Hi ya, Just red this quote from the list: Start quote: > First, ignoring Mac as a viable platform for blind gamers is a poor strategy. One year on, and Mac sales are still far exceeding Windows sales, even in comparison to back in the hay day of audio games, some 10 years ago or so. It isn't just about raw user numbers, it is about demographics and the quality of those users. End quote
Maybe I am misunderstanding the quote here, but are you saying that macs are outselling windows machines? Where are you getting those numbers? Its been a while since I checked, but last time I took notice macs were around 5 or 6 percent with PC's over 80 percent. I am sure the mac has made strides in recent years, but if they are outselling windows machines in pretty much any significant market, that is surprising news to me. I could see where macs may be accelerating with the decline of the PC, but last I checked, they have a really long way to go to be anywhere near outselling windows machines. If macs are indeed outselling pc's with windows, I would have lost a large bet on that, had a wager been presented to my degenerate gambling self. Here is what I dug up quickly on google before going to bed: In an interview with Computerworld, Gartner analyst Carolina Milanesi says a major OS shift is coming. By 2015, she predicts, devices running Apple operating systems will overtake those running Windows. Last year, shipments of products running Windows still handily outnumbered those running Mac OS and iOS, by 347 million to 213 million, according to figures from Gartner published Monday. The lead will be slashed to 23 million in 2014, and the Apple OSes will likely outnumber Windows devices in 2015, said Carolina Milanesi, research vice president at Gartner. End article clip So based on those numbers, even throwing in the mobile iOS into the mac equation, windows is outselling them, strip out iOS and those numbers get far more out of balance when we're talking windows versus mac straight up. Obviously on the mobile side of things, apple is owning microsoft, but if we're talking macs versus windows, i.e. desktops and laptops, its not even close, and won't be for many years to come. I think regarding mobile platforms if MS doesn't get their heads out of their collective rear ends, they'll be selling Xbox 2s exclusively in another decade, but for now, they dominate the desktop and laptop market hands down in raw sales. I'm no microsoft fan boy, I have plenty of apple equipment as well, just wanted to make sure folks had the right information on this topic, especially potential developers. There are a lot of audio gamers using macs now, and I am glad for it, but the windows users as far as raw numbers go blow them out of the water, something I considered and researched very carefully when deciding whether to port Rail Racer 2 to mac. In the end, the work didn't justify the return, not at this point in time anyhow. I am learning slowly how to program for iOS, but it is tedious the way voiceover works on the mac, too many hoops to jump through for basic stuff making it very inefficient. Secondly, I'm having a hard time finding help out in the community, although I've only recently started, and I'm sure there are groups of accessible programmers out there somewhere willing to help out with the occasional question from a newbie to the system and xCode IDE, I just haven't ferreted them out yet. If anyone out there knows of someone willing to help me answer a few basic questions about xcode and the like, I'm all about it, and willing to pay for the tutoring,. Cara graciouslly showed me a few things, but I thinnk she is too busy at this point, and I don't want to pester folks. Thanks, Che Email: blindadrenal...@gmail.com Comments? --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
