SE,we Mac users do not deserve this third class treatment!

[AvathAlThor]

Most of them.

Blizzard has developed with Mac in mind since almost the beginning. WoW was developed under openGL before DirectX.

< original beta tester

I remember reading that back when it launched Blizz got about 1 million using the Mac Client. No idea what that number might be these days though given the fluctuations in player base vs the rise in popularity for Macs over recent years. I never had any problems with WoW even as they upped the graphics reqs over successive expansions. I played ESO on my Mac for a good few months as well and that was seamless.

[Nadirah]

WoW is also a 10 year old game with much simpler visuals....Your mac was also crap when it was new.

Side note: It amazes me that people still use macs. You can do practically everything mac does on pc for half the price. It still baffles me, even more so when people try to play games on it knowing full well developers don't really support macs.

WoW just rehauled its entire graphics engine with Warlords. The graphics aren't as simple. My old PC no longer met system requirements... Which are higher than HW.

[gardei]

People that think MAC are immune to virus's and hacking are very naive. They can and do get infected and hacked. True, not often as a Windows box, but since Windows has majority of the market share, that is what most attacks occur on.

[Gramul]

A lack of DirectX complicates things. It takes a lot of time and hard work to convert games to open GL without error and that often takes a toll on performance.

[Nadirah]

A lack of DirectX complicates things. It takes a lot of time and hard work to convert games to open GL without error and that often takes a toll on performance.

PS4 doesn't use Direct X.

They'd likely have had better luck adapting the PS4 client than slapping an emulation layer on the PC client.

[Delily]

PS4 doesn't use Direct X.

They'd likely have had better luck adapting the PS4 client than slapping an emulation layer on the PC client.

Right, Luminous Tools supports PSGL and GMN/GMNX in addition to whatever Nintendo uses.

[CrystalRainbow]

Maybe the mac version got the same treatment as the new batman game. PS4 great PC sucks. because PC version was outsourced.

Mac version was likely outsourced to some 3rd party and will get patched now that it's not running on Mac PROs

[Quixotica]

Surely, PC and PS users are your main player bases. But please don't forget that we Mac users were, some of us are, PC or PS players of FFXIV as well. We do deserve the same level of treatment as everyone else regarding to the quality of game and support.
*snip*

It's not really Squeenix's fault you overpayed for a brand logo instead of getting a sensible piece of widely supported equipment.


/jk

/sorta

/notreally

[Sakei]

It's not really Squeenix's fault you overpayed for a brand logo instead of getting a sensible piece of widely supported equipment.


/jk

/sorta

/notreally

This is what I don't understand. Lots of you guys seem to forget that SE decided to release a mac client. The only issue to discuss at all is that this official release does not work. Ya, you are poking fun, but lots here honestly believe it's ok to release a product that does not work because "macs are overpriced." If I bought a new mercedes, it sure as hell better run. I really don't care that cheaper cars exist that do run.

[Brianmj]

I want to know why Yoshida put his stamp of approval on this. He had to have seen the same thing we're seeing. There's only an handful of people out there claiming to have "decent experience" on the Mac. I want Square to expend the time and energy on a native client.

I take your lol and raise you a...

The Mac isn't a console.