I don't mean to say that it's only successful b/c it plays on Mac. I agree with you on all your points. What I meant to point out is that a percentage of those 6 million players are Mac players. Even if that percentage is small, Blizzard has reached an audience that Mythic and NCsoft are failing to reach.
I've been looking forward to WAR, but if Mythic is not going to support Mac, they will not be getting my money. I moved away from the PC this year and I'm not going back.
NCsoft is the same way: No Mac. Has Mythic and NCsoft considered that part of what helped Blizzard achieve their 6 million users is the fact that they support Mac? Now that Macs are Intel there is no excuse to not support the Mac.
I'm sure Mythic is sick of being compared to WoW, but until they support Mac, they will always be compared on that point.
Absolutely not, I think you missed what I was saying. I'm referring to the discouragement of innovation of modern technology. Look at VHS or DAT. Both were challenged by big corporations b/c the corporations more or less wanted a piece of a the profit. In the end they did end up being more beneficial for the corporations, but to try to limit technology for corporate gain only hurts innovation.
I get sick of the filth as much as the next person, but this is just rediculous. It's called NetNanny and blacklisting. We don't need any more laws -- we need some repealed (*cough*DMCA*cough*).
Politicians need to get a clue and stop talking about technology....period. They're just butting into an industry that they do not understand.
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I don't mean to say that it's only successful b/c it plays on Mac. I agree with you on all your points. What I meant to point out is that a percentage of those 6 million players are Mac players. Even if that percentage is small, Blizzard has reached an audience that Mythic and NCsoft are failing to reach.
I've been looking forward to WAR, but if Mythic is not going to support Mac, they will not be getting my money. I moved away from the PC this year and I'm not going back.
NCsoft is the same way: No Mac. Has Mythic and NCsoft considered that part of what helped Blizzard achieve their 6 million users is the fact that they support Mac? Now that Macs are Intel there is no excuse to not support the Mac.
I'm sure Mythic is sick of being compared to WoW, but until they support Mac, they will always be compared on that point.
Absolutely not, I think you missed what I was saying. I'm referring to the discouragement of innovation of modern technology. Look at VHS or DAT. Both were challenged by big corporations b/c the corporations more or less wanted a piece of a the profit. In the end they did end up being more beneficial for the corporations, but to try to limit technology for corporate gain only hurts innovation.
I get sick of the filth as much as the next person, but this is just rediculous. It's called NetNanny and blacklisting. We don't need any more laws -- we need some repealed (*cough*DMCA*cough*). Politicians need to get a clue and stop talking about technology....period. They're just butting into an industry that they do not understand.