Mac OS does have 15x the number of users (in the US at least, closer to 6x the users outside the US), so this is still an accomplishment in my opinion.
But that’s my point, really. The number of total Mac users isn’t that relevant because, given that platform’s constraints and goals, the share of users downloading a game store is significantly lower.
Now with Linux (in the desktop/home use) you have tech inclined people, and every single Steam Deck ever sold, which means the percentage of users installing Steam is certainly higher. This metric of slightly surpassing Mac still paints a picture of very slow adoption of Linux.
I used to work in the video industry so I know dozens and dozens of Mac users and I’d say under 10 of them play games. And only one of them plays games on their computer…by dual booting to windows.
I bought a mac book pro once because I was getting into graphic design and bought into the hype that mac was the way to go even after being a windows user for 10 years at the time.
But…I still had to integrate with windows networks for administration work, had to use windows only applications for work, use windows for the bulk of my games…
Obviously I ended up dual booting with windows for a while, but in the end I just stopped using the mac os.
Mac OS does have 15x the number of users (in the US at least, closer to 6x the users outside the US), so this is still an accomplishment in my opinion.
But that’s my point, really. The number of total Mac users isn’t that relevant because, given that platform’s constraints and goals, the share of users downloading a game store is significantly lower.
Now with Linux (in the desktop/home use) you have tech inclined people, and every single Steam Deck ever sold, which means the percentage of users installing Steam is certainly higher. This metric of slightly surpassing Mac still paints a picture of very slow adoption of Linux.
I used to work in the video industry so I know dozens and dozens of Mac users and I’d say under 10 of them play games. And only one of them plays games on their computer…by dual booting to windows.
I bought a mac book pro once because I was getting into graphic design and bought into the hype that mac was the way to go even after being a windows user for 10 years at the time.
But…I still had to integrate with windows networks for administration work, had to use windows only applications for work, use windows for the bulk of my games…
Obviously I ended up dual booting with windows for a while, but in the end I just stopped using the mac os.