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Fri, Nov 21, 2008 - 04:57 AM EST  —  AAPL: 80.49 (-5.80, -6.72%)  |  NASDAQ: 1316.12 (-70.30, -5.07%)

Electronic Arts delays games for Apple’s Mac OS X
Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - 01:35 PM EST

"Mac users are still waiting two months after game maker Electronic Arts promised to increase its development efforts for the Mac OS X platform," Shaun Nichols reports for vnunet.com.

"Executives from the world's largest games developer promised simultaneous launches on Windows and OS X platforms at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference last June," Nichols reports.

"They specifically mentioned the launch of Madden NFL 08, but no OS X version was available when the game went on sale on 14 August," Nichols reports.

"The games company did not return numerous phone calls seeking clarification. Apple directed all inquiries to EA," Nichols reports.

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Aug 15, 07 - 12:49 pm Comment from: shen

honestly, i thought at the time they announced that it was only that they saw Apple as a rising star and they wanted people to think they knew it, and took Apple seriously...

now we know they are just not ready, and they look worse than if they had just wrote the games and suddenly released them.

oddly, the only thing it is hard to do on a Mac is game, yet the wintrolls call them toys.

MW: what is the "deal" with wintrolls!

Aug 15, 07 - 12:51 pm Comment from: ChrissyOne

Oh Noes! I'll have to wait longer for Madden!!!

{rolls_eyes}

Aug 15, 07 - 01:04 pm Comment from: cynic821

anyone playing games not on a home console is a tard, seriously.

Aug 15, 07 - 01:09 pm Comment from: me

Anybody who dedicates a TV to playing console games instead of just using a more powerful and capable multifunction device (computer) to do so likes to give money away and either has no life or single.

I've got 2 Dreamcasts, a PS2, an Xbox. None of them ever get used. I'm on my computer everyday.

Aug 15, 07 - 01:11 pm Comment from: raskol AKA me

And all you poor fools waiting for all the first run games to come out on the Mac.... have a nice wait. You are just pissed because you've spent so much money on an iMac with inadequate graphics and no upgradability because Uncle Steve told you it's an all in one world. Why? Because Apple can milk us for all it's worth.

Aug 15, 07 - 01:13 pm Comment from: Camel's Milk Drinker

EA Games.....One hit whores.........
EA Games.....M$ Spores.......
EA Games .....Announcement Bores......
EA Games......I'd rather Snore!!!

Ps & Drink Camel's Milk!!

Aug 15, 07 - 01:13 pm Comment from: jooop

Anybody who didn't grow out of playing video games by themselves once they got a car is a tard, seriously. Go out and live for real, guys.

Aug 15, 07 - 01:15 pm Comment from: Camel's Milk Drinker

Oh yeah! & fart into a mouth organ!!! Ha! ha! ha! haaaa!!!!!

Aug 15, 07 - 01:16 pm Comment from: GMAC

easy solution... AAPL buys EA... thatʻs the only way it doesnʻt get delayed. when MSFT bot bungie, it pretty much messed them up... imagine the lost sales in bungie initially limited to Xbox/windows.

so, i say AAPL buy ERTS (Electronic Arts). if u really want it uʻr way. and then design cool games for the iPhone too while uʻr at it.

iʻm not a gamer, but own apple stock...
on a side note, AAPL shouldnt buy ADBE yet...

Aug 15, 07 - 01:20 pm Comment from: NeverFade

Well, jooop and others,

I just bought a PS3 to go along with my HD TV that I bought myself for my birthday. I enjoy it - don't play it everyday, but when I do, it's pretty slick.

Oh, and I do live... seriously.

Aug 15, 07 - 01:20 pm Comment from: Vlad

Maybe it was delayed because the mini-tower was delayed! Yeah! That must be it!

Aug 15, 07 - 01:28 pm Comment from: Chris ][

Oh good grief, the game-haters and the console-gamers again. Can't you people just realize that not everyone agrees with you, and that's okay?!

Aug 15, 07 - 01:48 pm Comment from: PC Game

They're not "Mac games". They're just "PC games" that run on Intel Macs with TransGaming's Cider technology. This means they don't run at full native speed.

Don't lie to us Steve. We want real Mac games!

Aug 15, 07 - 01:48 pm Comment from: Artie Shaw

Well, the Harry Potter game looks to be done and ships next week, as per Inside Mac Games. Who knows, maybe the others will be alond soon as well.

Aug 15, 07 - 01:57 pm Comment from: CheekyGit

Did anyone actually believe the EA would come through for the Apple community?

When Bing Gordon (Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer for EA) stood up on stage at WWDC 07 and announced simultaneous releases of Madden 08 and Tiger Woods Golf, I had my doubts that they would actually come through.

Just think about it. There was no need to release these games at the same time for OS X and console games. Even my dead grandmother could see it coming. Why release their games in August when they could wait for Leopard to be officially released. Duh!

Don't promise something to the Mac community that you can't back up. EA has now officially lost the credibility that they had left.

Besides Macs are created for productivity and creativity. Windows are for created for Solitaire and Freecell. Console games are created for people who have no dates for the week.

