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Posted October 18, 2012
It's official! GOG.com supports Mac OS X.

We're bringing a part of our massive catalog of all-time classics to Mac, starting with an impressive 50 titles for Mac gamers to play and enjoy. 28 of the 50 titles, the best games in history, including , [url=https://secure.gog.com/en/gamecard/ultima_456]Ultima series, or Wing Commander, will be playable on the Mac OS X for the first time ever--exclusively on GOG.com. The complete line-up reflects the diversity of available games unmatched by other distributors: classics like Simcity 2000, Crusader: No Remorse, Little Big Adventure, Theme Hospital mix with Anomaly Warzone Earth, Tiny & Big: Grandpa’s Leftovers, , and [url=http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/the_witcher_2]The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. Speaking of monster-hunter Geralt and The Witcher 2, the Enhanced Edition of this award-winning mature fantasy RPG was released on Mac just today and is available on GOG.com with a 25% discount (that's only $22.24) for the next 48 hours.

Weeklong Promo: Mac & PC Essentials
We have also prepared a set of specially selected games from various genres that will be available 50% off for the next week: The Witcher Enhanced Edition, Crusader: No Remorse, Theme Hospital, Little Big Adventure, Postal Classic and Uncut, and Simcity 2000 are all available for 50% off--that's as little as $2.99 for unforgettable classics. This promo ends Thursday, October 25 at 6:15 PM GMT. However, The Witcher Enhanced Edition will be available for 50% off only until Saturday, October 20 at 6:45 PM GMT.

Remember, the 50 is just the beginning--we promise to release more amazing games on Mac in the near future. What titles? To find out and play even more best games in history check our website regularly, become a fan on , follow us on [url=https://twitter.com/GOGcom]Twitter, or give us a nice +1 in Google+.
Posted October 21, 2012
So hipsters can now play Good Old Games. That's cool.
Posted October 21, 2012
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MetalGodwin: Nice to hear, Linux.-support soon then? :) PS. On a side-note, why doesn't people refer to "platform" as OSX or Windows, instead of Mac or PC? I'm typing this from Ubuntu, on a PC...
That's a good question. The term 'PC' stands for personal computer. Microsoft (windows) is a software company, while Apple (OS X) is a manufacturer that not only controls it's hardware but software as well. Whoever got this mixed up didn't bother to do his/her research. Overall, the whole 'Platform Wars' argument is plain silly at best. Great new for Mac users.
Posted October 21, 2012
It's great that your supporting Mac games now, but unfortunately... my mouse seems to have died. 5 of you just got out that, I can tell.
Posted October 21, 2012
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1UP: P.S. Rest easy though, the "Mac crowd" doesn't invade the threads of other OSes to attack their users, cause we're happy with ours <3
You made a decent point until you said this. In my experience, the Mac community is similar to the vegan/vegetarian community: there's a very vocal core that can't shut up about being a Mac user/Vegan and nearly every topic about Windows (this forum included) has always some Mac users who harp on about why people should change to Macs so yeah, very very untrue. (not to mention that, working in a graphic design community, that point is proven to be even less true considering that any non-Mac user is universally met by derision from Mac users).
Posted October 22, 2012
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1UP: P.S. Rest easy though, the "Mac crowd" doesn't invade the threads of other OSes to attack their users, cause we're happy with ours <3
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Red_Avatar: You made a decent point until you said this. In my experience, the Mac community is similar to the vegan/vegetarian community: there's a very vocal core that can't shut up about being a Mac user/Vegan and nearly every topic about Windows (this forum included) has always some Mac users who harp on about why people should change to Macs so yeah, very very untrue.
Well, in the context of this thread and this site, no-one was pushing Macs in anyone's face until the unwasheds got in ours :)

Personally, I was exclusively a Windows user myself (having been a gamer since the ZX Spectrum days, you'd guess my primary platform) until just a couple months ago. I discovered Mac/OS X while helping a friend develop an iOS app, and have been in love ever since. Trust me, I'd prefer to help more people discover this awesome new thing that I've found, rather than turn them away by being a dbag about it, but during my few weeks so far of transitioning to the Mac world while maintaining contact with Windows users, I've found that the Windows crowd has more idiotic, prejudiced perceptions about Macs than we have about Windows. Except that in our case (us being the converts) our opinion may have a little more weight just because we have actually worked with both platforms.
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Posted October 22, 2012
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1UP: Except that in our case (us being the converts) our opinion may have a little more weight just because we have actually worked with both platforms.
It is hilarious, really. Antimac morons who have never used a mac in their lives, but whine about them because it is cool to do so have been popping up all over.

It is doubly hilarious that me, a PC user, defends GOG and their decision, thus defending mac users. I used to work on Macs since Leopard (10.5) about half of the time (mostly video editing/publishing work) and I still prefer PC, but I have legitimate reasons and not just "harhar bad macs". But that's a personal choice and if you can afford one and you are genuinely happy with them, good for you.

