"Yesterday I posted An Open Letter to Apple from a Lifelong Gamer, one of my most popular blogs to date. I managed to tap into a huge community of Mac users out there that hunger for hardcore games native on their preferred platform.
Feedback was surprisingly positive -- there's very little debate that great gaming on a Mac would drive a lot of people to finally make the switch. But most readers were skeptical that Apple can capture the gaming market without some major changes. For instance, PC gamers also have a lot on their mind on top of just software. Many of you pointed out that 1. Macs are not upgradeable, or difficult to upgrade, whereas gamers like to chase the hardware curve with periodic upgrades and 2. on a related note, cost-wise, Macs give you less bang for the buck when it comes to hardware. Apple needs to take this into account if the company wants to get serious about games. Then there's a business issue. To date, Mac games just don't sell. There's a serious chicken-and-egg problem here, one that might be alleviated by the fact that more and more of you have recently purchased a Mac that you dual-boot as a PC for playing games. As that slice of the market grows, maybe Mac gaming will as well." http://tinyurl.com/32szxp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:233336 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
