{"id":1190717,"date":"2023-10-10T15:33:57","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T19:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1190717"},"modified":"2023-10-10T15:33:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T19:33:57","slug":"theres-no-mac-version-of-counter-strike-2-because-there-are-no-mac-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1190717","title":{"rendered":"There\u2019s no Mac version of Counter-Strike 2 because there are no Mac players"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Enlarge<\/a> \/<\/span> A MacBook Pro running a game, a scenario that is technically possible but practically rare. (credit: Apple)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

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For the last two years, Apple has been working to make Mac gaming a thing. Expanded gamepad support, a new version of the Metal graphics API, and a low-latency Game Mode are among the gaming improvements added to recent versions of macOS.<\/p>\n

But despite a handful of high-profile ports like No Man\u2019s Sky<\/em> or Resident Evil Village<\/em>, Mac gaming is still stuck in the cul-de-sac that it has always been stuck in: There aren\u2019t a lot of high-profile games, so there aren\u2019t many gamers who choose macOS, so there isn\u2019t a lot of interest in developing high-profile games.<\/p>\n

That cycle played out again in Valve\u2019s recent Counter-Strike 2<\/em> update<\/a>, which removed the Mac support already present in the outgoing Counter-Strike: Global Offensive<\/em>. Today a Valve support document for CS2<\/em><\/a> confirmed that Mac support had been removed and wasn\u2019t likely to be re-added, along with support for ancient DirectX 9-class GPU hardware and legacy 32-bit operating systems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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