how is "to play video games on a M1 Mac, simply: install linux" real. like how is that real at all

@halcy can you not play games thru steam and rosetta normally on a m1 mac?

@pup_hime @halcy rosetta doesn't adapt directx at all, for example (you need to stack dxvk and moltenvk I think)

@noiob @halcy ya but you can play games that you could play on a regular mac previously right

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@pup_hime @halcy if they're 64 bits yeah, they should still work fine

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@pup_hime @halcy I mean I'm playing FFXIV on my work macbook (I'm allowed) stacking wine, rosetta, dxvk and moltenvk

@noiob @halcy so yeah the answer is you can play games on macos on apple silicon if youre really desperate

@pup_hime @halcy I mean for xiv someone else did all the legwork lol

@noiob @halcy thinking about poor whoopi goldberg who couldnt play diablo 4 on her mac

@pup_hime @halcy my grandma couldn't play myst iv and that had a mac version

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