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Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by AaronC, Sep 20, 2006.

  1. AaronC

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    AaronC, Sep 20, 2006
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  2. Jonathan Czeck

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    Jonathan Czeck, Sep 20, 2006
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  3. joacoerazo_legacy

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    Very good resource charts, tnks!
     
    joacoerazo_legacy, Sep 20, 2006
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  4. Aras

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    I blame Intel for decreasing the share of ARB_occlusion_query support in the macs! The Valve charts are good as well, it's just that HL/CS player demographics is probably vastly different from, for example, web-based casual games demographics.
     
    Aras, Sep 20, 2006
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  5. joacoerazo_legacy

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    Will be very helpfull to get a chart for web games.
     
    joacoerazo_legacy, Sep 20, 2006
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  6. taumel

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    Well, not surprising that the mac isn't a gaming platform but aren't there some better satistics around for the macs which rely more to the target audience? I mean look at the software they sell...
     
    taumel, Sep 20, 2006
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  7. Jonathan Czeck

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    What the... which graph was called "Gaming Platform"? I'm tired of this. It's such a meaningless term. Go away.

    As far as better data, Apple has the best but they don't share it. This is the best I know of.

    -Jon
     
    Jonathan Czeck, Sep 20, 2006
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  8. taumel

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    >>>
    What the... which graph was called "Gaming Platform"? I'm tired of this. It's such a meaningless term. Go away.
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    Problems with living in the reality? Maybe a holiday will help to relax...

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    As far as better data, Apple has the best but they don't share it. This is the best I know of.
    <<<

    Isn't there a popular game for the mac or a publisher who collects and shares such data?
     
    taumel, Sep 20, 2006
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  9. Samantha

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    Is there a more recent version of the steam survey? This one's great but was collected in April.
     
    Samantha, Sep 20, 2006
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  10. AaronC

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    I am pretty sure the stearm one would have been started in April as I have been on steam for a month or so and only got asked to contribute yesterday...

    Hope it helps somewhere along the way
    A
     
    AaronC, Sep 20, 2006
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  11. Morgan

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    There is no doubt at all that Macs are a gaming platform :) Among many other things, people game on them.

    There is equally little doubt that many, many, many more people game on Windows or consoles than on Mac.

    Macs have a few advantages over other game platforms (and ones that are important to me) but the main advantages (like selection of titles) lie with Windows PCs (including Macs if you install Windows). Further, if you like building your own game hardware, Macs are not an option.

    Now back to UT2004... can't play Doom 3 until my new Mac arrives...
     
    Morgan, Sep 23, 2006
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