jeremyacrawford Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 I'm aware of the ways around using a Mac to play SWTOR. But I was just wondering if there was any updated information about a potential OSX client for the game? P.S. I don't need anyone telling me about Boot Camp and "whyd you get a mac to game?!" etc. I'm aware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DubFanahtic Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 I use boot camp to play on Mac and I'd rather it just stay that way. I'd rather have the developers actually fixing aspects of the game rather than prioritizing a new client. Following the trend lately, wouldn't be surprised if they said "Hey! Mac Users! The client costs 20 USD to buy! GO GO GO". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremyacrawford Posted December 31, 2012 Author Share Posted December 31, 2012 Yeah good point.. or 5000 CC or some BS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AboB Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Any hope for Mac users? Sometimes I wonder that myself.... Sorry, it was a joke, and I just came from a humor site. I'll even leave quietly. It was just so perfectly set up...I'll just let myself out.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndasKastor Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Personally I think Apple would have to buy EA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danbuterx Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 I recommend buying a real computer if you want to play games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bahdasz Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 (edited) You can hope someone sneaks into your house and leaves you a computer worth having. Edited December 31, 2012 by bahdasz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremyacrawford Posted December 31, 2012 Author Share Posted December 31, 2012 Again, I have a gaming computer it's just not applicable to carry it with me... Leave your opinions out of this. I love my Mac and quite frankly all of your cynical comments don't affect me . So again, is there any new information regarding a Mac client or should i give up hope? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polebreaker Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 (edited) You've been given the answer, which is no, there is no new information. As for hope, well, you bought a mac and want to game on it, so I have to assume you are full of hope... Edited December 31, 2012 by Polebreaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fornix Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 I won't expect it anytime soon, as Mac isn't exactly DirectX compatible. So they'd be required to rewrite their rendering engine to support OpenGL, which isn't the easiest of tasks to do for a major project such as SWTOR. And considering as to how little the OS X userbase is for gaming thus far, it's quickly not worth the development effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafaman Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 No new info. As you are probably are aware this question has come up through various interviews and live events. And while they have never said no to a Mac Client, they have indicated that there are other priorities in terms of content and updates. Reading between the lines and adding my own bit of speculation it seems to me they have looked at it to some extent, but are reluctant to spend time and resources on a Mac Client. Unless players can show a real need for it and demonstrate a marked impact to the success of the game, my guess is we won't see one until there is an engine revamp IF that ever happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fornix Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 No new info. As you are probably are aware this question has come up through various interviews and live events. And while they have never said no to a Mac Client, they have indicated that there are other priorities in terms of content and updates. Reading between the lines and adding my own bit of speculation it seems to me they have looked at it to some extent, but are reluctant to spend time and resources on a Mac Client. Unless players can show a real need for it and demonstrate a marked impact to the success of the game, my guess is we won't see one until there is an engine revamp IF that ever happens. It will not just need to be an engine revamp, they will essentially need to hire themselves an additional set of programmers experienced with OpenGL in addition to DirectX. Not something a set of knowledge which is standard for all programmers, essentially not during this day and age where OpenGL became some sort of a lost art over the last decade, one which only recently is starting to see a better pickup again. And you're going to need keep them staffed for further development down the line. Beyond that you're going to be needing to hire CSR staff experienced with Mac systems in order to be able to offer support to Mac users. Additionally, there may also be the desire to keep the retail version up to date as long as its sold, so introduction of a Mac version would in that case mean a pullback of all current boxes, and production of new PC/Mac capable versions. Quite the potential investment involved there, for a most probably minimal number of additional players to be gained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altheran Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Personally I think Apple would have to buy EA Then we would all be forced to buy an iRandomThing to play their future games ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eszi Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Hope for mac users? Nope, whoever buys that overpriced crap should feel hopeless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socialist Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Gaming computer... My professional video and music editing Mac Pro blows those toys into the stratosphere. *uses Static Barrier* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altheran Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Gaming computer... My professional video and music editing Mac Pro blows those toys into the stratosphere. *uses Static Barrier* Oh we won't say (or at least me) it can't be good hardware, but it sooo expensive... The price of your professional Mac can probably also blow people's bank accounts into stratosphere too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarknessInLight Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 I recommend buying a real computer if you want to play games. ^ Thank you for this piece of truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarknessInLight Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Hope for mac users? Nope, whoever buys that overpriced crap should feel hopeless 1,600 -2,000 dollar paperweight, anyone?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Victus Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Mac users got dumped into the same bin as the Latin countries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socialist Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Oh we won't say (or at least me) it can't be good hardware, but it sooo expensive... The price of your professional Mac can probably also blow people's bank accounts into stratosphere too. Truth be told, it indeed is overly expensive. But having designer parents, I didn't adopt Macs, I was born into them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Truth be told, it indeed is overly expensive. But having designer parents, I didn't adopt Macs, I was born into them designer parents......... i guess they will never learn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UriahF Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 I'm aware of the ways around using a Mac to play SWTOR. /thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeonBraun Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Here's one surprising thing that devs can't seem to wrap their heads around: Sure the actual amount of people gaming on Macs may be low, but in MMO land, what about all those Mac users friends? If I am a guild leader of a 600 person guild in WoW (which I am) and a Mac user, I may not be inclined to bring over those 600 users to start a guild in a new game. This, in fact, is precisely why our guild never went over to Rift when that game launched. So that one Mac user they choose not to make the game for could, in fact, mean a huge mass of lost potential subs for them... Which in turn leads to less word of mouth users to pass good info around. Honestly, devs really have to wake up and start recognizing this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bahdasz Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Yeah dude, I'm pretty sure that anyone that wants to game online isn't sitting at home hopelessly waiting for all games to go mac compatible so they can play with their friends... they've bought real computers in stead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeonBraun Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Or they play WoW... Which doesn't alienate potential customers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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