Apple’s Game Porting Toolkit – a PC Gamer’s Perspective

Thanks to Micro Center for sponsoring this video! Check out their New Customer Exclusive - $25 Off Your Purchase of $100 or More: All Customers can sign up and receive a 128gb flash drive at the Indianapolis store opening event later this summer: Create your build at Mac gamers rejoice! Apple’s Game Porting Toolkit is here to bring mainstream games to the masses. How does it perform, what’s its compatibility like, and what can we expect from developers? Discuss on the forum: ’s-game-porting-toolkit-–-a-pc-gamer’s-perspective/ ► GET MERCH: ► LTX 2023 TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW: ► GET EXCLUSIVE CONTENT ON FLOATPLANE: ► SPONSORS, AFFILIATES, AND PARTNERS: ► EQUIPMENT WE USE TO FILM LTT: ► OUR WAN PODCAST GEAR: FOLLOW US ---------------------------------------------------   Twitter: Facebook: Instagram: TikTok: @linustech Twitch: MUSIC CREDIT --------------------------------------------------- Intro: Laszlo - Supernova Video Link: iTunes Download Link: Artist Link: Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High Video Link: Listen on Spotify: Artist Link: Intro animation by MBarek Abdelwassaa Monitor And Keyboard by vadimmihalkevich / CC BY 4.0   Mechanical RGB Keyboard by BigBrotherECE / CC BY 4.0 Mouse Gamer free Model By Oscar Creativo / CC BY 4.0 CHAPTERS --------------------------------------------------- 0:00 Intro 0:49 Setup and initial impressions 3:03 Wine under the hood, just like Proton 4:00 What else works? Compatibility is complicated... 5:46 Some games work surprisingly well, but... 6:59 Pros and cons of “not emulation“ 7:50 Anti-cheat probably won’t work if you try it 9:03 Wherein Linus does pot on screen 10:14 It’s not as robust as Proton 11:40 Apple has historically ignored gaming 12:32 Mac Native vs Game Porting Toolkit 13:44 Conclusion - Apple NEEDS to support this