FFXIV for Mac

[Delsus]

The main problem with this is because mac doesnt support directx it would require the entire program being rewritten, if SE mentioned the possibility of it and didnt come through, it will be because they looked into the idea and thought it wasnt financially viable.

This is because most people have PCs and as people have already said, its not hard to put a second partition on to use windows.

Before anyone says "but they will have had to rewrite it for PS3 compatibility" this will be true but they will have looked into it and thought it was financially viable because most of the japanese players will play on PS3 which will more than cover the cost in the long term

[Delmontyb]

The main problem with this is because mac doesnt support directx it would require the entire program being rewritten, if SE mentioned the possibility of it and didnt come through, it will be because they looked into the idea and thought it wasnt financially viable.

This is because most people have PCs and as people have already said, its not hard to put a second partition on to use windows.

Before anyone says "but they will have had to rewrite it for PS3 compatibility" this will be true but they will have looked into it and thought it was financially viable because most of the japanese players will play on PS3 which will more than cover the cost in the long term

One of the big strengths that Square-Enix touted about the Crystal Tools engine is it's ability to be multi-platform and how easy it is to port to other systems... Now, I do believe that it isn't as easy as an option that they run though the compiler "Build for PS3... / Build for OS X" but I still hope this is something they decide to do...

I would love to run this on my system without having to shut down the computer just to boot to Windows.

[Xandre]

Agreed Delmontyb, it can be a pain at times. If they were to ever do this though, I'd certainly be one of their first purchases.

[Neptune]

Yeah, basing on what I saw on Youtube, since it's not my workfield =D
Just my opinion though. I'd like to know if you or someone can enlight me and others.

The More You Know
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I read about OpenGL and it's a good tech, but if you look up benchmarks it is always the loser due probably to driver support problems. That's on Windows. On Mac it is 10x worse. First of all, no multi video card support on OS X. So, you're down to 1 video card and with half the framerate.

Check out this graph of Portal running on PC vs. Mac. Check in a few weeks for a Portal 2 comparison.

http://themacgamer.com/2010/05/18/po...nce-mac-vs-pc/

Half Life 2

http://themacgamer.com/2010/05/28/ha...nce-mac-vs-pc/

GNU public license .... ? Please don't swear in the store sir, you'll reduce the fanboys to tears.

lol...

[Sweetheart]

So since Yoshi stated recently,

The PC specs will be lower than they are currently and we will be releasing the PS3 version.

Any news for Mac version maybe? /flameshield

[Shneibel]

So since Yoshi stated recently, Any news for Mac version maybe? /flameshield

nope, and I doubt there will be any

[Sweetheart]

nope, and I doubt there will be any

Yeah prolly, but some yes, no or maybe, answer would be nice form any rep.

[Rousseau]

I run the game on a top-of-the-line iMac in Bootcamp. It runs as well as it would on some other brand's hardware. Perhaps better, as Apple puts some pretty decent hardware in their machines, at least in my experience.

I would really like to play in OS X, though. I hate having to reboot so often, and I can't multitask while playing, as all of my work is on the OS X side.

Also, for what it's worth, I run WoW on the highest possible settings in OS X, and the game runs amazingly well. This iMac is a beast of a machine, I'll tell you what.

[Rydin]

I run the game on a top-of-the-line iMac in Bootcamp. It runs as well as it would on some other brand's hardware. Perhaps better, as Apple puts some pretty decent hardware in their machines, at least in my experience.

Yea.. using great brands like Foxconn

oh wait

[Valmonte]

Yea.. using great brands like Foxconn

oh wait

there like clowns man you provoke one they start coming outta places you never thought possible