Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

I wonder if this means something for Steam? The UX for the Mac App Store is almost certainly going to be better than Steam's clunky app... And then I wonder about Game Centre too? It's not that great at the moment, but with Jobs meeting Zuckerberg the other day....

But yes - definitely excited!

/me stops speculating and gets back to work



Probably means nothing for Steam. Steam has the big advantage of being cross-platform. Game devs planning to only target the Mac (or Mac and iPhone/iPad) would probably be better off going with the App Store.

Developers planning to go cross-platform to Windows would be better off with Steam.


After all the trouble of getting Steam on the Mac, I doubt Apple will do anything to offend them or their app.


Actually, the app store for ipad is pretty damn clunky (steam isn't great, but I like it better). Honestly, I dont think they have anything to fear... They are, after all, cross platform. Game Center is a pile of schlock at the moment... I suspect, at least for AAA titles... steam will remain top dog.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: