Re:Apple Silicon M1 – What to Expect, Based on A14
by musicale on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @01:05AM
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> Apple are clearly making trade offs and I suspect that gamers aren't a priority
Baldur's Gate 3 demos notwithstanding, Apple seems to have little interest in PC gaming, which is usually Windows/DirectX first with macOS being a distant afterthought or delayed, overpriced port. They also killed off 32-bit games, which further reduced the PC game landscape on macOS.
However, Apple has its own massive ecosystem of game devs on iOS, and it also has Apple Arcade.
If a PC game isn't on iOS, you may have to rely on cloud gaming if you want to play it on macOS in the future - which may not be much worse than the current situation of mediocre ports.
Baldur's Gate 3 demos notwithstanding, Apple seems to have little interest in PC gaming, which is usually Windows/DirectX first with macOS being a distant afterthought or delayed, overpriced port. They also killed off 32-bit games, which further reduced the PC game landscape on macOS.
However, Apple has its own massive ecosystem of game devs on iOS, and it also has Apple Arcade.
If a PC game isn't on iOS, you may have to rely on cloud gaming if you want to play it on macOS in the future - which may not be much worse than the current situation of mediocre ports.