$1 Million for Half-Life 2 Mac - bit-tech.net Forums

CardJoe · 9th Oct 2007, 10:55

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/10...f-life_2_mac/1

Apparently, Valve would have made a version of Half-Life 2, Episodes included, for the Mac - but it would have cost $1 Million to buy the rights for the porting.

Mankz · 9th Oct 2007, 10:57

I though people who bought MAC's were too cool for gaming?

will. · 9th Oct 2007, 11:01

Also... 1 million dollars...

That is like pocket change for apple. Expecting it for freebies is just stupid. Investing $1mil on the source engine is a potentially brilliant investment for apple.

chiper136 · 9th Oct 2007, 11:22

I love my mac and do all my work on it (animation), but I spent over a grand to get my sexy PC purely for the reason that Macs are not for games. If they ported it and I didn't have my PC I would more likely buy it on the 360. The gaming community on the Mac is very small. TF2 would have a fraction of the activity its going to get on the PC and 360.

Mac's are good, just by no means are they for games.

samkiller42 · 9th Oct 2007, 11:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mankz.

I though people who bought MAC's were too cool for gaming?

heh, well put.

Sam

[USRF]Obiwan · 9th Oct 2007, 11:32

I thought those people that buy macs, do it because it looks nice in contrast to the wallpaper of their livingroom...

adam197 · 9th Oct 2007, 11:34

So many people in this thread being added to my ignore list

Jamie · 9th Oct 2007, 11:56

As great as my mac is I think I'd still rather play orange box on my 360.

Darkedge · 9th Oct 2007, 11:56

seems sensible as a bad port could hurt the HL brand. Not many Mac gamers either - most use parallels or bootcamp anyway.
It was a loss making idea and Gabe didn't want to do it. Whoop de do.

riggs · 9th Oct 2007, 11:59

Mac owner here...love it to bits (despite the problems I've had with it). However, Macs aren't gaming machines, period.

As for the Orange Box, I'll be playing on the PC (and no doubt my housemate will pick it up for the 360).

mikeuk2004 · 9th Oct 2007, 12:07

Im currently thinking about getting it for my 360 and not Pc. I have HL2 on PC and never played it, only CSS. I think getting the complete game on 360 will make me play HL2 at last

. Anyway Im more interested in Portal than the rest of the bundle. If Portal was on Live arcade, then id just buy that. Its a shame CSS aint in the box as that might do much better than CS did on the original xbox.

Rebourne · 9th Oct 2007, 12:13

Seems rather trivial, both companies could probably just flush 1 million dollars down the toilet and it wouldn't make much difference. I'm sure this would have made many users really happy too... Oh well...

z3rb · 9th Oct 2007, 12:41

I think the author of the original article is talking out of his arse; I'd jump at the chance to be allowed to port such a massive franchise, even if it were more than a million.

phat-ant · 9th Oct 2007, 13:02

PC all the way consoles are not for FPS gaming!

SlickGnome · 9th Oct 2007, 13:10

Macs are great, but not at gaming. PC for me. Only FPS I've ever liked on console was Halo, (and the only one I've played that I think works on a console)

Fod · 9th Oct 2007, 14:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jamie

As great as my mac is I think I'd still rather play orange box on my PC.

fixed.

Boswell · 9th Oct 2007, 14:26

$1 million...I wanted say this is a large figure at all. You would get the money back with around 100,000 buyers...with a large profit.
Comparing this to halo 3, I know halo 3 is a bigger game on platform designed for gaming (360) but anyway - the figures for making the game were $30 million and $10 million for advertising.

So this is at 1 million to have the game ready..that's 3.33% of the cost of making halo 3, Microsoft then went on to make $300 million in the first week, saying that half-life 2 on the Mac was a meer 5% as succesful as halo 3... thats $15 million (giving you a profit of 1500%)....to get that $15 million...say the game was $50 a pop... they would need 300,000 people...World Wide... to make this sort of profit + with the benifit of bringing more people to Mac's as gaming (or lack of) on Mac's are probably one of the main reasons why people don't buy them (along with the price and compatibility); people will start to think this is a change in direction and there could be more games coming.
Please comment if you think i'm wrong.

