Steam IS coming to OS X

[JonB]

I guess it all depends on valves attitude to how games are adapted to work on a mac. While valve are setting the example and properly porting source to OS X, a lot of games you see for sale in the Apple store are ported using a wrapper called 'cider'.

It's not the best way to do it (it's akin to using crossover games or attempting to run a game in parallels, just a little more efficient) but if valve is happy to allow games into it's store using 'cider' we could se A LOT of the existing steam games 'ported' over to the mac.

 

[gadgets]

all we need now is OC to see the light and start selling macs at good prices!

 

[JonB]

I imagine they wouldn't be able [read: allowed] to sell them at too much cheaper than the Apple Retail Stores.

 

[randal]

If you have a steam account looks like they are taking applications for the beta -

http://store.steampowered.com/macbeta/

Nice one, cheers for that link.

 

[DELETED_63174]

Applied, hope I get in.

 

[Hxc]

Ahaha, the PR email that came round said do not post that link

 

[mr.sly]

They updated Half Life to run on the Source Engine, so it is possibly for them to port it over. Who knows if they will make the effort.

 

[gadgets]

I imagine they wouldn't be able [read: allowed] to sell them at too much cheaper than the Apple Retail Stores.

don't see why, other stores sell them for considerably less that apple store.

 

[Mattitude]

Just signed on to the beta, i think once this is all successfully launched then we may see a rise in games being developed for mac. Seems valve are in talks with developers and are very close with apple in partnership so im sure deals will be struck somewhere.

 

[Caged]

don't see why, other stores sell them for considerably less that apple store.

No they don't.

 

[Irish_Tom]

Signed up for the beta as well. Although I've really run out of HDD space now.

 

[PeterNem]

I would sign up to the beta but I haven't used steam for years and have forgotten my login. You can't retrieve/reset your details by their website but rather have to do it through the client... which I can't install for obvious reasons! D'oh

 

[pingwing]

Is anyone else having problems getting to login for this?

 

[Darryn]

I was struggling, ended up installing Steam in a parallels environment... I found that the Steam login username is infact my email address, which i hadnt been trying.

 

[Rameses]

I've signed up, and I'm on a Mac Mini so we'll see.....!

Though I must say, when I had the MacBook Air (9400m) I had CrossOver Games running Steam with Day of Defeat: Source running fine!

Also Red Alert 3....mac version.

The 9400m isnt a bad performer and should open up more Mac users to games through steam.

 

[Logsi]

I amazingly remembered the usernames and passwords for both my steam accounts!

 

[Feek]

I had no idea what mine were but they're all stored within 1Password

 

[kylew]

I would sign up to the beta but I haven't used steam for years and have forgotten my login. You can't retrieve/reset your details by their website but rather have to do it through the client... which I can't install for obvious reasons! D'oh

Bootcamp?

 

[Neodite]

Signed upto the better.

I remembered the pass for my 7digit steam id. But my 4 digit (Yes i was playing for a long time haha) I cannot remember the email i used as my login/reset pass or even the password gutted

 

[Deleted member 651465]

AmTechFox.. let me know what the performance is like on the Mac Mini.

Been a Steam user since it launched (and before, in the days of the manual game patches) so would be up for signing up to the beta.