Comments on: Mac Games Arcade Review: The Mac Gamer’s Answer to Steam?

By: computer games

computer games — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:56:18 +0000

One of the many things I love about this blog is that it cares for the many new Mac users. Not many blogs that I have found provide as much interest in serving the Mac community as you guys are! Thanks!

By: Gram Ranger

Gram Ranger — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:57:29 +0000

Well, the three cons I see, are not cons in my book. I have been using macgames arcade for awhile now and I love it.

No paypal? Considering i hate paypal with utter disgust at every little fee they charge for whatever, i say no great loss. Screw paypal. So, thats a plus in my book that a company is standing up against paypal integration! Although it seems they do accept paypal if you buy a game through the website version of the app.

No publishers? I was looking on the list on the site, and thats a huge list. I didnt know that many existed. Really. Theres also more games there than I can buy, so thats good.

Community stuff? Eh… this is a game app to play solo games with. Who cares about community crap. Face it, the internet is a festing pool of filth when it comes to forums and chat rooms or whatever. Hypocryt here, cause typing up this is just the same haha.

MY negatives of the app are that its still in 1.0 and is missing some needed ease-of-use features… but it looks like they are adding them or working on them, so i just gotta be patient and wait for them.

By: Fyre Vortex

Fyre Vortex — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:42:17 +0000

@gamblor Good… If Steam supports PayPal then I will be using it. Have been reading on Steam (Although it doesn’t have some games that I want to get, such as Halo 2)…

I have checked Mac Games Arcade but haven’t seen any good games I should get… Anyone have any ideas?

By: gamblor

gamblor — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:28:53 +0000

I stand corrected then. I’ve never used PayPal on Steam before, just credit card.

My mistake!

By: Jim Squires

Jim Squires — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:18:08 +0000

Not to argue, but Steam definitely supports PayPal. I use it pretty frequently and it’s my preferred method of payment.

By: gamblor

gamblor — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:28:13 +0000

Seeing as though we are comparing it to Steam, Steam doesn’t have PayPal support. And Steam lacked major developers when it first launched. It took a lot longer for developers to sign on to Steam than what it seems to be taking Mac Games Arcade – they already have Ubisoft and that would be no small feat.

I really question why PayPal support seems to be such a deal breaker. For Mac Games Arcade, it has HUGE fees (a little bit of investigation would’ve revealed this) when compared to other solutions and is harder to integrate into a desktop product. The downside of such a popular system like PayPal is they don’t have the flexibility to allow for completely customized and seamless integrations.