At no point did I say they've ported all their games to M1 or that they were going to. They were actually the first company to release a native M1 game (WoW) before anyone else.
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I’m not targeting your comment, and I know WOW has been converted to M1 compatible application already. Doesn’t mean it will be optimised much down the line or anything.
It should be, if you run it in Parallels, on Windows 11. It is not mac optimized.
You know 25 years of windows code piled up, real challenge
Honest question: which features, specifically, does DirectX have which limits what game devs can do? I've heard loads of praise from GPU folks, including forum members like @leman for Metal api's in terms of both ease-of-use and completeness. I think the only "negative" I've seen had to do with a very specific batching method for ray tracing that is incredibly error prone in Vulkan/DX, which Metal api's do automatically for you, rather than requiring lower-level (and error-prone) implementation.
I find emulated NES games are more enjoyable to play than modern titles sometimes. And those ran buttery smooth as far back as my Pismo 400 MHz PowerBook G3!
If it makes you feel better gamers were laughing at us long before this article came out.
True PC gamers want highly customizable hardware that consumes so much power that it can double as a space heater. Macs were never in serious contention.
I played League of Legends for the first time in years since I found out they have a Mac client and it was as miserable as I remember it
runs really good on Mac though at high settings
runs really good on Mac though at high settings
When 45fps in a game 3 years old, on a $4,000 computer, at medium settings and half the native resolution is “respectable”.
If it is native, it runs well. If it is not native, it has issues. Which is what happens with all software running on AS Mac.
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Hilarious article but kudos for not giving up on the dream of a Mac being a native gaming platform. I admire your conviction.
It irks me. I know it's my problem, and it's unreasonable, but it's like watching someone buy a Jeep Wrangler to drive around the city. Macs are the most sophisticated tools in the design industry, and for them to be tainted by l33t g4m3r$ obsessing over "Max FPS" just sort of weakens the brand and everything it stands for.
Each to their own and all that but I just don't see the point in playing games on a PC or Mac. Just get yourself a PS5 or Xbox. When you're playing the game and immersed in the experience it's impossible to tell the difference in the tiny details.
As I said, each to there own but whatever floats your boat.
As I said, each to there own but whatever floats your boat.
We'll see. I'm betting Rosetta 2 stays around for at least as long as intel macs are supported.
All the 20 year old gamer boyz are in this thread in FORCE (why are they even on this website?)
As a 40 year old dad of a three year old that hasn’t had time to play any of these games yet… this is awesome! I don’t even own a console because I don’t have time for that.
I currently have a 2019 13” MBP that I use for my professional photography… but I ALSO use GeforceNow on it to play Witcher 3 and City Skylines (works great) when I have a spare moment (a couple of times a week).
Those of us that have Macs because it’s how we like to _work_ will love the ability to play these games natively at a nice fps and resolution.
Im not joking: _this_ article is making me want to upgrade to that 14” M1. It will definitely help my photography workflow _some_… but also being able to play some newer games on it seals the deal.
As a 40 year old dad of a three year old that hasn’t had time to play any of these games yet… this is awesome! I don’t even own a console because I don’t have time for that.
I currently have a 2019 13” MBP that I use for my professional photography… but I ALSO use GeforceNow on it to play Witcher 3 and City Skylines (works great) when I have a spare moment (a couple of times a week).
Those of us that have Macs because it’s how we like to _work_ will love the ability to play these games natively at a nice fps and resolution.
Im not joking: _this_ article is making me want to upgrade to that 14” M1. It will definitely help my photography workflow _some_… but also being able to play some newer games on it seals the deal.
If you only get to play a handful of hours a week, investing in a console isn’t worth it. But playing games on the machine you also need for work… that’s awesome!
Good point. I guess I was looking at it from those saying Macs aren't any good for gaming because they can't compare with the best rig in the house!
I'd agree with you, if you only have a few hours, running the likes of Tomb Raider, which quite frankly is not that old in the grand scheme of things and still a great game, would be good fun.