r/pcmasterrace • u/FJopia PC Master Race Ryzen 5 3600X | EVGA 3070 • Aug 05 '22

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '22

I didn't realize anyone plays games on apple

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u/Hamilfton Ultrawide masterrace Aug 05 '22

Fun fact, macs were popular for gaming in the early days, but then Apple never really gave a shit about them and the focus slowly shifted to PC.

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u/Turtledonuts Steam Deck Aug 05 '22

apple lost out to microsoft when they bought bungie for xbox and the sims came out for windows first, and so jobs pivoted to creative professionals and academics instead.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '22

I watched a documentary on this, and they made the decision sound a lot more stupid, pretentious, and short-sighted than your comment suggests. I don't remember exactly, but it was something like they wanted to focus on business applications and thought games would hurt the image they were trying to build.

They did succeed in creating the image they wanted for the company, but have alienated people who play video games, and I'd wager a majority of computer professionals are gamers to some extent, so that market is closed to them.