Is Team Fortress 2 Coming to Mac Today?

[TheSeventhLoneWolf]

"Team Fortress available on the Mac"?

Come on, Logan. I'm no authority on the subject, but I'm fairly certain that it would translate to "Cream sorceress available on the back."

That sounds delicious.

I love Valve's way of talking to the fans. Utterly genius company.

Rather, their blog posts sound immature to me but they're really, really funny.

 

[Drejer43]

I guess some things are more important than, you know, releasing the batches of updates the Xbox 360 version is missing.

Blame Microsoft, who won't let Valve distribute the updates for free.

its free on psn and yet they still dont update.

 

[wasalp]

I guess some things are more important than, you know, releasing the batches of updates the Xbox 360 version is missing.

Blame Microsoft, who won't let Valve distribute the updates for free.

its free on psn and yet they still dont update.

...they also said they wouldn't develop on ps3 anymore <_<

 

[Danpascooch]

Wait, is this about the Grengineer update? Lol

 

[Aeshi]

Hope they make some blockage so that people without 2nd mouse button can't log in on the same server as normal people? So we don't have snipers who can't snipe, heavies who are inferior in ambushing, medics without ubercharge, scouts without the ability to stun people with bats... okay, bad example, but demomen without the remote nades?

*yawn*

An old joke that hasn't improved with age. Apple stopped making single button mice about five years ago.

And obviously, all Mac people update their hardware as often as PC people... oh wait, no.

Actually yes.Macs have been upgrade/customizable for ages now (as anyone who bothered to do the research as opposed to mindlessly bashing products they've never used to impress their friends would know)

 

[ratix2]

maybe theyll FINALLY start to unveil the engineer update as well.

I might just hate macs but.....

No im going no-where with that. Mac's annoy me and i bet its annoying steam to configure these to run on Mac's.... when they could be making episode 3?

Not really since back in 2007 Valve has left positions that involve people who program for mac computers. So if anything it is just about getting enough people to build a department.

Also consider the demand and market penetration. Whether you like it or not when it comes to the western civilization the majority of consumers are actively switching to mac computers. Even the most loyal PC users have switched especially if involved in marketing, video editing, art, and very much a good majority of what a gaming and technology community would like to do in their spare time.

I know too many people who would easily switch to a mac computer and be willing to mac their life if they actually had the resources, and considering that more consumer products have been encouraging using apple products over generic ports Valve knows that the way to get that old penetration back is to program for mac.

If anything it was inevitable since PC's and Macs are now at their core using the same technology where no longer mac is making their own processors but outsource to Intel making what was once a gigantic power advantage gone. The one of the few advantages is customization and even then few people would actually want or willing to go inside their computer to mess with anything.

first off, apples market share has risen 3% (an additional 3%, would probably be better to say 150% since their share rose from 2% to 5%)in the last 5 years, if you consider that a majority of people your crazy. granted its a huge stride when compared to the measly market share they had before and windows monolithic market share, but a majority of people is a far cry from what they have actually achieved.

second, apple hasant ever made processors, they used ibm processors in the past, they switched from ibm to intel processors for better application support.

finally, there are a lot of advantages to using windows over macs, cheaper price being the biggest one (when you buy a mac you pay for the brand, not the hardware). that aside, a larger selection of programs and a host of other things.

and before i forget, macs are pcs. pc stands for personal computer, and thats what macs are. PLEASE, dont lump windows and linux into the same category.

 

[vallorn]

I guess some things are more important than, you know, releasing the batches of updates the Xbox 360 version is missing.

dont whine when us PS3 players get barely anything. you get L4D, L4D2, updates for Portal and other Valve goodies. we get NOTHING so suck it up and get a mac or PC if you want to play TF2.

EDIT: just reread the post and it comes across as rather angry, it wasnt meant to.

 

[CKalvin]

The comic on the macupdate was hilarious

Read it if you haven't yet =)

 

[Antiparticle]

That's nice. Now how about finally bringing the TF2 updates to the Xbox 360 version?

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Heh, C'mon free download of it like what they did with Portal. Cmooooooon.

Ditto that. The game is really NOT worth buying IMHO but a freebie would be excellent!

...

Well, given I know 700 odd people who have got 700 odd hours of fun from it, and it's £6... I think you may be just a little ...wrong?

 

[SnakeF]

Heh, C'mon free download of it like what they did with Portal. Cmooooooon.

Ditto that. The game is really NOT worth buying IMHO but a freebie would be excellent!

I'm sorry, What? So you don't think a game that is being constantly updated and has easily the best online community out of many FPSes is not worth £6? I smell troll.

 

[Glademaster_v1legacy]

I guess some things are more important than, you know, releasing the batches of updates the Xbox 360 version is missing.

Microsoft want people to pay for them but Vavle doesn't want them to. Also I am fairly sure there is atleast arounda gigs worth if not more of updates for it so you would be donwloading for a fair bit to get them all.

 

[Frequen-Z]

Heh, C'mon free download of it like what they did with Portal. Cmooooooon.

Ditto that. The game is really NOT worth buying IMHO but a freebie would be excellent!

AHAHAHAH, oh god. Jesus, I haven't laughed so hard in ages. I WOULD NEVER BUY THIS GAME BUT I WOULD HOWEVER BE FILLED WITH JOY IF IT WERE FREE. HAHAHAHAH. Fuck.

Oh wait... you're serious? Yeah, no, go back to Halo, a game for simpletons where nothing is released for free and the community is about as bad as it can get.

 

[Digikid]

Heh, C'mon free download of it like what they did with Portal. Cmooooooon.

Ditto that. The game is really NOT worth buying IMHO but a freebie would be excellent!

...

Well, given I know 700 odd people who have got 700 odd hours of fun from it, and it's £6... I think you may be just a little ...wrong?

Lets just put it this way. I did not think that it was worth it. I tried on on my friends PC and turned it off after 30 minutes. Just not for me I guess.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Lets just put it this way. I did not think that it was worth it. I tried on on my friends PC and turned it off after 30 minutes. Just not for me I guess.

But it'd be ok for free? That's the bit I'm having trouble with.

Try it again sometime.

 

[Digikid]

Lets just put it this way. I did not think that it was worth it. I tried on on my friends PC and turned it off after 30 minutes. Just not for me I guess.

But it'd be ok for free? That's the bit I'm having trouble with.

Try it again sometime.

I will. Maybe I was just having a bad day with it.

ANYTHING is good for free though!!! LOL!!!!!!