Carmack Says World of Warcraft Driving PC Gaming
Carmack described World of Warcraft as "a train driving all the PC sales numbers altogether on gaming." He acknowledged that most players of "higher-end games" play them on the consoles, but said "the PC still has a strong enough margin to make games, and we continue to support it."
The studio head went on to say part of the reason PC gaming has remained less popular is because of well-implemented console connectivity features like Xbox Live and other PC-like options. The company's forthcoming title Rage will launch on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 as well as PC and Mac.
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replycome on Mac games. As much as I hate their cocksucking commercials, I'd use a Mac over a PC if it could just play games (natively).
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what about the mac do you think would make it better? Just curious? I dont have one so I wouldn't know....
Do the games available for it play better than on PC's or is it just a preference type thing?-
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Considering the costs of Apple hardware, that would be a bad idea. Someone made a comparison some time ago and found out that for the price of a $1500 iMac with a C2D/1GB RAM/ATI 2600HD PRO/320GB HDD, you can buy a C2D/8800GTS 640/2GB/500GB HDD PC with a dedicated soundcard, complete with every other component you might need. And that's not even mentioning upgradability/overclocking there.
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actually I'd argue that macs are must-haves for power users, with features like expose and spaces. quicksilver is awesome too.
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i prefer linux as my desktop too, but i don't agree MS == Apple. Besides, if a game can work well on mac then it's technically not far off from working on linux and vice versa.
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If a game can work on a Mac, it's still going to require work to get it working on linux. Different kernel structure (Mach micro kernel), etc...
Further, Apple != Microsoft? Where do you get that? Have you even SEEN how Apple has treated the iPhone market? Have you noticed that you can't get (and will never be able to get) OSX for anything other than their hardware? Have you ever watched how they move to lock customers in JUST LIKE MICROSOFT?
They're a business. Contrary to what their damn near religious zealot fans would have you believe, Apple is in business to make a ton of money, charges a premium for their products, and maintains control of whatever market share they get using an iron fist.
I like some of their hardware, definitely like OSX, and feel they have stylish design ideas, but to say they're not mini-Microsoft with their business practices is pretty blind to the truth.
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Problem is that you can't just go out and pick the best mobo card cpu etc for your needs with a Mac...my biggest gripe about Macs for gaming is that the hardware is too fucking closed.
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Same for myself. I'm primarily a Linux user, but I enjoy using Macs when I have access to them...I just don't see Apple computers becoming viable gaming platforms until most either 1) have easily upgradeable graphics (MXM modules for compact designs, PCI-E for towers of course) or 2) no longer have woefully inadequate graphics chips on base models.
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You mean mouse out of the box? Try buying a mouse that's made for PC.... it'll work for Mac, too as long as it's USB.
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