Assassin's Creed Shadows Coming to Apple Silicon Macs in November

[Stella]

Hmmm AppStore only. I wonder if this was part funded by Apple?

 

[alchemistmuffin]

Speaking about games… Some more emulators were approved at Apple’s App Store.

Regarding this new Assassins Creed, if they have focused on stealth it could be quite fun.

Interesting how developers are getting more interested in the Mac platform since the rise of Apple Silicon, especially with the bump of the M3 GPU!

That’s nothing.

M4 on Mac will take gaming to next level.

 

[Stella]

Why?? Steam sucks. You dont actually own any of the video games you buy off steam.
you are renting them. Your digital rights to play any game bought on steam can be taken away at any time.
much like your entire music collection off iTunes. allowed to run thru the use of digital certificates

getting a physical disk for a video game for your PS5, PC, Xbox is always best.

Steam is great. You buy a game you get it for all Platforms….

Your argument also applies to AppStore as well.

Games have been delisted on Steam but existing customers can still access that game.

 

[mielie]

it’s not apples fault it’s not going to be on steam but i’m not spending that kind of money on a cross platform game to have it stuck on the appstore which, frankly, is an embarrassing storefront for games

steam is amazing and is probably the primary way most games are played on mac (edit that and maybe battle net altho they’ve also abandoned supporting apple hardware)

Steam is just another App Store, nothing more. I personally find it clunky on the Mac and I don’t like the idea that I can only play a game I have purchased by going via this client and having an internet connection.

Oh and it’s 2024, so how about an Apple Silicon native version of this ‘amazing’ app.

 

[Think|Different]

Steam is just another App Store, nothing more. I personally find it clunky on the Mac and I don’t like the idea that I can only play a game I have purchased by going via this client and having an internet connection.

Oh and it’s 2024, so how about an Apple Silicon native version of this ‘amazing’ app.

Exactly – they have no love for the Mac.

 

[macintologist]

Steam is a game store on Mac OS. In my opinion, steam would be the best place to purchase a game so it can be played on Mac… you are calling it a crab mentality but failed to understand the previous commenters statement.

So I would have to make a steam account

 

[Populus]

That’s nothing.

M4 on Mac will take gaming to next level.

Yeah, I’m really excited about the M4 gen honestly.

 

[atoqir]

It will be on Steam 2 years after release. Ubisoft has a longstanding deal with Epic Games that their games are 2 years on Ubisoft Connect and Epic Games only on PC.

 

[Homy]

Hooray, the one Mac game for 2024!

Actually 2,232 Mac games have been released only on Steam this year but if you mean AC Shadows is the only one you like you're right.

 

[Bill Av]

Can anyone tell me what happened to my copy of Shadow Complex that I bought from the Mac App Store? It's not in my library anymore /s

 

[toobravetosave]

Steam is just another App Store, nothing more. I personally find it clunky on the Mac and I don’t like the idea that I can only play a game I have purchased by going via this client and having an internet connection.

Oh and it’s 2024, so how about an Apple Silicon native version of this ‘amazing’ app.

it’s absolutely not just another app store and i question your usage of the program to miss all the meaningful value add there.

good luck finding meaningful reviews of games on the mac app store

if you feel strongly about offline games then good old games is still vastly superior to the appstore and lets you take drm free copies with you

 

[toobravetosave]

Why?? Steam sucks. You dont actually own any of the video games you buy off steam.
you are renting them. Your digital rights to play any game bought on steam can be taken away at any time.
much like your entire music collection off iTunes. allowed to run thru the use of digital certificates

getting a physical disk for a video game for your PS5, PC, Xbox is always best.

you don’t own app store games either so im not sure why that matters here.

disc copies don’t mean anything if the game requires internet or day 1 updates to function.

 

[The_Gream]

Can we get a GamesAnywhere like feature. It shouldn’t matter where you buy your movies/music/games when they are a digital asset. What should matter is if the game (etc) we bought can be play on what ever system we own if it is available for that system.

Buy it once and enjoy.

