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    Assassin's Creed came to the PC but not to the Mac

    Assassin's Creed II came to the PC and just came out for the Mac. And the only reason I know this is because Steam is advertising it.

    It makes me wonder if they only ported it to the Mac because it a larger number of Mac gamers now can even see it. Could Valve actually accomplish what Apple couldn't: make the Mac a viable gaming platform?
    Jan 11, 2011 9:07pm PST
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      Apple never tried to make the Mac a viable platform. In fact, they're still not trying. People are putt... : ArcanumThis person is cool!
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        Apple is reliant on ATI and Nvidia to provide their graphics drivers, right? They aren't exactly as motiv... : FaykThis person is cool!
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          I'm pretty sure Apple is doing a significant portion of the development. Which is part of the problem. : ArcanumThis person is cool!
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            How are you sure of this ? : taronishThis person is cool!
            • I remember a couple of comments where developers complained about a lack of support from Apple : alexpr
      • Right, I remember an interview with Gabe Newell where he said that they had wanted to bring Steam to Macs... : Arctic Fox
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        There was an article from someone who worked on apple talking about how apple purposefully doesn't suppor... : crazywiggaThis person is cool!
        • This is what I thought, but then apps and thus $$ signs came around for the iPhone and iTouch etc and the... : K1Bond007This person is cool!
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        In 1999, Mac was on its way to becoming a great platform for gaming. Apple courted the most respected ... : MatthewPhillipsThis person is cool!
        • Actually I don't think the public was ever aware of Halo ever being a RTS until years later - by the time... : SchnappleThis person is cool!
    • Hopefully : Drewus
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      The performance is still terrible. No idea if this is driver-related, or the OS just isn't optimised for ... : hankyJR
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        It's a terrible port. The system requirements are twice what they are on the PC, but it still runs poorly... : BlackCat9This person is cool!
        • That's an interesting issue to me - the Mac Pro is the only member of the Mac lineup that's even remotely... : SchnappleThis person is cool!
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      Well they made PC gaming viable didn't they. : SpaecKowThis person is cool!
      • ^^^ zing : Serpico74This person is cool!
    • Their conduct is Apple's polar opposite, so all I know is my gut says maybe. : greasyjohn
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      Supposedly it's a Cider (translates windows' api's on the fly, so basically a windows program running thr... : sammyjojoThis person is cool!
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        WINE in other words : MamiyaOtaru
        • Cider is WINE for Apples. Get it? : BlackCat9This person is cool!
        • Wine isn't inherently slower than native; it's not emulation. Their implementation of the APIs isn't nece... : ConanThis person is cool!
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        I've heard it's not. People who bought it said that it doesn't contain any Windows binaries. Just terribl... : BlackCat9This person is cool!
        • Then maybe it's using the proprietary cider winelib? That would eliminate the need to translate at runtim... : Wikidd
        • Seems to be true. I searched around for some information and found this post on the insidemacgames forums... : sammyjojoThis person is cool!
      • I've heard opposite of this. : packav
    • You either love or hate what DirectX has done for gaming on the PC platform, but one thing's for sure - a... : JPMcWhiskers
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      without the use of a secondary fire button on its mouse? I don't think so sir. : FlakmanzThis person is cool!
      • I have a magic mouse and worked around this by disabling weapon scroll (the MM is way to sensitive) and b... : packav
      • PS: right click works fine by default, the only hitch is when you need to Right Click and Left click at t... : packav
    • Only if they remove the crazy mouse lag/acceleration issue on Mac. : lectR