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[HN] Valve Says Counter-Strike 2 for macOS Not Happening, There Aren't Enough Players

www.macrumors.com Valve Says Counter-Strike 2 for macOS Not Happening Because There Aren't Enough Players on Mac to Justify It

Valve on Monday said it has no plans for a macOS version of the recently released game Counter-Strike 2, the follow-up title replacing the hugely...

Valve Says Counter-Strike 2 for macOS Not Happening Because There Aren't Enough Players on Mac to Justify It

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Valve Says Counter-Strike 2 for macOS Not Happening Because There Aren't Enough Players on Mac to Justify It

www.macrumors.com /2023/10/10/valve-confirms-counter-strike-2-no-macos/

Valve Says Counter-Strike 2 for macOS Not Happening Because There Aren't Enough Players on Mac to Justify It

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Valve Says Counter-Strike 2 for macOS Not Happening Because There Aren't Enough Players on Mac to Justify It

www.macrumors.com /2023/10/10/valve-confirms-counter-strike-2-no-macos/

Valve Says Counter-Strike 2 for macOS Not Happening Because There Aren't Enough Players on Mac to Justify It

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Gaming @lemmy.ml

Valve Says Counter-Strike 2 for macOS Not Happening Because There Aren't Enough Players on Mac to Justify It

www.macrumors.com /2023/10/10/valve-confirms-counter-strike-2-no-macos/

Valve Says Counter-Strike 2 for macOS Not Happening Because There Aren't Enough Players on Mac to Justify It

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What? They already have a Linux version...
- Supporting macOS with any sort of complex codebase is trickier than it sounds, due to the necessity to use Metal, the notarization requirements, and various quirks in cross-compile toolchains.
- Darwin != Linux
- The engine supports Vulcan and DX11+. Mac doesn't, natively at least. It would take a lot of effort to support it and according to their data the userbase isn't there to justify that.