Well known Destineer and MacSoft founder, and Mac gaming advocate, Peter Tamte was interviewed by the website, Gamasutra.

A notable excerpt from the interview is his take on Mac’s gaming foothold being contingent on their ability to implement the use of Intel processors:

“Apple’s market share is growing so quickly now that it virtually guarantees prosperity in the Mac market for most big-budget games. The biggest tricks to manage in the Mac market are keeping system requirements down, especially because there are too many machines with Intel-integrated graphics, focusing on content that’s appropriate for the Mac market—because the Mac market responds to certain kinds of content better than others—and distribution, because we need Mac software to get sold through more outlets.

We believe the movement to Intel processors will narrow the gap between when a game ships for Windows versus the Macintosh, and this will be hugely beneficial to the Mac market.”

We’re starting to see the benefits of Mac’s adoption of Intel processors. Just a couple days ago, Blizzard made a huge announcement about the launch of the long-awaited Starcraft sequel. Starcraft II will be launched simultaneously on PC and Mac. These simultaneous launches will become common thanks to Intel processor use.

Take a bigger bite of this apple…(link: Gamasutra interview with Peter Tamte)

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