Goronmon@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoSteam dropping support for macOS Mojave and by extension 32-bit gameswww.gamedeveloper.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1191arrow-down119
arrow-up1172arrow-down1external-linkSteam dropping support for macOS Mojave and by extension 32-bit gameswww.gamedeveloper.comGoronmon@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squareSavaran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up63arrow-down2·10 months agoKeep in mind, the last PowerPC (G5) chipset used was 64bit, and all Intel chips used after late 2006 were 64bit.
minus-squarem-p{3}@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·10 months agoIt does means that some legacy games that are only available in 32-bit binaries will no longer work though.
minus-squareSatyrSack@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·10 months agoWhich is a ton of older (and still fun) games.
minus-squareatocci@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9·10 months agoJust on MacOS though, I don’t think Windows will be dropping 32 bit support ever.
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·10 months agowatch them work just fine in proton (i don’t actually know if that works but i wouldn’t be the least surprised)
minus-squareSatyrSack@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·10 months agoProton does not work on macOS, just Linux.
minus-square🍜 (she/her)@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down5·10 months agoNice! I’m never getting a device with macOS on it.
Keep in mind, the last PowerPC (G5) chipset used was 64bit, and all Intel chips used after late 2006 were 64bit.
It does means that some legacy games that are only available in 32-bit binaries will no longer work though.
Which is a ton of older (and still fun) games.
Just on MacOS though, I don’t think Windows will be dropping 32 bit support ever.
watch them work just fine in proton (i don’t actually know if that works but i wouldn’t be the least surprised)
Proton does not work on macOS, just Linux.
Nice! I’m never getting a device with macOS on it.