Valve Says Counter-Strike 2 for macOS Not Happening, There Aren't Enough Players

Re:Valve Says Counter-Strike 2 for macOS Not Happening, Ther... by starttoaster on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @10:38PM (#37840288)

You get a budget gaming machine for 1k these days, if that. The GPU almost steals your 1k budget by itself. Apple's new top end Mac Mini goes for $1300 and has a 10 core M2 Pro with a 16 core GPU, 16GB memory, and a 512GB SSD. More than enough to play Counter Strike 2 if Valve decided to support the platform. It's not comparable but not as outrageous as people say.

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Re:Valve Says Counter-Strike 2 for macOS Not Happening, Ther... by out_of_protocol on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @05:18AM (#37842432)

> The GPU almost steals your 1k budget by itself

You can play almost any game on ancient GeForce 1080 (i do) with decent fps, except Starfield and maybe some other poorly optimized titles. On windows, that is.

You can also play almost anything on SteamDeck (15W TDP max) on linux ($400 before discounts).

You can't really play 3/4 of game catalog on MacBook Pro M1Pro or newer ($2000+)

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Re:Valve Says Counter-Strike 2 for macOS Not Happening, Ther... by starttoaster on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @12:14PM (#37846386)

So to make your argument you’re allowing the purchase of old, second hand hardware just to stay under budget.

> You can't really play 3/4 of game catalog on MacBook Pro M1Pro or newer ($2000+)

That’s what started this whole conversation actually… We are talking about the choice of game studios choosing to not support MacOS in their games.

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