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Linux surpasses the Mac among Steam gamers (arstechnica.com)
submitted 2 years ago by fne8w2ah to c/linux_gaming
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[–] n3cr0 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I didn't expect there were more Mac gamers than Linux gamers out there, especially on Steam.

[–] amenotef 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Me neither. But it makes sense. In some countries there are a lot of OS X users.

Just like there are a lot of iPhone users. Generally they are users that get a Mac the same way they get an iPhone. It's from Apple. It looks like premium hardware. And it seems simpler to use than the alternative (Windows).

They don't get the Mac for gaming. They don't care about the GPU at all. But considering there are many users if just a few of them decide to try the MacBook to play some light game they can put a good number in the steam survey.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's not Mac or Windows, it's Mac, Windows, or Linux. And you can install Linux on a Windows device.

[–] amenotef 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I was thinking about people with basic software knowledge and 0 hardware knowledge. That also never used Linux. This is why I excluded Linux. I consider Linux a bit more advanced.

[–] Limes 6 points 2 years ago

Can’t play a lot of my games because they are 32-bit, that’s why I stopped using Steam on my Mac. Haven’t spent the time to work around.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

People stopped playing Myst?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I am happy now

[–] XbSuper -1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

This is simply due to steam deck. Don't get too excited.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

So?

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble 3 points 2 years ago

Can't forget Apple pissing off all their devs to the point that there's so few popular games supporting Mac now. And older games don't work because they killed the backwards support.