FFXIV for Mac

[Emulord]

I'm glad to see that now a MBP, for the 3K$ it's worth, is able to run such a heavy game on decent settings. It used to annoy me not to be able to properly play GTA IV on my older one. Well, why not a portage, when they eventually publish the game on PC/PS3.

[Alhanelem]

I'm glad to see that now a MBP, for the 3K$ it's worth, is able to run such a heavy game on decent settings. It used to annoy me not to be able to properly play GTA IV on my older one. Well, why not a portage, when they eventually publish the game on PC/PS3.

One of the reasons for this is unless you're using a Mac Pro tower case, you most likely have mobile graphics if you're on any kind of Mac. People simply don't buy macs to play hardcore games. Those that do have the most expensive ones (which cost about half as much if they are Windows PCs). Don't get me wrong, I actually like Mac OSX's design. I don't like Apple and their hardware choices however. Chic and stylish at the expense of practicality. Nearly every PC game also available on mac performs measurably worse under OSX than under windows. Thus it ends up being better to boot camp and play the Windows version even if you have a high end Mac and the game is available for OSX. Too many people look at the system requirements for games on Mac and think they'll be fine when they're not- Usually the system requirements are desktop hardware and most macs use mobile hardware.

Given FFXIV's current popularity, I'd say an OSX client is extremely unlikely. Not trying to rain on your parade, just being realistic.

[Delsus]

I'm glad to see that now a MBP, for the 3K$ it's worth, is able to run such a heavy game on decent settings. It used to annoy me not to be able to properly play GTA IV on my older one. Well, why not a portage, when they eventually publish the game on PC/PS3.

$3K to run this game on decent settings? Wow what a huge rip off, I paid £600 for my laptop 1 year ago and I can run FFXIV on decent settings, if I take a 1.5 exchange rate that's about $900, a huge saving of $2,100, I think I'll get a new phone, new TV, go on Holiday and still have money left over.

Seriously how can you guys possibly rationalize that price difference for a picture of a half eaten apple?

[seuki]

Seriously how can you guys possibly rationalize that price difference for a picture of a half eaten apple?

Are you serious? It's because the thing is shiny.