Ed

Nova · 9th Oct 2007, 15:31

I am a US college student in a Graphics Major and i see plenty of macs. i dont own a mac yet, but its on the todo list. but ill still be gaming on my PC desktop, and using the mac laptop for class/day to day stuff.

no mention of bootcamp?

devdevil85 · 9th Oct 2007, 15:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by CardJoe

Or will you be twiddling your thumbs and waiting for the PlayStation 3 version

Is there going to be M+K support? I would sure hope so......also, is there going to be cross-platform support, as well?

mikeuk2004 · 9th Oct 2007, 17:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by devdevil85

Is there going to be M+K support? I would sure hope so......also, is there going to be cross-platform support, as well?

I guess no and errr no.

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will. A motorbike of jealousy! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Yorkshire! Posts: 4,407	Also... 1 million dollars... That is like pocket change for apple. Expecting it for freebies is just stupid. Investing $1mil on the source engine is a potentially brilliant investment for apple. __________________ work \| play \| blog PS3 & 360: willblack Flickr my twitter. Last.FM Check out my Last.FM & iToggle & Nav-o-Matic jQuery plugins.

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chiper136 Modder Join Date: May 2007 Location: You Kay Posts: 66	I love my mac and do all my work on it (animation), but I spent over a grand to get my sexy PC purely for the reason that Macs are not for games. If they ported it and I didn't have my PC I would more likely buy it on the 360. The gaming community on the Mac is very small. TF2 would have a fraction of the activity its going to get on the PC and 360. Mac's are good, just by no means are they for games.

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adam197 Supermodder Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 505	So many people in this thread being added to my ignore list

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Darkedge Supermodder Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: UK Posts: 334	seems sensible as a bad port could hurt the HL brand. Not many Mac gamers either - most use parallels or bootcamp anyway. It was a loss making idea and Gabe didn't want to do it. Whoop de do.

9th Oct 2007, 12:07	#11
mikeuk2004 What you Looking at Fool! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Sheffield, UK Posts: 3,052	Im currently thinking about getting it for my 360 and not Pc. I have HL2 on PC and never played it, only CSS. I think getting the complete game on 360 will make me play HL2 at last . Anyway Im more interested in Portal than the rest of the bundle. If Portal was on Live arcade, then id just buy that. Its a shame CSS aint in the box as that might do much better than CS did on the original xbox. __________________ -\|- Xfire - Mikeuk2005 -\|- Xbox Live - Mike UK 2006 -\|- Playstation Network - Mikeuk2004 -\|-

9th Oct 2007, 12:13	#12
Rebourne Supermodder Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 321	Seems rather trivial, both companies could probably just flush 1 million dollars down the toilet and it wouldn't make much difference. I'm sure this would have made many users really happy too... Oh well...

9th Oct 2007, 12:41	#13
z3rb +4 str +4 stam Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Perth, Scotland Posts: 299	I think the author of the original article is talking out of his arse; I'd jump at the chance to be allowed to port such a massive franchise, even if it were more than a million. __________________ o hay

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phat-ant Modder Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Cardiff Posts: 50	PC all the way consoles are not for FPS gaming!

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SlickGnome Minimodder Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: BKAC Posts: 46	Macs are great, but not at gaming. PC for me. Only FPS I've ever liked on console was Halo, (and the only one I've played that I think works on a console)

9th Oct 2007, 14:26	#17
Boswell Eddy-B Join Date: May 2005 Location: Bristol, England Posts: 941	$1 million...I wanted say this is a large figure at all. You would get the money back with around 100,000 buyers...with a large profit. Comparing this to halo 3, I know halo 3 is a bigger game on platform designed for gaming (360) but anyway - the figures for making the game were $30 million and $10 million for advertising. So this is at 1 million to have the game ready..that's 3.33% of the cost of making halo 3, Microsoft then went on to make $300 million in the first week, saying that half-life 2 on the Mac was a meer 5% as succesful as halo 3... thats $15 million (giving you a profit of 1500%)....to get that $15 million...say the game was $50 a pop... they would need 300,000 people...World Wide... to make this sort of profit + with the benifit of bringing more people to Mac's as gaming (or lack of) on Mac's are probably one of the main reasons why people don't buy them (along with the price and compatibility); people will start to think this is a change in direction and there could be more games coming. Please comment if you think i'm wrong. Ed __________________ \|\|Q6400@3.6Ghz\|8800GT\|4GB Ram\|2TB\|\|

9th Oct 2007, 15:31	#18
Nova Modder Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Marietta, Ohio Posts: 53	I am a US college student in a Graphics Major and i see plenty of macs. i dont own a mac yet, but its on the todo list. but ill still be gaming on my PC desktop, and using the mac laptop for class/day to day stuff. no mention of bootcamp?