Announce to what gaming audience?
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Ertebolle@kbin.social 11 months ago
Hardly any mention of this from Apple or their associated media, despite the fact that an AAA game launching a Mac port on day 1 is virtually unheard-of in 2023.
mojo@lemm.ee 11 months ago
cel922@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Except it’s not available on Mac on day one. Latina hasn’t even announced when it will be aside from “at a later date.”
MKBandit@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Because it only launches today on PC to not compete with starfield. Other platforms are the original release date
fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Unless it’s shipped to the App Store and not just Steam, they wouldn’t market it anyway. I don’t believe they publicise third-party marketplaces / appstores (which Steam arguable is).
ObamaBinLaden@lemmy.world 11 months ago
What it runs on mac? What the fuck I’m never going to work again.
Ertebolle@kbin.social 11 months ago
Yep - M1 optimized too, so it actually runs well on Mac.
ABCDE@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I assume that means the M2 Air is going to be just fine with it?
Ertebolle@kbin.social 11 months ago
According to their listed requirements, yes. In practice, haven't tested myself but the M2 is a bit better performance-wise than their minimum card on Windows (a GTX 970, when the M2 is closer to a GTX 1060) so I imagine it'll work but not exactly with maxed-out settings.
Jarmer@slrpnk.net 11 months ago
outside of Apple arcade, I don’t think Apple cares one iota about gaming. As evidenced by your observation. It’s a huge market to miss, but they don’t really seem to care. All they keep doing is adding old mobile remakes of games everyone has played before to their Arcade subscription nobody would ever pay for if it wasn’t bundled into Apple one…
Zaveno@lemmy.world 11 months ago
They made a big deal about the latest Resident Evil and Death Stranding both coming to Mac at WWDC last year and this year
ABCDE@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Just checked DS and it doesn’t seem to been compatible according to Steam (M2 MacBook Air).
Zaveno@lemmy.world 10 months ago
www.kojimaproductions.jp/…/deathstranding_dc_mac
SageWaterDragon@lemmy.world 10 months ago
They’ve been investing way more in gaming lately, but I imagine their long-term plan involves setting up Apple Arcade as a premium brand for high-end titles in a way that might be undermined by promoting their “competition” now. Like if Apple promoted a lot of shows that were available on iTunes shortly before launching Apple TV+. No idea, though, I’m just wildly speculating.
Jarmer@slrpnk.net 10 months ago
I don’t know, they are focusing a ton right now on re-releasing REALLY old mobile games, just with a plus symbol added to the name. That’s polar opposite from premium high end titles. If they do want to go that direction they need to change course immediately!