Enjoy the games GOG has for you good sirs, there is some excellent entertainment in there.

There are trolls on both sides of the fence, just don't feed them.
Hell, maybe that's good weather over here that's been keeping my good spirits up.
Post edited October 22, 2012 by Kestrel
Posted October 22, 2012
One interesting thing is that there weren't so many votes on the wishlist for Mac compatibility, compared to Linux compatibility votes. But GOG supposedly supported the bigger market first, which would then be Mac. Anyway I see it as a step forward but hope Linux support will follow soon. I want to see this popular wish completed too. If Steam is heading this direction, than GOG can do so too.
Post edited October 22, 2012 by Trilarion
Posted October 22, 2012
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Trilarion: One interesting thing is that there weren't so many votes on the wishlist for Mac compatibility, compared to Linux compatibility votes. But GOG supposedly supported the bigger market first, which would then be Mac. Anyway I see it as a step forward but hope Linux support will follow soon. I want to see this popular wish completed too. If Steam is heading this direction, than GOG can do so too.
You don't select markets basing on it's size, but on the spending potential of it's customers. If you're not in the business of importing cheap clothes from China that is.

Would you think Ferrari would be better if they released a small family city car? Aston Martin did their take on a small citycar and it was hilarious.
Posted October 22, 2012
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Kestrel: ...
Yes, I know that Mac computers are expensive, but still I wouldn't compare them to a Ferrari in cars. But you have a point. Size is only one factor determining the total potential. A vote for Mac can be worth financially several votes for Linux, but still there were several times more votes for Linux.

Anyway, the Palmyra Atoll really is surrounded by a lot of water! :)
Posted October 22, 2012
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Kestrel: ...
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Trilarion: Yes, I know that Mac computers are expensive, but still I wouldn't compare them to a Ferrari in cars. But you have a point. Size is only one factor determining the total potential. A vote for Mac can be worth financially several votes for Linux, but still there were several times more votes for Linux. Anyway, the Palmyra Atoll really is surrounded by a lot of water! :)
Also, GOG wishlist is not a very good indicator of how many mac vs. linux users there are. Remember, mac users had no reason to come to GOG at all before, no secret why wishlist isn't full of them.
Posted October 22, 2012
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Kestrel: You don't select markets basing on it's size, but on the spending potential of it's customers.
No. GOG operates on volume, not premium exclusive one-of-a-kind items, you can't have anything exclusive (overpriced) with digital distribution. The difference between the income of a typical PC user and a typical Mac user does not matter because GOG games are cheap and the spending potential is capped.

So you select based on market size per man-hour. Apparently, Mac beats Linux. That's absolutely in line with my own observations concerning free software (for business, Windows is cheaper than Linux), so I have no reason to doubt GOG's market analysts.
Posted October 22, 2012
The point nobody has mentioned yet (unless I missed it) is that the Mac market is more time sensitive right now. Publishers are flooding OS X with everything they can possibly port and distributors need to be ready if they want a piece of that. The Linux market will still be just as ghost-towney next year. :P
Posted October 22, 2012
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Darling_Jimmy: ...Publishers are flooding OS X with everything they can possibly port and distributors need to be ready if they want a piece of that. The Linux market will still be just as ghost-towney next year. :P
This does not explain why publishers and distributors are loving the Mac market and ignoring the Linux market. They do. But the true reason behind does remain a bit unclear.
Posted October 22, 2012
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Trilarion: This does not explain why publishers and distributors are loving the Mac market and ignoring the Linux market. They do. But the true reason behind does remain a bit unclear.
There are a lot of reasons. Mainly the iPhone was a huge success, Windows Vista was a frightful flop, and there was a mini-mass-migration as a result. Publishers followed the trend.

Linux, on the other hand, is kind of like the Occupy movement of OSes; there's not really anyone in charge which has resulted in a bazillion distros (give or take) and it's all a little scary to corporate lawyers and accountants. Maybe Android will eventually turn that perception around, though even it has so far failed to entice.
Posted October 22, 2012
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Darling_Jimmy: ...Publishers are flooding OS X with everything they can possibly port and distributors need to be ready if they want a piece of that. The Linux market will still be just as ghost-towney next year. :P
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Trilarion: This does not explain why publishers and distributors are loving the Mac market and ignoring the Linux market. They do. But the true reason behind does remain a bit unclear.
TET is right: Linux systems are too much of a pain in the ass to support compared to Macs. Bad publicity travels fast. Supporting Mac users is much, much easier - if there's a potential problem on their side, you just tell them to bother Apple. With Linux, GOG would be the only recourse for custserv, there'd be nowhere to shunt idiots to.

I administer a Lotus server, and every second request is about an unrelated issue (Outlook, thumb drives, image formats, internets, f@#king Excel). Apparently, I'm easy as a drunk groupie, and users bother me instead of submitting requests to the people responsible for those other resources. Supporting Linux necessarily entails GOG employees (partially) servicing people's Linux systems to keep "gog y your selling faulty product" to a commercially acceptable level.
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