But while we are yet to see what is Apple hiding up its sleeve, Steam has already jumped on the opportunity to make it work. Suddenly, gaming on Macs became viable - in an effort to reinvent the industry Apple is releasing Arcade this fall, its gaming subscription service for all the Apple devices.
Thankfully, Macs shifted away from their own hardware to common X86 platforms used by Windows PCs, which included Intel chips and leading video card brands like AMD and Nvidia. As gaming became more popular, the company struggled to enter the market through their own App Store, as competing products had already captured market share. In the early 2000s, Apple was more concerned with their suite of creative applications and music software rather than games. The lack of games on Mac wasn’t only due to hardware and software, but also the business model as a whole. Additionally, Windows made it easier for game developers to interface with their hardware using widely supported API tools such as DirectX. Macs generally didn’t have the same gaming-oriented hardware that Windows PC users enjoyed, such as high-performance CPU chips and video cards. Indeed, almost any Mac that wasn't updated in 2022 could now be due for a new edition with upgraded processors and memory inside – and of course we will keep you up to date with all the rumors and the official announcements over the next 12 months.The main reason for Steam not initially supporting Macs was them containing proprietary hardware that game developers struggled to cater for. As with the M1 before it, Apple is expected to unveil more powerful versions of the silicon as time goes on.
We've been waiting for them for much of 2022, and some of the most reliable sources in the business have revealed that they're now due in early 2023.Īt the same time, we're awaiting upgraded versions of the Apple M2 chip that has already appeared in the 13-inch MacBook Pro and the MacBook Air. However, it's the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros that look most likely to be the ones getting refreshed first.
The 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros aren't the only new Macs we are waiting for: the M2 chip is expected to make its way inside updated versions of the Mac Studio, the Mac Pro, and quite possibly the Mac mini before we see the end of 2023. Based on the Steam database, we're not going to have to wait much longer. Of course we already know how impressive the M2 version of the 13-inch MacBook Pro is, so we're excited to see the 14-inch and the 16-inch models reach parity.
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