Kasz216 said:
greenmedic88 said:
ameratsu said:
greenmedic88 said:
WoW is the only Blizzard game I know of that does this. Considering that the game is essentially free and that their revenue comes from subscription fees, it makes plenty of sense for Blizzard to have one retail installation package for distribution among cross platforms. |
Wasn't The Sims 3 the same as well? The same version could be installed on either Windows or OSX. here, look
Going by the pictures that Valve released, source engine games are going to work with OSX. What isn't clear is if any re-purchasing will be required or how well they will run. Hopefully it'll be one common list across both platforms, but only games you own that are compatible will show up in OSX. If Valve finds success here it may encourage some other developers on steam to make their games available for both windows and osx.
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Valve would be kind of crazy not to offer OSX ports of their games if they open up Steam for Mac.
While they generate more revenue by distributing other publishers' games, it just wouldn't make a whole lot of sense if they said something nutty like "the Mac OS is a waste of our time and we have no intention of developing ports for the platform."
Still not holding my breath for free Mac ports of games I already own through PC Steam.
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Even if you did hold your breath... it looks like it wouldn't of been for too long.
http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=103319&page=1&str=1127868834#
Every once in a while believing in valve does good things.
“Steamworks for the Mac supports all of the Steamworks APIs, and we have added a new feature, called Steam Play, which allows customers who purchase the product for the Mac or Windows to play on the other platform free of charge."
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"Now if Valve wants to be very generous and give its customers free licenses for the Mac counterparts of games they already have in their PC lists; great. All Hail Valve."
All Hail Valve.
Even if free dual licensing is only for Valve games, I currently own most of their catalog on Steam so I consider this a very generous gift from them.
The last game I played on OSX was WoW back in 2007.
