Mac version?

[Henry Spencer]

Anyone else want a Mac version of S3? PC support is fine and all, I guess, but man, Macs are better (this is my first and it has run far better than any PC I've ever had). Do people think a Mac version is unlikely? Am I the only person on the Dojo with a Mac?

[Benwah]

I have a Mac and would love to see a Mac version, but it is HIGHLY unlikely to happen. I think there is more chance of an Xbox One version than a Mac version. In my opinion there aren't enough people who want Shenmue III that have Macs to warrant the game being made for it in my opinion.

[Amir]

I'm on a Mac right now but I've installed Windows 7 on Bootcamp for PC games and it works great. Even for games that are on Mac, the Windows versions are better optimised.

[Reprise]

Most people I know who have Macs just do some variation of the following:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/wind ... ows-on-mac

https://www.vmware.com/products/fusion

[Yokosuka]

I guess moving from DirectX to OpenGL cost too much money for few sales anyway.

[Xanatus]

Mac's are more common in the USA than anywhere else in the world. Esspecialy for gaming. And I don't think that even in the USA, Mac's are used for gaming much.

It's not worth wasting budget on that. It's probabaly less than 1% of people who would play Shenmue on a Mac but not on PS4/PC. In other words, it wouldn't help the sells enough to justify an expensive port.

An Xbox port at the other hand would help indeed a lot. There are tons of people who play on Xbox rather than anywhere else.

[Henry Spencer]

I don't really disagree with any of what you guys are saying, but would a Mac port would cost that much? Guess I'll just run Windows on my Mac if I ever want to play with the mods for Shenmue 3. My main platform will be for PS4 anyway, just wanted to see who else apart from me had Macs and would like it ported.

Mac's are more common in the USA than anywhere else in the world. Esspecialy for gaming. And I don't think that even in the USA, Mac's are used for gaming much.

Huh? That doesn't make any sense, do you mean PC's are more common, especially for gaming?

[Otacon_ahs]

Shenmue 3 is focused for the main platforms, being Windows and PS4 pretty much a very high percentage of gamers.
OpenGL is far behind Direct X performance. Valve is pushing OpenGL on Linux though, and it actually runs pretty well.
Don't know about Mac now, but i had a MacBook Pro 4 years ago and graphic performance with games was awful.

I suppose that post-release versions for Linux and Mac will be coming, since Unreal Engine 4 is multi platform.

[Kenny]

Most people I know who have Macs just do some variation of the following:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/wind ... ows-on-mac

https://www.vmware.com/products/fusion

That's a waste of a Mac.

Might as well get an Acer or a Chromebook.

[Amir]

Most people I know who have Macs just do some variation of the following:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/wind ... ows-on-mac

https://www.vmware.com/products/fusion

That's a waste of a Mac.

Might as well get an Acer or a Chromebook.

Windows on Mac is great for gaming, and it's cheaper than buying a separate PC.

Still have the Mac for coding on Xcode, browsing web, etc., just use Windows partition for games.

[Phong]

I've been a Mac fan for over 20 years and even I don't want this. Apple has long given up on the Mac as a gaming machine and so have the card manufacturers.

I have a Mac Pro with dual Firepros but there are no Mac drivers that allow me to use both at once. None.

I mean what.

[Amir]

I've been a Mac fan for over 20 years and even I don't want this. Apple has long given up on the Mac as a gaming machine and so have the card manufacturers.

I have a Mac Pro with dual Firepros but there are no Mac drivers that allow me to use both at once. None.

I mean what.

Man, that's pretty stupid. Gaming aside, wouldn't dual graphics card support be better for professionals using Mac Pros for CAD and the like?

[Xanatus]

Mac's are more common in the USA than anywhere else in the world. Esspecialy for gaming. And I don't think that even in the USA, Mac's are used for gaming much.

Huh? That doesn't make any sense, do you mean PC's are more common, especially for gaming?

Yes, that's what I mean.

Mac's are not that common outside of the US. And if someone has a mac outside of the US, it's most likely for professional use and not for gaming.

[Wude-Tang Clan]

I've been a Mac fan for over 20 years and even I don't want this. Apple has long given up on the Mac as a gaming machine and so have the card manufacturers.

I have a Mac Pro with dual Firepros but there are no Mac drivers that allow me to use both at once. None.

I mean what.

Man, that's pretty stupid. Gaming aside, wouldn't dual graphics card support be better for professionals using Mac Pros for CAD and the like?

Not necessarily. Dual graphics cards don't mean x2 GPU power. And if we're talking workstations, Macs don't really have a place.

[Amir]

I've been a Mac fan for over 20 years and even I don't want this. Apple has long given up on the Mac as a gaming machine and so have the card manufacturers.

I have a Mac Pro with dual Firepros but there are no Mac drivers that allow me to use both at once. None.

I mean what.

Man, that's pretty stupid. Gaming aside, wouldn't dual graphics card support be better for professionals using Mac Pros for CAD and the like?

Not necessarily. Dual graphics cards don't mean x2 GPU power. And if we're talking workstations, Macs don't really have a place.

Then what purpose does having dual GPUs in the Mac Pro have?