Coming to the Mac in 2006

[DanQ]

Hey Macintosh users: get ready to join us PC folks in the latest chapter in the Civilization saga!

From developer Firaxis Games and publisher Take-Two Interactive under their 2K Games label, Civilization IV is being ported to the Macintosh platform by Aspyr Media, the company that brought "Civin-space"`s Alpha Centauri and expansion Alien Crossfire to the platform in 2000 [see related stories].

Word of this news has already spread to a number of Macintosh gaming websites today, including Inside Mac Games and Macworld (MW). No specific month for the release has been set to date, but MW is reporting early 2006.

[ From http://civilization4.net ]

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Dan; Apolyton CS

[Verto]

Maybe they should take a leaf from Blizzard's book and try shipping them at the same time, on the same disk.

[Sava]

What for?

Serious gamers have PC's.

I bet the market for Civ4 games on Mac is going to be less than 1% of PC sales.

They will probably lose money making a Mac verison.

mac

[Kingof the Apes]

And to think I was upset to learn that my preorder just shipped today...

[Verto]

Originally posted by Sava
What for?

Serious gamers have PC's.

I bet the market for Civ4 games on Mac is going to be less than 1% of PC sales.

They will probably lose money making a Mac verison.

mac

Blizzard seems to be doing well by not ignoring the Mac users.

[Sava]

Originally posted by Verto


Blizzard seems to be doing well by not ignoring the Mac users.

they do well regardless

[Disk Killer]

Originally posted by Sava
What for?

Serious gamers have PC's.

I bet the market for Civ4 games on Mac is going to be less than 1% of PC sales.

They will probably lose money making a Mac verison.

mac

Now, now, don't be mean to the Mac Cult.

Take2 gives it to the Mac Developer, then publishes the game. Mac users, who have a vastly reduced amount of choice, rejoice at getting a great game. They'll buy a load of copies. Take2 makes money. Firaxis makes money.

I am one who likes my PC far more than I would a Mac; but I won't deny them joy at this announcement.

[sophist]

Yet another reason why doing so much of the game in Python was a smart choice, because it reduces the work necessary to port. How much it reduces the work depends on how they used it, but there are good possibilities there. I hope the mods are drop-in compatible.

[Verto]

Originally posted by Sava

They will probably lose money making a Mac verison.

mac

Well as far as you are concerned, they haven't made any money. At least Mac user are more likely to buy the game, whereas you are still "evaluating" it.

[proviisori]

I used to play Civ 2 on Mac and I don't have anything bad to say about it.

I also found it (quite stereotypically) to be more stable compared to PC-version. ...and I am not a Apple-fanatic. I am happy owner of two PCs

[polarnomad]

Originally posted by Verto
At least Mac user are more likely to buy the game, whereas you are still "evaluating" it.

Touché!

I used to have a Mac and an announcement such as CivIV being ported to Mac would have had me peeing myself! The gaming titles list for Mac is pathetic, so show some mercy, Sava.

[Gatekeeper]

Good to hear. And Sava? Get a life, OK?

Gatekeeper

[mikeasdf]

Why won't they get this game working on linux? There are probably more users of linux than macintrash(actually, the macintrash is now built off of the linux kernel...how funny).

[Sava]

Originally posted by Gatekeeper
Good to hear. And Sava? Get a life, OK?

Gatekeeper

I will get a life as soon as you get a real computer.





(I assume from your comments you are a Mac user, if not, nevermind)

[sophist]

Originally posted by mikeasdf
Why won't they get this game working on linux? There are probably more users of linux than macintrash

There may be. But there are more Linux distributions, and Linux users are much less likely to buy games.

Originally posted by mikeasdf
(actually, the macintrash is now built off of the linux kernel...how funny).

Mac OS X is not built off the Linux kernel. Mac OS X is built on a modified Mach micro-kernel with a BSD layer on top of that taken mostly from the FreeBSD project, with additional components from various sources including NetBSD and OpenBSD.