Is the era of video games ended on Apple Mac devices?
The numbers that say no, are the same as the numbers that say yes, according to statistics related to Steam for games on computers, there are 4,500 games on the platform for Apple Mac computers, a number that some might think big. Still, according to the same statistics, this number is no more than The number of games that will reach the same platform for Windows PCs.So unlike the iOS platform for Apple phones, the development of video games on Mac computers no longer works as they should. Despite the company's attempts to compete with the powerful gaming engines DirectX and OpenGL develop the graphics engine's application programming interface (API), which she called Metal. Its start was exclusive to the operating system of iOS phones. With its new version Metal 2, it became integrated into all versions of the macOS High Sierra operating system for modern Mac computers. Even this development could not save Mac computers from their decline in the world of games The video, especially since it was not advanced at any time in the first place, and it does not seem realistic that it will survive in the future.
The first reason for the end of the era of video games for Mac computers lies in the superior competitor strength, which numbers confirm once again. According to the Steam platform's statistics published by Digital Trends, Windows PCs were and still are the preferred choice for gaming enthusiasts. Even if all of the 100 million Mac computer owners are video game enthusiasts, they cannot be compared to even half of the 600 million Windows computer users, according to the latest statistics.
These numbers indicate why game developers are more interested in Windows than different Mac systems, but what the numbers don't reveal is the power of the OpenGL game engine initially intended for Windows operating systems. Still, it is used to transform games from Windows to run on Mac systems. A game like Civilization VI, for example, did not make a Mac version of it, despite its novelty. Despite the presence of Apple's Metal Engine, the developers relied on OpenGL, which is still the main driver for many video games, including those that It works on Mac computers.
In testing the revised Civilization VI version to work on Mac computers, Digital Trends released results indicating that the game achieved 22 fps at a resolution of 1050 x 1620. Intermediate settings on a 15-inch MacBook Pro computer and a Radeon Pro 455 graphics processor from AMD. In the same settings and specifications using a computer running Windows 10, the game achieved a rate of 66 frames per second. A terrifying difference, right?
However, what does it mean?
This means that the Civilization VI game runs three times faster on Windows 10 than the Mac OS, keeping in mind that OpenGL Engine developed the game, an open engine that runs on the three popular systems (Windows - Mac - Linux). It is weaker than DirectX Engine The developer via Microsoft is wholly dedicated to Windows computers and is known for its powerful performance.With DirectX comes the second reason for the fall of the Mac to satisfy video game enthusiasts, as we have already developed the DirectX graphics engine by Microsoft. It is the result of a decades-long work that includes both Microsoft developers and game developers. This makes it the main reason for the superior power of Windows to play games Video, and why do developers and game enthusiasts choose the world's most popular operating system computers? How does DirectX's power relate to twice as many Mac computers?
The relationship lies in the comparison between Windows DirectX and Metal, which Apple developed to compare to put the Mac computers on the competition track again. The relationship analysis comes from another test conducted by Digital Trends. They tested the Metal engine on the same machine that witnessed the examination, as mentioned earlier, and with the same settings. The test result came to a rate of 33 frames per second, which is higher than the result achieved by the OpenGL engine. Still, by conducting the same test on a computer with the same specifications and settings, DirectX drive and Windows 10 operating system, the trial achieved a rate of 74 frames per second, More than twice the result of the Metal drive on the Mac computer.
Conclusion
From inside and outside of Apple, many reasons stopped the video game march on devices running Mac OS, the spread of Windows computers, the power of its graphics engine DirectX in front of the Apple Metal drive. And the reluctance of developers to work on it or to develop new games added to the Steam platform for devices Mac, all of which ultimately led to a comparison between Windows computers and popular gaming platforms. So the causes and death of video games on multiple Mac computers are many.
Jay Benerao
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