iPad and Mac

[Hapimeses]

Solid_Snake4RD said:

Hapimeses said:

Really, no.

You don't dump 360 with PS3 even though they share so many games, so you shouldn't dump Mac with PC. They are completely different platforms. I can't see any realistic reason that they should share a category other than laziness or simply disliking the Mac.

On the otherhand, I could understand iOS working for both pad and pod, after all the PSN category covers both PS3 and PSP, but then the iPhone category would need to be renamed.

However, I will add that claiming the pad and pod share the same games is wrong. My pad has a whole bunch of games exclusive to the iPad, or, at the very least, completely different to their pod/phone varieties. It is a completely different platform, and it has completely different games.That said, the same is the case for the PSN games for PSP and PS3 -- yes, they share many games, but each also has it's exclusives.

So, that being the case, I'd now amend my request to say the following:

Can we please rename the iPhone category to iOS and add a Mac category?

but 360 and PS3 games have big differences and they are big platforms

the request are so taken on VGC,YOU WILL HAVE TO JUST GIVE A SUGGESTION AND THEN SEE IF THE ADMINS TAKE IT OR NOT

I'm honestly not quite sure what you're saying there. I think you're saying that I should suggest the idea to the Admins and leave it to them to decide? If so, I agree entirely; indeed, isn't that what I'm doing here?

Regardless to that, I'm not actually bothered one way or another really. I don't even have a Mac (yet). However, I know many people who do, and many that game on them as well, and most, rightly or wrongly, would be appalled to define their computing experience with the name PC. Steam has heralded a change here, and many like the direction away from Windows-based gaming. Mac is a platform -- it may not be as prolific as other platforms, but it looks likely that will change sooner rather than later.

As for having somewhere to list iPad games: this I am bothered by. It's a pretty massive gaming platform now, and has many exclusives, so I think it needs recognition here somewhere. As to how that should be handled -- as a new platform, or as an addition to the iPhone platform, perhaps as iOS -- I don't mind at all; however, I think integrating iPad and iPhone/iPad togather makes sense, as I mentioned before.