Dec 27
Dragon Age: Origins for Mac, but not for me
I love my Mac, but it gets me down that the majority of games developers don't provide Mac versions of their games. As a result I dual boot in to Windows using Boot Camp and only tend to buy games off Valve's Steam, mainly just to reduce the amount of hard media that I have knocking around.There are equivalents for Mac, for instance http://www.macgamesarcade.com/ , which has a few 'big name' titles on it, but not an extensive range. Mostly games by indie developers which tend to be lacking the depth and quality of the big names.
Of course, there's Blizzard who always release a Mac version at the same time as the Windows version, yet this doesn't appear to have an effect of the quality of the games they produce, so I have to wonder why other developers don't take a leaf out of their book. I think it has something to do with Microsoft giving developers funding for using their gaming APIs and hardware.
Anyway Bioware aren't bad at following up with Mac versions later, but it is hit and miss if a game will have a Mac version, so when Dragon Age: Origins came out I was so eager to play it and I decided it would be so long before a Mac version, that on November 15th I just bought the Windows version and had done with it.
A few weeks later Bioware announce the release of a Mac version of the game.
I was pretty gutted.
I much prefer playing games in OSX, they seem to be much more responsive and I just like spending time in OSX rather than Windows, so it annoys me when I have to reboot in to Windows just to play a game.
So here's the scenario:
- I not only bought Dragon Age:Origins, I also purchased the Deluxe edition with all the extra content
- I bought it when there wasn't even a hint of a Mac version on the horizon
- I want to play it on the exact same hardware just using OSX instead of Windows
Now given all that I won't be buying the Mac version Bioware are not going to lose out by giving it me for free - is it such an unreasonable request?
For sure, I won't be buying anymore Bioware games for Windows... just in case they release a Mac version later.
