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Subject: BUNGIE SHOULD GO BAC TO MAC!

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Poll: Do you think Bungie should create their games for Mac as well as PC...  [closed]
Yes, they should. Macs rock!:  25%
(13 Votes)
No, they shouldn't. It's bad for business.:  57%
(29 Votes)
What is a Mac and what are you talking about?:  18%
(9 Votes)
Total Votes: 51

I am writing this because i think that Bungie should start making their games for mac as well as PC. I, as with 99% of everybody on this site loves Bungie's Productions and future projects, and I think that on a Mac, as well as Xbox and PC, would make their games so much better. For those who don't know, Bungie originally created games for the Mac exclusivley, but they were bought out by Microsoft, and viola, no more Mac games. They should port the games to mac themselves instead of waiting for companies like Aspyr to port them. So Bungie, if you happen to read this, pass it around to everybody you can because all of us who have macs probably have an Xbox too and know that they are better than PCs especially in the media entertainment area.

  • 06.04.2007 7:32 PM PDT

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It would be a waste of time to reach 1% of the pc market. And besides they don't make pc games anymore hey have 6 man teams port them. And please search for topics like these because they have been asked oh so many times.

  • 06.04.2007 7:39 PM PDT
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ewww, -blam!- no, who the hell buys a Mac...seriously now.

  • 06.04.2007 8:31 PM PDT
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No, damn mac users, get Boot Camp

  • 06.04.2007 8:35 PM PDT
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They should, but it's not going to happen. Bungie is not a PC-game creating company, so they go to third party sources to make them (Gearbox, Hired Gun, Ensemble Studios..) and it's REALLY hard to find a double-side porting/game creating company to make them.

But I bet the majority is going to say "no cuz they sux lolol".

  • 06.04.2007 8:37 PM PDT
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They have Halo 1 for Mac. Although, it didnt come out the same time as the PC version did.

  • 06.04.2007 8:46 PM PDT
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Posted by: Terin
They should, but it's not going to happen. Bungie is not a PC-game creating company, so they go to third party sources to make them (Gearbox, Hired Gun, Ensemble Studios..) and it's REALLY hard to find a double-side porting/game creating company to make them.

But I bet the majority is going to say "no cuz they sux lolol".


Bungie was originally a Mac gaming company. They should port it over. It's the right thing to do...

  • 06.04.2007 8:51 PM PDT
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Why would Bungie do that? They're owned by Microsoft. This topic doesn't make any sense.

  • 06.05.2007 6:31 AM PDT
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Mac users ALWAYS go to HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • 06.05.2007 10:24 AM PDT
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Posted by: A Door
Mac users ALWAYS go to HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do people like you think you're improving the image of PCs more when you bash Mac users like that for no reason whatsoever?

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Gaming on a Mac is like eating an icecream cone, but without the cone, you have to hold the melting icecream with your hands. "Why bother" when you have the cone.

  • 06.05.2007 1:44 PM PDT

Hello! Star Wars FTW. Also, join the MAW group. Please?

How would making games for Mac computers make the games themselves better?

  • 06.05.2007 2:05 PM PDT
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Posted by: Master Kim
Posted by: A Door
Mac users ALWAYS go to HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do people like you think you're improving the image of PCs more when you bash Mac users like that for no reason whatsoever?


Macs had and always will have it coming. Seriously, they do the same to us with those biased commercials by Apple. Not only are they total lies, but they actually made the PC look like some office nerd, while the Mac is the typical "cool, young, teenage hipster". Well, I can sort of assume that's also a good thing, because while the commerical "PC" makes all the money and business, the commercial "Mac" merely fills up his Mercedes with gas. xP

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As a biased Mac user, I think it would be a great idea. However, with the only current Bungie game that isn't Mac compatible being Halo 2 (from what I've heard, it's too little, too late), I don't feel I'm missing all that much.

When Pimps at Sea is released, however, I expect Bungie to remember times past and port a Mac version.

  • 06.05.2007 3:49 PM PDT
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Bungie is owned by Microsoft. Microsoft hates Apple.

  • 06.05.2007 6:19 PM PDT

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Posted by: XworstpirateevaX
Bungie is owned by Microsoft. Microsoft hates Apple.

If they hate them so much, then why do they own part of them?

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Posted by: XworstpirateevaX
Bungie is owned by Microsoft. Microsoft hates Apple.

If they hate them so much, then why do they own part of them?


Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

OOH, YOU GOT SERVED.

  • 06.06.2007 12:14 AM PDT
Subject: BUNGIE SHOULD SAY UP YOURS MAC
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Games.
For.
Windows.
Live.

