Then they invented the Newton (first tablet PC). Then they invented the mass market GUI PC with the Mac (first GUI PC to be commercially successful). Just not performance gaming, and they don’t want performance gaming – neither do I I have a life to live.Īpple invented the mass market PC (personal computer) with the Apple II (first PC to be commercially successful that wasn’t trash). Casual gaming is the gaming of the masses, so on a per capita basis, Apple is the leader in gaming.
Casual games out sell/ship the niche performance gaming market by buckets. Casual gaming is the mainstream of the gaming market as programmers have come to realize with iOS. Performance Gamers are really a very small segment of society. And are minuscule compared to iOS device shipments. Performance Gamer PC shipments are dwarfed by Mac shipments, duh. The loyal Mac users have no choice but to play 2+ year old games. When Macs across the board are one or two chipsets behind, then software developers will continue to leave the platform. Since iOS became the center of attention, Cook has been chasing easy profits there instead of keeping the Mac relevant.
These are the best selling games for January 2016, and not a single one is available on the Mac: Īpple has shunned gamers so long, and now pros as well, that software developers have lost faith that Apple will ever keep up its hardware specs to support the latest and best.ĭismiss the gamer market if you want to, but those guys are at the cutting edge of processor and display performance, and those computer makers who cater to that market are very profitable. Sports games on a Mac are scarce too - no Madden football, no FIFA soccer. Consoles and Windows get priority treatment over the Mac every time. While this is an impressive list, most of these are old versions. I wish that was true, but you know very well that it isn’t.
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