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Originally posted by Jason1
I would like to get a Mac, but like a lot of games dont even work with it...
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Well very few of your current games would, because very few companies produce hybrid games, it's basically only Blizzard. The reason behind this is because a lot of companies don't have the resources to port a game to Mac in-house. Like... their developers suck
So anyway, a lot of companies send their games to other companies to have it ported to Mac, and then published. Return to Castle Wolfenstein was given to Aspyr, even though Devine did a great job with the Mac beta. Other games, like the Tom Clancy games get ported by places like MacSoft. This is where the whole theory comes in, Macs get all the good games, but it takes a while. Just because programming for Mac was so much different, programmers really only knew how to make the Windows version and then had to send it off.
There are a few exceptions. Blizzard makes both Mac and PC versions at the same time. Upcoming games like WoW and WarCraft 3 will be released at the same time. Bungie is also a kick-ass Mac developer, too bad Microsoft bought them out, delaying Halo until the game is too old to be appreciated.
Anyway, pretty much every major game comes out on Mac, you just may need to wait for someone to port it. Thankfully, with the addition of Mac OS X and Macs getting the newest video cards, companies are beginning to support the Mac market. Look at UbiSoft, they released Myst III at the same time, and Shadowbane is coming out at the same time.
I guess there's also a good side to waiting. You won't have to deal with all the problems that the PC users deal with. Less bugs and all. But unless you're picky and want every new game the second it comes out, Macs are fine. They get every game that's any good.