac never got attention.

 

[March Climber]

Their VR sales have went stagnant and they got cold feet as a result.

 

[Fafalada]

What’s the problem with games on Mac exactly?

The entire value proposition is - 'good enough - you can get better anywhere else, but it's not THAT much better...maybe'.
And oddly that's exactly the same approach they had in the 90ies - so I do wonder why it's supposed to go different the 4th time around.

 

[phant0m]

Their VR sales have went stagnant and they got cold feet as a result.

Tbf, $3500 is insane for a VR headset that a $500 Quest 3 can do 75% of

I mean christ this forum poo-poos a $699 PS5 Pro with 2 TB of storage

 

[ResurrectedContrarian]

You can run a lot of things with the silicon macs, but it takes some work (unless you're playing something officially ported; eg. Baldur's Gate 3 etc).

I set up SteamVR on my M3 Macbook just for kicks (using VMWare's GPU driver that translates between silicon host & vm; connecting to my Q3 headset by cable) and it's surprisingly decent for a laptop experience. The Lab is perfect; Alyx is solid in lower settings. But setting that up wasn't easy, took a ton of steps to get the pieces in place.

 

[gamer82]

The thing is though it's apple were talking about are gamers really going to pay they're prices when the idea of £70+ games already annoys people . Does apple have enough of interest from gamers to bother with gaming ? i remember apple arcade when it started but since then it has had zero interest from myself with it's poor selection of games it's perosnally not worth the subscription.

i can't remember the last time i even used a game from the app store on my iphone mobile games are just not that interesting and i have no intention of wasting my phone battery quicker than i need to.

if apple had like psn, xbox, steam apps on their systems & atv box then that may entice people and they could build on that with proper aaa games from in house or third parties. late to the party residect evil games are not it especially when you can get them so cheap now a days theres zero reason to pay the apple tax

 

[Drell]

Everything that can reduce MS' monopoly in gaming PC OS is good, even if it's another "evil" like apple.

 

[Panajev2001a]

Everything that can reduce MS' monopoly in gaming PC OS is good, even if it's another "evil" like apple.

Steam and Proton, come on Apple get in with the program we all know you do not actually still give a darn about gaming (… and you have trained a lot of your users not to buy anything and prefer micro transactions… …).

 

[twilo99]

I don’t know if they have the interest, but they certainly have the hardware to accommodate most people’s gaming needs.

I still think that the Mac mini M4 is the best “console” you can buy for $600 if there were games for it…

 

[phant0m]

I don’t know if they have the interest, but they certainly have the hardware to accommodate most people’s gaming needs.

I still think that the Mac mini M4 is the best “console” you can buy for $600 if there were games for it…

Almost every major emulator supports, including RPCS3. So you could argue there are 1000s of games for it across the libraries of SNES, Genesis, PS1, N64, PS2, Dreamcast, GameCube, Wii, PS3, (3)DS and the Switch.

 

[WhiteWaterM00se]

An interesting test will be, when Apople starts paying for releases to release on Mac platforms day and date w/ pc and consoles.

Death Stranding 2? Sonic Racing?

 

[Panajev2001a]

An interesting test will be, when Apople starts paying for releases to release on Mac platforms day and date w/ pc and consoles.

Death Stranding 2? Sonic Racing?

When pigs fly… I do not see Apple doing it anytime soon :/.

 

[WhiteWaterM00se]

When pigs fly… I do not see Apple doing it anytime soon :/.

I agree. But they need to start at some point. Who knows when that will be.

As i mentioned earlier, it is still a mistake to not have Apple TV and iPad mini on “M” chips. The price would not be too much more and it would allow easier implementation of the AAA/Console games across the platforms.

 

[AJUMP23]

I don't think I ever want to play a video game on a mac. At least they funded Bungie long enough to get us HALO.

 

[Drell]

Steam and Proton, come on Apple get in with the program we all know you do not actually still give a darn about gaming (… and you have trained a lot of your users not to buy anything and prefer micro transactions… …).

Did I dismiss Valve, Steam OS and proton?

 

[deriks]

Their VR sales have went stagnant and they got cold feet as a result.

VR from them wasn't a gaming thing. Was to test new waters and turned out to be a too expensive toy. Can't be considered

But with the Mac they tried a lot to work for games and never really took off for a lot of reasons, and themselves are included

 

[Panajev2001a]

Did I dismiss Valve, Steam OS and proton?

No no, I was angry at Apple . Are you Apple?

 

[Badlucktroll]

i played lots of marathon and lucas arts games on mac back in the day. it was fine

 

[Ashamam]

VR from them wasn't a gaming thing. Was to test new waters and turned out to be a too expensive toy. Can't be considered

It’s not a toy. That’s the problem, it’s too premium so it’s a niche imdustrial product basically. Think surgeon tool, architectural tool etc. The tech in it is insane, hence the price.

Some of that tech will likely find its way into future consumer focused products that will be best in class.

Also it’s not a VR product it’s AR, different category, much harder to do right.

 

[Drell]

No no, I was angry at Apple . Are you Apple?

Yes, let's fight

 

[twilo99]

Well..

 

[Hudo]

Well..

Yep. It's gaming time.

 

[WhamBamThankYouMaam]

One thing I can say is that wow is fucking sweet on mac.