# My Two Cents on Mac Gaming

- Link: https://www.timprobst.com/2007/08/19/my-two-cents-on-mac-gaming/
- Published: 2007-08-19T11:54:32-05:00
- Author: Tim Probst

A lot has been said lately about the state of gaming on Mac OS X. Most recently,
a lot of noise has been made about the amount of time it took EA to ship some games
for the Mac platform even though they had pledged to release the games at the same
time as the Windows versions. They have [finally shipped](http://www.macrumors.com/2007/08/17/ea-ships-four-games-for-mac-two-to-come/)
four of the six games with the other two coming later in the year.

I personally have very little interest in gaming on my Mac or any other PC because
I am too busy with work and family. The time I do spend on the computer is usually
spent creating and consuming content for the Internet, and as a Mac user, I am not
alone as you may have [read](http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070502-the-social-technography-of-web-2-0.html)
earlier this year. Mac users are just more likely to be engaged in other activities
with their computers that it is no surprise that EA and other game makers tend to
keep the platform on the back burner. There are so many other interesting things
that you can do with a Mac that it seems a waste to spend time playing games on 
one.

With that said, I do enjoy playing games from time to time, but it’s not on my Mac
or other PCs. I prefer gaming machines because the experience is so much better.
Machines like the Playstation and Xbox are specifically designed for gaming, and
they have the horsepower to make the games come to life. Why play games on a computer
that was designed to do something else when you can use a gaming machine and have
the best user experience? Seems like a no-brainer to me.