Now that Valve has pledge to defend the Mac with the forthcoming release of Steam on Mac OS X and coinciding Mac and personal computer releases for all its upcoming plot , several in the gambling manufacture have been quick to respond with their own pledges of financial support .
First up is an promulgation fromRazer . Razer is known for being the leading developer of ridiculously tender mice , more complimentarily known as “ preciseness gaming mice . ” They ’re thoroughgoing for fast , accurate movements in games that postulate pinpoint accuracy . The company also make gambling keyboard and lifestyle peripheral targeting a very specific ecological niche of gamers that invests heavily in this equipment .
On Wednesday at the Game Developers Conference ( GDC ) in San Francisco , Razer pledged to have driver for the Mac usable for all its forthcoming products . In addition , Razer has denote the availability of full - feature Mac drivers for the MMO gamingNaga mouseand the original , blackDeathAddermouse .
Back in 2008 , Razer discharge a livid Mac version of the Razer DeathAdder computer mouse . The Mac bear out canonic functionality for the Razer Orochi , Mamba , and Imperator mice mighty out of the loge , but Razer plans to relinquish enhanced gadget driver for all those products after this year .
Then comes a series of wide report statements fromGas Powered Games’sChris Taylor andEA DICE’sKarl Magus Troedsson . Both developers already have game on Steam , but to escort they ’ve both been developing game exclusively for the personal computer and consoles .
Chris Taylor toldThe Escapiston Wednesday that “ we , as a developer , will admit a Mac political program choice in all of our proposals moving forward . We ’re in 100 % support of it . Absolutely . ” Citing rising mart share and like ironware , Taylor take that the Mac is a “ very light political program to bring PC games over to . ”
Taylor ’s Gas Powered Games just releasedSupreme Commander 2for the PC on Steam last hebdomad . The company ’s other games include the Stardock - publishedDemigod , Dungeon Siege , Space Siege , and the forthcomingChris Taylor ’s Kings and Castles .
DICE hasBattlefield : Bad Company 2 Limited Edition , Battlefield 2,andMirror ’s Edgeon Steam right now . For theBattlefieldtitles , they ’ve observed more hoi polloi play the game online on the personal computer than on the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360 combine . As with Razer , DICE ’s last freeing for the Mac was in 2008 , and it was a port wine of itsBattlefield 2142title .
Troedsson post a tweet okay on Monday praising Valve ’s announcement of a Mac port of Steam ; not long after , theUniversal Gaming Databaseinterviewed Troedsson to involve if his company had anything planned . His assertion was terse , but affirmative : “ We ’re currently investigating the possibility of make [ Battlefield Bad Company 2 ] available on Mac . ” Past releases from EA have been cyder port , but significant demand from a Mac - only play hearing could push the fellowship to pop produce native port .
Does this mean that the gaming industry has finally take off to take the Mac seriously ? Perhaps . At the very least , they see a potential market place , and with Valve finally on dining table alongside industry heavyweight Blizzard , more developer will surely play along .
