Valve’s Newell talks Macintosh: Apple didn’t take gaming seriously

It’s always a wonder why gaming is not so big in Macintosh as much as it is in Windows operating systems, and its just a shame why there’s so many games that don’t make it to Apples and Macintoshes. Case in point: the Half-Life franchise. Kikizo talked with Valve’s big boss Gabe Newell about the issue, and things aren’t looking so cool with the future of gaming in Apple’s operating systems.

Newell said that he tried to talk with Apple about how to improve gaming on the Macintosh, and while they gave a positive response, he said that Apple didn’t follow up on what was agreed upon:

Well, we have this pattern with Apple, where we meet with them, people there go “wow, gaming is incredibly important, we should do something with gaming”. And then we’ll say, “OK, here are three things you could do to make that better”, and then they say OK, and then we never see them again.

An even sadder fact is that whenever Newell meets with another group sent by Apple, they were most likely unaware on what was agreed upon in previous meetings. Because of this, Newell is now convinced that Apple is not serious on gaming at all. “None of the things developers ask them to do are done,” he said. “And as a result, there’s no gaming market there to speak of.”

It truly is a sad outlook for Macintosh users hoping to get more games in the future. Hopefully Apple will listen this time: Newell does seem to know what he is talking about after all, with his valuable inputs about managing a company as well as dealing with customers.

Check out the Read link for the entire interview!

It’s always a wonder why gaming is not so big in Macintosh as much as it is in Windows operating systems, and its just a shame why there’s so many games that don’t make it to Apples and Macintoshes. Case in point: the Half-Life franchise. Kikizo talked with Valve’s big boss Gabe Newell about the issue, and things aren’t looking so cool with the future of gaming in Apple’s operating systems.

Newell said that he tried to talk with Apple about how to improve gaming on the Macintosh, and while they gave a positive response, he said that Apple didn’t follow up on what was agreed upon:

Well, we have this pattern with Apple, where we meet with them, people there go “wow, gaming is incredibly important, we should do something with gaming”. And then we’ll say, “OK, here are three things you could do to make that better”, and then they say OK, and then we never see them again.

An even sadder fact is that whenever Newell meets with another group sent by Apple, they were most likely unaware on what was agreed upon in previous meetings. Because of this, Newell is now convinced that Apple is not serious on gaming at all. “None of the things developers ask them to do are done,” he said. “And as a result, there’s no gaming market there to speak of.”

It truly is a sad outlook for Macintosh users hoping to get more games in the future. Hopefully Apple will listen this time: Newell does seem to know what he is talking about after all, with his valuable inputs about managing a company as well as dealing with customers.

Check out the Read link for the entire interview!