Steam for Mac officially announced

[904]

One platform at a time probably. OSX is probably easier to manage due to limited number of configurations. It'll pretty easy to say wether a game runs on a mini, imac or macbook etc., making it easier to support it. Installed base for capable linux desktops is probably even smaller than OSX anyway.

[Blink]

Both Left 4 Deads have been confirmed - http://www.l4d.com/blog/post.php?id=3570

[Megadude]

• Owning L4d on Windows = already own it on Mac.
• Windows and Macs can play together.
• Macs can create maps.

Sounds pretty cool.

[Mr-Jigsaw]

Dammit, now my 50gb bootcamp partition is kinda pointless.

Oh well, this is a good thing.

[Spike]

Oh no, emos in my Steam.

[Vicpop]

running out of reasons to run windows.
hmmmmmmmm

[Terr]

Both Left 4 Deads have been confirmed - http://www.l4d.com/blog/post.php?id=3570

After clicking through that link and following the missive at the bottom (that is, to check out the Steam store) I feel compelled to note that Deus Ex is only $5 for anyone who missed out on pure awesome.

[Dr. Delta]

I see this as another kick in the teeth for PlayStation. Seriously Valve, grow the fuck up and develop for it.

Arrogant git is Gabe.

Except the hardware in a Mac is identical to a PC nowadays whilst the PS3 only has a Nvidia GPU in common with a PC. So you could run the OpenGL render path through it but there's the complications with the CPU.

no linux? sob
Well at least they seem to be integrating opengl which should make it easier for linux.

Let's hope so and let's also hope that other developers (*cough* Epic *cough) jump on the multi-platform bandwagon as well.

I disagree. 'Apple' hardware is still outdated. -> http://www.apple.com/imac/specs.html
The best you can get is an ATI Radeon HD 4850. June 19, 2008.

But I'm interested in seeing Mac users play online with their 1 button mouse. (that 'old' one)

Also the PS3 doesn't run OpenGL, it uses OpenGL ES; which is different.

[cypher543]

Something tells me this means a completely rewritten version of Hammer... with a cross-platform GUI system. It's been needing a good update for a while.

[904]

@delta (& others) The majority of the games begin played are low-priced 'casual' games that run fine on mac hardware. Also, Source is not a very demanding engine and scales down nicely, again making it viable to port to mac.
Valve has grown into a content delivery business, they cannot port Steam to the consoles, the next thing is OSX which has been reported to have more than 10% desktop market share in the US. And again Valve will be the first to do it, so expect a high marketshare in that area. It's all about marketpenetration for Steam and delivering as much content as possible. Porting Source to OSX is just a way to show other developers that it's possible.
It might even have a side-effect on Apple, making them use more current video hardware for their high-end imacs & macbooks.

[Psy]

I see this as another kick in the teeth for PlayStation. Seriously Valve, grow the fuck up and develop for it.

Arrogant git is Gabe.

Except the hardware in a Mac is identical to a PC nowadays whilst the PS3 only has a Nvidia GPU in common with a PC. So you could run the OpenGL render path through it but there's the complications with the CPU.

no linux? sob
Well at least they seem to be integrating opengl which should make it easier for linux.

Let's hope so and let's also hope that other developers (*cough* Epic *cough) jump on the multi-platform bandwagon as well.

I disagree. 'Apple' hardware is still outdated. -> http://www.apple.com/imac/specs.html
The best you can get is an ATI Radeon HD 4850. June 19, 2008.

But I'm interested in seeing Mac users play online with their 1 button mouse. (that 'old' one)

Also the PS3 doesn't run OpenGL, it uses OpenGL ES; which is different.

I meant identical in the sense of architectures. None of that PowerPC business or whatever they used to have.

[Dr. Delta]

So we all agree, Steam on the Mac is a step forwards.

[source-maps]

So we all agree, Steam on the Mac is a step forwards.

I never agreed to anything

[Psy]

So we all agree, Steam on the Mac is a step forwards.

No - it's a leap forward!

[Dr. Delta]

So we all agree, Steam on the Mac is a step forwards.

No - it's a leap forward!