• Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        25
        arrow-down
        5
        ·
        edit-2
        2 days ago

        Were talking about m serie, the fps may not be amazing but macos cant run windows games like linux can. When every wwdc apple just shows off some game they paid a metric crap ton to get it ported. Which isnt really gaming, if your selection is like 5 games.

        • june (she/her)@lemmy.ml
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          10
          arrow-down
          3
          ·
          2 days ago

          That’s so false… That’s like saying the only games Windows can run is Halo and whatever crap is in the Windows Store. Steam has thousands of out-of-the-box compatible games and Crossover helps cover many other games.

          Before I got I rebuild my Linux gaming PC (watercooling shenanigans) I gamed for a solid year on MacOS. I played Baldur’s Gate 3 on release for Windows through Crossover, was on my second play through when official Mac support dropped. I’ve played Civ 5 & 6 with friends. I’ve made many cities in Cities Skylines. I played FF7 Remake again. Even for old 32-bit Windows games like Touhou 6 run with minor tweaking.

          • flying_sheep@lemmy.ml
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            4
            ·
            17 hours ago

            Hey, nobody disputes that.

            Doesn’t mean macOS has a comparable portfolio of games it runs. Proton just works better than crossover or Whiskey or whatever.

            • Draconic NEO@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              2
              ·
              16 hours ago

              Unsurprising since Proton is optimized by Valve specifically for playing games. Crossover, Wine, and Whiskey are more general purpose. They will work fine and can be optimized and tweaked, but Proton will work better out of the box.

          • AlotOfReading@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            17
            arrow-down
            1
            ·
            1 day ago

            Crossover is the commercial version of the code behind proton, developed by the same company. It doesn’t work as well on Mac as on Linux. Since “Like Linux but worse” is exactly the point you’re responding to, so you’re pretty much in agreement with them?