DJ espeed Posted March 9, 2010 Report Share Posted March 9, 2010 Windows users won't be the only ones using Steam after April, I found out earlier into today. According to Valve, Steam's coming to Mac officially. This has to be win, since in the past, you'd have to use CrossOver or Wine to use Steam on a Mac. Yay, easier game buying on Macs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DimensionWarped Posted March 9, 2010 Report Share Posted March 9, 2010 You mean easier game buying on Macs. Steam itself isn't really any easier than gaming is without Steam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ espeed Posted March 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2010 Well, you have a point there. Steam is just distribution. Got carried away with that. *edits* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesker Posted March 9, 2010 Report Share Posted March 9, 2010 Can't wait for the inevitable "Free Weekend" so I can own some mainstream Mac users. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1LT Worm Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 I'd be really excited for this, except I highly doubt these games will be compatible with the PowerPC. I wasn't expecting to play TF2 or Portal 2 or anything, but maybe some of the less resource-intensive games... =( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ espeed Posted March 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 Like I've said about Chrome for Mac months or so earlier, Apple's been pushing for Intel only. Sadly, Worm, you'll need a Mac with Intel guts to run Steam for Mac. Or, for much cheaper, you could just build a PC and use the service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesker Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 Or, for much cheaper, you could just build a PC and use the service. :0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ espeed Posted March 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 Or, for much cheaper, you can build a PC and use the service:0 Must be shocking that this Windows-favoring statement is coming from a Mac guy, isn't it, wesker? Nah, I kid you, Wesker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rael0505 Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 we actually have an emoticon that hideous? holy crap. sorry for not contributing to the discussion in any way, I've just never seen that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesker Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 Must be shocking that this Windows-favoring statement is coming from a Mac guy, isn't it, wesker? Actually yeah. Most people think their Mac's are made from some sort of exclusive space-aged futuristic hardware that can only be superior to any PC ever made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ espeed Posted March 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 Actually yeah. Most people think their Mac's are made from some sort of exclusive space-aged futuristic hardware that can only be superior to any PC ever made. Meh, I don't waste my time with the Mac v PC deal. I use what I use and am happy using it. I'm sure you'd say the same about what you use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssbfalcon Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 *Prepares for a mass of L4D/2 rage quitters...* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverbounD Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Mac's battery replacement is too shitty (granted I could do it myself). I won't buy anything Mac again because of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssbfalcon Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 ASUS is your friend... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverbounD Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 By GFX card is Asus but I don't know how Asus relates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DimensionWarped Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 So yeah, I was thinking about Steam yesterday and I realized something that annoys me to no end... If I want to play two different Steam games that I own on two different computers, I have to game the system. I mean, both computers belong to me... and both games belong to me... so I should be able to log onto my Steam account from both of them at the same time rather than having to log on with one, go into offline mode with it and then log on to the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Winslow Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 So yeah, I was thinking about Steam yesterday and I realized something that annoys me to no end...If I want to play two different Steam games that I own on two different computers, I have to game the system. I mean, both computers belong to me... and both games belong to me... so I should be able to log onto my Steam account from both of them at the same time rather than having to log on with one, go into offline mode with it and then log on to the other. It stops people from deliberately pirating and getting away with it. by doing this they stop someone from sharing the game with someone and just playing with the other person who has the pirated copy in an online game. makes perfect sense to me. if you mean SP games then yeah what gives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tentril Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Do you make a hobby out of simultaneously playing two separate games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DimensionWarped Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Yes. Sure. For the sake of the argument thats exactly what I'm doing. Actually, it's pretty typical that I'll play two games at once. I've mixed Warcraft with Puyo on DS during the slow times before. It stops people from deliberately pirating and getting away with it. by doing this they stop someone from sharing the game with someone and just playing with the other person who has the pirated copy in an online game. makes perfect sense to me.if you mean SP games then yeah what gives. I don't just mean single player games. If I want to let my brother play Team Fortress on my second computer while I play something else, I should be allowed to do that. I can understand them limiting me to playing my game only once at a given time, but not preventing me from having both played at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tentril Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 I was thinking more along the lines of Half-Life 2 and Portal or something. 'Twas a joke. I've done that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ espeed Posted March 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2010 Woo, closed beta testing! Methinks the beta's comin' out next month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ espeed Posted April 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Valve announced today that a public release of Steam for Mac is coming on May 12th. Oh, btw, WebKit is now the rendering engine used in Steam--The Windows version just got a major UI update recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pheonix Gamma Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 lol macs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyber Rat Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 I'm liking how the new UI looks, but I get disconnected from Steam very often (which happened in the beta as well). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DimensionWarped Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Personally I think I've had enough of digital downloads for big games. I'm way too attached to the idea that I should be able to let my friends and family members play games I own without having myself be unable to play another game I own. I'm too attached to colorful boxes and manuals. I just like the physical feeling of buying a new game. I got Borderlands through Steam and I basically never play it. My brother loves the game. I got Orange Box through Steam and I play it all the freakin' time. Technically, it's against TOS just for me to let him use my Steam account at all, and even when I do, I can't be logged in at the same time, so it isn't something I can really do without really gaming the system. It is absolutely stupid that I can't just give him the game off of my Steam Account. The game has to be loaded through Steam anyway, they could always just require that the game not be installed when you send it so that you can't apply some cheesy workaround (and if I wanted to pirate it anyway, I'd just pirate it anyway) I like that with tangible games, you can pass them around. I don't give a damn about selling them, I can count the number of games I've sold in my life on one hand. But when I can't let people borrow what's mine, that annoys me. I don't feel like I own a game then, I feel no different from how I would if I pirated it. And games that I don't actually own just never please me as much as games I do own. I have no idea why that is, it just is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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