Aug 15, 07 - 02:23 pm Comment from: Ginko

I want Spore for OSX. It will be the game of this decade...if it will be released at all that is :(

Aug 15, 07 - 02:33 pm Comment from: A31kwi

anyone complaing about playing games not on a home console is a tard, seriously.

Aug 15, 07 - 03:00 pm Comment from: hotinplaya

Games are Good!

I am getting my 7 yo son use to playing on our 20"iMac vs his XB

Once he is hooked, I will use that to justify to the wife, we should give him the iMac!

and I will replace with the new 24" iMac for me!!!!!!

Games are Good!!!

Aug 15, 07 - 03:12 pm Comment from: Mr. Peabody

I'm not a big computer game player, but this headline inspires me to wonder how much MS had to pay to pull this one off.

Aug 15, 07 - 03:14 pm Comment from: Mr. Peabody

By the way - Has anybody else been having problems getting their MDN posts to post? It's been bad here since Monday, often taking four or five tries, and often just not working at all.

Aug 15, 07 - 03:18 pm Comment from: Mr. Peabody

And what the heck happened to the MacOffice post?

Aug 15, 07 - 03:18 pm Comment from: JCP

I couldn't care less. If I want to play games, I'll simply go fire up my PS3.

Aug 15, 07 - 04:21 pm Comment from: Console??

Phooey - no World of Warcraft, and no Starcraft, Company of Heroes, Supreme Commander, Civilzation, Age of Empires, i.e. strategy, i.e. games that involve thinking as opposed to twitching.

Aug 15, 07 - 04:38 pm Comment from: Edgy

I don't care enough to respond.

Aug 15, 07 - 04:57 pm Comment from: Jeff

Mr. Peabody,

EA doesn't need any help from Microsoft when it comes to showing their incompetence. I swore them off in the late 80's when they released Earl Weaver Baseball 2 which didn't work at all.

Aug 15, 07 - 06:12 pm Comment from: @Edgy

Do you care to expand on your non-response? Heh.

Aug 15, 07 - 06:38 pm Comment from: fred

all these guys who 'swore off Ea because of earl weaver baseball' are idiots. did you swear off the mac because of the newton? stupid comment... and for those who don't like gaming - that's cool - doesn't mean anybody who does is an idiot. i got into gaming at 32 yrs old - i don't play much but do enjoy it. and, yeah, madden is pretty cool if you're a football fan. if you're into scouring the web looking to bash EA or MSFT< then maybe you have less time for that stuff - not sure.

anyway, gaming's ok - and yeah, there are no games on the mac. this is reality.

Aug 15, 07 - 06:47 pm Comment from: Big Al

Gamers do not get laid more often than non gamers.

It was all a big lie started by Intelevision and perpetuated by Atari.

Aug 15, 07 - 07:32 pm Comment from: Walter Chillum

GMAC,

If you're too lazy or stupid to use English then don't bother contributing to this discussion. The use of "texting" outside of mobile/cellphones is just not good enough.

Aug 15, 07 - 09:26 pm Comment from: Mac Know It ALL

GAMES ARE NEAR DEAD ON PC's IN FAVOR OF MORE POWERFUL PS3's, SO GAMES ARE DEAD ON MAC'S BECAUSE THEY NOW USE THE SAME DEAD PROCESSORS AS PC'S

IN OTHER WORDS INTEL PROCESSORS SUCK FOR GAMING.

Aug 15, 07 - 09:35 pm Comment from: Mac Know It ALL

Intel processors may have a lot of cores, but are hobbled by slow buses in and out of the processors.

Why pay for a expensive PC that's slow, when one can buy a $500 Playstation 3 WITH a Blueray DVD drive that's 9 times more powerful and specifically designed processor for intense HD Gaming?

So now PC's are dead for gaming, why should any 3D game company even bother anymore?

Remember, ATI was bought by AMD too. Which leaves only Nvidia as the independant video card maker.

It was nice when we could 3D game, on PowerMac G5's. There is loads of 3D games, but nothing for Intel Mac's.

ITS OVER FOR 3D GAMING FOR MAC'S AND PC'S

Aug 16, 07 - 01:35 am Comment from: Petey

I get the impression that EA only announced this at the Keynote just to cash in on Apples publicity.

EA have yet to deliver months later - which says to me it was just a marketing stunt and complete bullshit.

EAs games suck anyway, so "am I bovered?" - "no I aint".

Aug 16, 07 - 02:14 am Comment from: Pity The Haters

[this headline inspires me to wonder how much MS had to pay to pull this one off.]

The only company that hates Apple more than MS is EA. EA can hack into the registry, et al. So, they love MS.

FWIW, I swore off EA @ SC3000. Complete WinRubbish, foisted off on us by opportunist Wright. Pain teaches — and after two hard crashes — SC3 and all EA products have been banned from my computers.

If any family member chooses to ignore me, they get to haggle with Apple on Tech support.

Sh!t List:
01. Ballmer
02. EA
03. Gates
04. M$
05. Adobe
06. Kantor
07. Bungie
08. Betteridge
09. Enderle/Thurrot/Dvorak — tie.
10. Satan

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