Bring Overwatch to Mac!

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Some more points to consider:

  • Is it not in the best interests of gamers and developers alike to argue in favour of choice as to which hardware or OS a game can be played on?
  • More competition and available options is ultimately a benefit to the consumer and not a detriment
  • It is interesting to note that OW2 was ported to Switch which is arguably less suited for the game than a modern day Mac given performance and control limitations and most likely a smaller current OW2 userbase
  • While true that there would be some expense required for updates there is no evidence that this would be prohibitively costly for Microsoft
  • The recently released Mac Mini M4 is widely lauded as one of the best mini PCs available and this suggests many potential future owners of the device including casual gamers
  • Even its base configuration would capably handle OW2
  • This would be the ideal device to optimise for
  • Evidence suggests that macOS will continue to grow as a compelling gaming platform
  • While translation software exists that can enable the game to be played on a Mac this comes at a performance cost and is often overly technical for the end-user

I’ve seen many many Mac users express that they would love to be able to play Overwatch natively without requiring a separate gaming device or translation software - please make our dream come true Blizzard!

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The PirateSoftware guy on twitch talked about this. They ported a game to Mac and it made up something like 0.3% of their player base. They didn’t port future game as it just wasn’t worth all the effort.

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Together we’ll get the developers to bring Overwatch to Mac!

We won’t give up!

To everyone who :heart:'d this thread - it’s much appreciated!

Your support means so much!

:sob: :+1:

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Can’t imagine there’d be many people sitting there behind an iMac with a magic mouse that has no side buttons and magic keyboard ready to

  1. game
  2. play Overwatch of all games
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Some further points:

  • As of the latest version Overwatch does not work through Crossover on Mac; this is further justification for a native port
  • macOS as a games platform - in the era of Apple Silicon - is still in its infancy therefore discussion around the current gamer market share misses the wider picture;
  • That being that the Mac will continue to grow as a games platform as more games are added which will in turn attract more gamers to the platform
  • Every game platform once started off with a small market share and it is only through the combined efforts of both developer and platform maker that they have succeeded in this highly competitive and cutthroat industry
  • Would anyone argue that games should not be made for Xbox because it has a smaller market share compared to the Playstation?
  • The adoption of new technology ultimately depends on developers to take the first step
  • A leap of faith is needed and AAA companies have the most leeway in doing so
  • While there is a risk in the development for any new platform there also exists a large potential payoff in being the first on said platform; as they have a head-start (Google, Microsoft et al were first in their respective fields and still today have no prominent competition)
  • Multipurpose personal computers are more popular amongst the younger generation compared with consoles; among those the Mac has seen a rise in popularity

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To be fair though I imagine Mac fanboys have a large ratio of users who would pay for Shop skins, even if it’s only because they come bundled with Apple weapon charms.

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They likely did, but now we have Apple Silicon and Metal 3. In the past, neither Apple nor Mac users considered Macs to be gaming-capable devices. However, that’s no longer the case. Heck, I’ve always been a console gamer, but I recently got an M4 Pro and I’m starting to actually enjoy PC gaming…

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Blizzard goes out of their way to not give us what we want all the time, why should they give you what you want? :joy:

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Agreed… plus, Windows is just bad. Everyday is a struggle when you use windows.
Once, I clicked on “shut down”… guess what, Windows restarted itself. I was leaving office when this happened and I was so pissed !

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