Make no mistake, from a technical point of view, this is a new game. New everything except for story and gameplay mechanics. Everything else is new from scratch, so it's not an update.
Completely different systems. Have a look at Apples SoC and then at the Switch, which is based on Nvidia hardware. Just because something is running on the Switch doesn't mean it can be simply ported to Apple Silicon.
Depends on how it's done in the first place. In a perfect world, all it needs is the switch of a compiler flag and it's M1 ready. Worst case scenario, you have to start from scratch.
And that isn't a big enough a difference for you? What's easier, going from another OpenGL/Vulkan with any CPU to Switch or having to use Metal which locks you into a specific eco system?
Never going to happen.
Good, start by porting this to M1: https://github.com/stepjam/RLBench
Metal is great, if you want to lock yourself into an eco system. When someone is building an app for Apple only, there's nothing wrong with it. As soon as you have to go somewhere else, it's a burden no one wants to carry.
Let me rephrase that, locking into a eco system where no serious money is to be made. You'll find ecosystems everywhere, including Nvidia with Cuda and all their tools. And for most people that is ok, because there is no alternative. The difference is, everyone is using it. If I could jump off the Nvidia train, I'd happily do it. But where exactly do I go if I need 500 GPUs in a Cluster? Not to speak of the software side of things.
UI code off the main thread = not on the main thread. So many people still do it. It's one of the reasons I let my students fail whenever anyone is submitting such code. It's just not acceptable.
Of course I'm not serious, because it's not worth to fix it. I could fix it myself, but it's not worth the time. If you fix this one thing, then you have to fix the next one and the next and so on. And before you look at it, you'll have to maintain 1000 different tools that someone else screwed up. Who's paying for that in the end? It's much cheaper to just buy additional hardware und run it there, money is usually never an issue for getting immediate tools that just work vs. maintaining multiple projects.
They don't. Few people do, you'll find these things pretty much everywhere in the research world.
So have I and I've run into problems that were so time consuming that it's just not feasible doing it. I've found that problems usually are caused by those who don't care much and cause these problems. Look at Path of Exile, it won't run on M1, neither native nor with Rosetta. They're using 3rd party libs making use of AVX instructions that Rosetta can't translate. They only have three options, do nothing, wait for the 3rd party to update their libs or throw the 3rd party stuff out and replace it with their own stuff.
Over 70 million switch units sold. Over 114 million PS. So you must be kidding regarding sales numbers. Also, not everyone who owns Apple ARM hardware is going to buy a game, most people actually work with their computers and have a console in addition. Not everyone who owns a TV or monitor also has a Apple TV+ subscription (or Disney+, Netflix, etc.).
I don't have the money to buy anything new // build a second computer for gaming. But maybe I can partition my drives for windows or maybe I'll eventually get a switch
9to5 has this Jan 6th, 2021 article "M1 Macs market share 0.8%; will be 7% by summer – TrendForce"
Well, we all know how much time it takes to develop a game so it's better to start now as it's obvious that Apple Silicons are already fast and are going to be faster. And again — it's not only about M1, it's also about A14 ad A14X, and M1X already this year which is expected to run as fast as MacBook Pro 16 with hi-end 5600M graphics which gives over 100 FPS in Call of Duty Warzone at 1080p. To make games for Apple (forget the Macs, it's for all Apple devices) now is a very good investment.9to5 has this Jan 6th, 2021 article "M1 Macs market share 0.8%; will be 7% by summer – TrendForce"
As mentioned elsewhere we really need to see majority of Mac computers that are transitioned to some kind of Apple SiliconeCPU/GPU before anyone would look at this differently. 3 low cost models (Air/13" MacBookPro/MacMini) is not going to start a avalanche of users migrating processor platforms. PC/Mac games use more sophisticated playstyle then iPhones/Ipads, and Diablo Immortal meant for them was royally booed when it was announced. This upcoming WWDC should be more important then even that last one.
Oh by Odins beard was it ever. I was watching and I just couldn't believe it. Lets gather the most hardcore of our fans from AROUND the world, at a convention that is centred around some of the most hardcore PC games to come out in the last 2 decades, and then tell these people that the next instalment in a series they love... is a mobile game.
Dude--- Don't have guys have phones?
how is it hardly worthwhile? m1 D2 would work on iOS/iPad as well. iOS users purchase more paid apps than android users by a large margin in my research is correct. There's a huge market, I believe around 1 billion iOS/iPad owners worldwide
I believe having to redesign an interface to be able to handle touch sensitivity for Diablo 2 would be a nightmare. It is possible they could port whatever they are doing for Diablo Immortal to it, but there's no promise that game isn't on rails so to speak. Any time a game has key binds greater than just left click, I immediately am doubtful of its ability to function on iOS.
I can easily have my ipad connect to a keyboard and mouse. I have no idea what you're talking about. It's not that hard to make pop up menus
The interface itself is only part of it. The gameplay mechanics would change as well and that'd be most likely the much bigger issue. Console interfaces are already much different for these type of games and while they probably did a really good job for D3 on this, I'm personally not a fan. Consoles have the advantage of offering haptic feedback to the user, which is not the case for touchscreens.
I have bought several Logitech G keyboards AND mice over the last many moons with the sole intention to utilize them to play World of Warcraft. During The Burning Crusade, Wrath of the Lich King, and Cataclysm, several of my friends had the SteelSeries WoW mouse as well as those odd Z-board chummies.
Hem... This is true for most PC games, you know.
Not going to happen: https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/
One should think someone claiming to be a coder can read. Pity.
