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Apple might reveal a proper gaming product at its October event (www.techradar.com)
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Apple might reveal a proper gaming product at its October event::I'll take one gaming MacBook please, Apple!

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know about Proton, but Crossover for Mac still exists, and according to the programme database on their website seems to have a decent hit rate for games.

Crossover is made by Codeweavers, who are the main contractor for Proton and the biggest contributor to Wine.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

WINE isn't the limiting factor here. Most games rely on either DirectX, OpenGL, or Vulkan, none of which Apple supports.

On Linux, we have translation layers for DirectX in the form of DXVK and VKD3D, and native driver support for both OpenGL and Vulkan.

Apple has to rely on translating Vulkan to Metal with tools like MoltenVK, but Metal isn't 100% feature-compatible with Vulkan.