 

[Graphate]

the new normal $70 for a video game. and it goes up from there.

gotta love inflation.

I agree it seems like a lot of money, but games have always been expensive. And even with inflation they’ve come down a little in price. I think games were about 50-60 USD throughout the 2000s which is nearly $100 in 2024 USD. So I suppose we’re saving 30 USD.

 

[toobravetosave]

I agree it seems like a lot of money, but games have always been expensive. And even with inflation they’ve come down a little in price. I think games were about 50-60 USD throughout the 2000s which is nearly $100 in 2024 USD. So I suppose we’re saving 30 USD.

the real problem is the bloated development costs plaguing aaa games

if people want to express approval at spending *hundreds of millions of dollars* on game development and marketing by buying increasingly expensive games that, for the most part frankly, continue to rehash last years games with better graphics (sorry to be reductive)

i imagine the indie scene will continue to thrive as aaa games stagnate in everything but texture pack sizes

 

[Pinachina]

Looking forward to this game mostly because it's on Mac, and eventually on iOS, I imagine. The theme of the game helps make it look really cool in my eyes too. Not a huge fan of the series otherwise.

 

[Havoc035]

Hmmm AppStore only. I wonder if this was part funded by Apple?

If it’s not I would be really surprised. The Mac still isn’t a good platform for gaming now and even if you’re releasing on macOS, the Mac App Store doesn’t really make sense.

That said, I’m very happy Apple is at least taking some action to bring real games to the Mac. Hope they increase their investments further and buy a studio or two.

 

[macduke]

Wait, we get a day one release?

Buying this to promote development for the Mac. Let’s show them with our dollars! Also because I’m a casual fan of this franchise, and have an M3 Max with 64GB that really hasn’t flexed it’s gaming muscle yet. IMMA CRANK IT

 

[TVreporter]

That’s nothing.

M4 on Mac will take gaming to next level.

Pretty sure I’ve heard that line every year since M1 launched. Still waiting

 

[enb141]

Good luck to those with Macs with 8GB memory 🤣

But that's more than enough for 99% of mac users, and also 99% of people only need 256 GB storage.

 

[.wojtek]

too bad it’s not on steam

Yeah... I just checked and it's either Epic (yuck) or Apple AppStore (why in the name of everything holly would I buy it there?!)

Important info here >>> the more people that buy this, the greater chance more AAA titles start being ported over to Mac. I hope a lot of people buy this. If few people buy this, it just validates other developers reluctance to spend the time and money to port games over to Mac.

Well... publish it it more places like Steam and GOG maybe?

This crab mentality that everything should be on steam is hurting Mac gaming… how about celebrate and demand developers release more games on Mac OS first..

Steam is a game store on Mac OS. In my opinion, steam would be the best place to purchase a game so it can be played on Mac… you are calling it a crab mentality but failed to understand the previous commenters statement.

Exactly - I own multiple platforms and Steam (and GOG) gives me flexibility to choose where I want to play (or continue with cloud-save). In my case buying via AppStore is just beyond dumb as I would be stuck with a game on just one platform which to boot is gigantic walled garden…

 

[alchemistmuffin]

But that's more than enough for 99% of mac users, and also 99% of people only need 256 GB storage.

Yeah, 8GB ram isn’t going to cut it……

I miss the days when you can upgrade the memory. (Unfortunately just like storage, Apple decided to glue in the memory straight into the logic board to save space, also limitation of ARM in general where memory have to be unified for optimum performance)

 

[svish]

Good to see more games coming to the Mac

 

[timber]

Stupid to not support Intel Mac's, the majority of the customer base still and will be when Apple goes back to x86 in a few years after the Taiwan fiasco

If Intel Macs were decent computers for gaming (the overwhelming majority is junk for that particular use) they would be supported.
The Mac is getting more support because its baseline is improving a lot since M1.

 

[nickf]

the new normal $70 for a video game. and it goes up from there.

gotta love inflation.

I was paying that for Amiga games back in the 80s. Everything old is new again.