OSX release plausible?

[Urthstripe]

I haven't seen anything on this subject yet. So here it is. What's the probability that PlanetSide might have a release on OSX? It'd be nice in that it wouldn't limit who could play based on their system type. I know of many people who have Macs because they mainly play consoles, but are now just starting to get into the market of MMO's because they're becoming more and more appealing and advanced.

So... Anything?

[MrVulcan]

no

1st off, it would cause Massive problems with code (a mmo with macs is a nightmare, they just are not built for massive net use (unix = best) (take it from a codemonkey))
Also, they have not put out any mac versions of their other MMO, and they have said nothing aobut it, so I would guess no.

[Urthstripe]

That is what I thought. But one can always think and hope for the best. Can they not?

[TopBramen]

Actually they are in EQ beta for mac

[MrVulcan]

cool, didnt know that, they have got to have some very very ka programers over there, Unix version is easy, but a mac version is pure evil with their bad network code, they must be including an entire base for the network with it... wow, congrats to the teem on that one! That is work!

[Hamma]

Buy a PC

[MrVulcan]

so very true

[insaneferret]

there will be no planetside for mac, EVER

Macs suck

Get a damn PC

Build your own PC, more fun that way

light fire to your mac after reading this message and ordering yourself a pc

[JonnyK]

have an electrical fire and destroy your mac, then use insurance money to buy pc parts and put it together

[phadE]

uhm osx is unix (technically BSD) with a fancy new shell...............

[balab]

reminds me of that funny video about a mac gamer posted on the lounge.

and that reminds me of many other funny videos about macs

back to work!

[Cyanide]

1. They don't make Mac versions because the ROI (Return On Investement for you non business people) is very low or non existant, and the man power they have is better spent elsewhere.

2. OSX is based on the UNIX system. It has many similarities, that is why OSX is there best OS yet.

3. I hate Macs not only for their insane cost and gay looks, but for the fact that they are totaly propriatary and they want to keep it that way.

[MrVulcan]

Originally posted by phadE
uhm osx is unix (technically BSD) with a fancy new shell...............

osx on the unix platform is the buggiest os I have ever used (no offence), I tried that for a bit (was the school district tech guy, so ran everything) and I had a hard time just getting it to do basics such as checking e-mail, net use, etc, It got to the point that I had to install the osx non unix version I hear it is somewhat better now than the OSXV1.0-1.1 that I used, but the changing from unix to mac is just too hard to do, very different language, and from what I saw, they still have yet to get it right.

True unix (and unix light aka:lynix to some degree) are the perfect systems, if the games ran on them, I would use unix 100% of the time.

[WickedDeus]

Hmmm...

There is no non-unix base OS X. OS X is based on BSD with a stuff added stuff and some stuff striped away. Some commands have been changed but other then that it IS BSD under the skin.

[phadE]

i hope that was a joke and he was reffering to xp otherwise who ever put him in charge of a network should be shot