On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Joachim Diepstraten wrote: > Hi > > > I was told the same thing at GDC this Spring. I think it is unlikely anyone > > is going to come right out and explain exactly what the situation is. Maybe > > Jobs and McNeil hate each other or something. But it is worrisome to us. > > We really would like a shot at the Mac market, since it has been totally > > > neglected in the online gaming world. > > Hmm? Is there really a demand? Mac market share is below 10 percent in > total (worldwide). Mac game market share is well I would say below 1 > percent (worldwide). Even the market share of mobile device games is > greater I would say. I think there are really really a few persons > who actually want to play games with their Mac.
Well, if they can get the port of their game at near-zero cost due to the cross platform capability of Java then it's essentially free marketshare. Furthermore, because fewer games are available to Mac users they are more likely to experiment with independent game developers. Ted Halmrast =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