Another reason you can't put any games on a Mac, and Marathon and Infinity were ported over to PC and worked better.

  • 06.06.2007 7:25 AM PDT
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It's all just part of Microsoft's plan. It's amazing how they still haven't been sued for being a monopoly.

  • 06.06.2007 7:29 AM PDT
Subject: BUNGIE SHOULD GO BAC TO MAC!

Slaying noobs since 2007.

Msoft's only enemy is Msoft.

  • 06.06.2007 7:29 AM PDT
Subject: BUNGIE SHOULD SAY UP YOURS MAC
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The day I agree that H2V should also be developed for Mac is the day Apple gets smart and changes their business strategy.

They need to realize that the bulk of their profitability, currently, is from portable devices (iPod). Their computer division is still a niche market because they continue to hold on to their antiquated model of being the vendor for both their hardware and software. This model worked fine back when it was proprietary goods (like PowerPC processors), but now, a modern "Mac" is Intel x32 and x64 with nVidia and ATi graphics chipsets - closer to a PC than Macs have ever been.

Two things, in my opinion, Apple should do at this point which would drive down the cost of Mac computers overall, allow for better market saturation, and put them in a position where they're no longer "niche" and an actual threat to the Microsoft behemoth.

First, license out their "hardware" and allow vendors to make and sell "Mac" desktop computers. Remember, the hardware of an actual Mac now is almost identical to the hardware of a PC. The last remaining vestiges of proprietary design in a Mac are the mainboard chipsets, and now that they use all Intel CPUs and both nVidia and ATi GPUs, even their proprietary mainboard chipsets are on their last legs.

Second, make a bona fide Mac OS X for ALL x86 32- and 64-bit systems. Again, this goes to the fact that their modern systems are almost identical to PCs. So much so that there are lots of excellent tutorials on how to get Mac OS X to run on standard PCs (OSX86 project).

Apple could still retain control of their laptop and portable devices divisions. That would be fine. But their computer division needs an overhaul if it really wants to be taken as a serious contender. I don't mean that as a bash, but as the truth. Wouldn't it be great to be able to decide whether you want to install Windows Vista or OSX Leopard? Personally, I'd love to be able to dual boot Vista and OSX or even build a solid, standalone, OSX rig.

When that day comes, I'll wholeheartedly support that game manufacturers SHOULD make games for both Windows and Mac OSX. Right now, however, it's not profitable for them to do so - and that's Apple's fault.

Posted by: Agamemnon582bc
It's all just part of Microsoft's plan. It's amazing how they still haven't been sued for being a monopoly.


Well, that's because they've complied with the Final Judgments as laid down by the US Department of Justice back in 1999. Only their OS division was considered a monopoly subject to anti-trust involvement, and, so far, Microsoft has done everything required of them after that ruling.

However, I think Microsoft is rapidly becoming the same pre-1999 organization. Decisions like restricting DX10 to Vista are the exact same actions which got them in trouble in the first place and if they keep making decisions such as those to try to force leverage based on their market saturation, they might just find themselves back in US Court again, especially if the Democrats take the White House in 2008. It was, after all, the Clinton administration's DOJ who spearheaded the 90's Anti-Trust trial; Amazing, isn't it, how we didn't hear a single thing about Microsoft's monopoly status after pro-big business Republicans took control of the White House while still having majority control in Congress?

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  • 06.06.2007 7:41 AM PDT
Subject: BUNGIE SHOULD GO BAC TO MAC!

Give a man fire, he'll be warm for a day. Light a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

For those who have read, they would find that Bungie was originally a mac-only company, until Microsoft bought them out. the only (big) bungie game for mac-pc-xbox is Halo: Combat Evloved, and that was only the PC version ported by MacSoft, so it is not a true Bungie or mac game at all.
Macs also seem underpowered when compared with PCs because of thier slow hardware. It is completley the opposite. in macs, EVERYTHING IS MADE EXCLUSEVLY FOR AND BY APPLE, making it super-efficient, where as PC hardware companies have to make more expensive hardware for a broad range of machines, where each individual PC would need fine tuning to make it the most efficient possible. That is time and money not wished to be spent.
Finally, I am not asking for Bungie Stuios to drop Microsoft, but continue and push towards all gaming populations, whether its Xbox, PC, or MAC.

eovnu87435ds has spoken.

  • 06.06.2007 7:27 PM PDT

People who buy Macs are not gamers. Bungie should not waste time on them.

  • 06.06.2007 7:50 PM PDT

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Posted by: Maple Grunt
People who buy Macs are not gamers. Bungie should not waste time on them.

Don't make your self look stupid, I don't feel like proving you wrong right now.

  • 06.06.2007 8:14 PM PDT

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