That Mac thread!

[Drevvin]

Dont buy a mac and expect to play games on it.
Most companies make games for PC. If you want games, get a PC, dont ask company to spend resources to port the game to mac.

I mean I just don't understand this position ok you like windows and everything but some people like myself love Mac OS X what is the big deal that we might want a native version of a game its not that unheard of a lot of companies are supporting the Mac platform I mean even steam is on Mac now so just because we are the 10 percent of the computer market doesn't mean we shouldn't get what we like as well or even request it. It's like saying no we won't give people vegetarian or vegan or hell even gluten free food options because 90 percent of people don't care....I mean really?

[Jaimie]

Dont buy a mac and expect to play games on it.
Most companies make games for PC. If you want games, get a PC, dont ask company to spend resources to port the game to mac.

Don't tell people what not to do.

[Qamaqi]

Well I would love to see this game in Mac now or a year later.

[Futan]

Use Wine. I use it on my Hackintosh and it runs fine.

[Presbytier]

But if you are running Windows through Bootcamp then you are actually running Windows, not Windows on top of OSX. So if you boot into your Windows partition then you are able to play FFXIV natively on a Mac.

I do this sometimes on a MBP and it works fine.

Yes, but then i have to reboot in OSX to use my Mac Apps.

Use Wine. I use it on my Hackintosh and it runs fine.

Or I can make a simple request for a native app. I mean does nobody even bother reading posts other than the titels anymore. I get there are work arounds, but I don't want to have to use those, I will use them, but i don't get why people get so uptight every time a Mac user asks for a native app(and no I do not believe it would steal to many resources considering GW2 is doing it and ArenaNet is not as big as SE, and before someone claims there is no market for it I go back to the fact that Blizzard and ArenaNet thinks otherwise).

[Futan]

Yes, but then i have to reboot in OSX to use my Mac Apps.

Or I can make a simple request for a native app. I mean does nobody even bother reading posts other than the titels anymore. I get there are work arounds, but I don't want to have to use those, I will use them, but i don't get why people get so uptight every time a Mac user asks for a native app(and no I do not believe it would steal to many resources considering GW2 is doing it and ArenaNet is not as big as SE, and before someone claims there is no market for it I go back to the fact that Blizzard and ArenaNet thinks otherwise).

I'm sorry for helping you. Could you forgive me?

[Presbytier]

I'm sorry for helping you. Could you forgive me?

I was probably a bit snarky there, but I was just annoyed at people telling me to do things I already acknowledged could be done. My point was not to point out workarounds, but to instead stress the fact that there are some people who would love a Mac native client. My biggest disappointment is that it is so hard to have a conversation about gaming on a Mac without it turning into a flame war.

[Saieno]

I was probably a bit snarky there, but I was just annoyed at people telling me to do things I already acknowledged could be done. My point was not to point out workarounds, but to instead stress the fact that there are some people who would love a Mac native client. My biggest disappointment is that it is so hard to have a conversation about gaming on a Mac without it turning into a flame war.

I was working on a port a few months ago and have it available for download still; however the requirements are a bit strict. First you can only use an Nvidia GPU, and you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or above and should work in the latest release of Mountain Lion 10.8.2. If you have those two things you should be good to go. Please keep in mind it hasn't really been optimized as I was waiting for A Realm Reborn to continue work on it, so configurations settings and direct controller input isn't implemented yet.

Video of FFXIV Native on Mac

Download Here

[Dhalmel]

Adding Mac will just slow development. PS3, PS4 (maybe?), PC, and adding Mac would just make things take longer to release and raise the chance for serious bugs to show between clients.

I just can't see this happening unless each client has it's own dedicated team of programmers & QA testers and I'm not talking about 2 or 3 guys.

[Mikita]

It's a valid request, of course.

But the simple truth is that it is not likely to happen any time soon because there -are- relatively simple workarounds available now, even for people as non-techie as myself.

I think that people who have replied so far are not being uptight -- we are being practical and offering options. I use both PC and Mac so I have no built in animosity towards Mac users.

If nothing but a native Mac version will do... well, then... I'm done here. Good day.