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Cassidy
14 Nov 2012, 03:01
I don't get it... I own a Macbook, Android tablet, and a Wii lol.. but I love Worms.. and all the coolest Worms games are not available on any of these platforms...

Thurbo
14 Nov 2012, 17:12
Surely you were better off with a Windows OS like 90% of all players :p

I suspect porting to Mac computers still being a loss-making business for Team17, correct me if I'm wrong.

Zero72
14 Nov 2012, 18:18
I suspect porting to Mac computers still being a loss-making business for Team17, correct me if I'm wrong.I can't call you wrong without evidence, but I'm not so sure. Mac is slowly getting more and more support these days.

Thurbo
14 Nov 2012, 20:32
I can't call you wrong without evidence, but I'm not so sure. Mac is slowly getting more and more support these days.

Question is whether it's worth for Team17 or not. Mac OS' are still only 10% of all OS' in use, not considering how many percent of Macs are used for playing video games. The less copies you expect to sell overall, the less worth is spending ressources on porting a game to a minority of OS'.

SupSuper
14 Nov 2012, 23:38
I imagine it's just because they change engines a lot so not much time to make them widely portable. But they put Worms Reloaded on Mac so wouldn't be surprised if they eventually ported the new engine there too.

umadbro345
15 Nov 2012, 05:31
Question is whether it's worth for Team17 or not. Mac OS' are still only 10% of all OS' in use

One thing, if Team 17 wanted maximum business, they would port Revolution to Mac:p

thomasp
15 Nov 2012, 06:39
I imagine it's just because they change engines a lot so not much time to make them widely portable. But they put Worms Reloaded on Mac so wouldn't be surprised if they eventually ported the new engine there too.
I seem to remember Beth saying a while back when I asked her, that there are no plans for W:Rev to come to mac or iOS.

Star&Moon
15 Nov 2012, 13:05
Yeah, I'd like to see more Wii games from Team17. I notice very little Worms games were released on Nintendo Systems, I wonder why?

philby4000
15 Nov 2012, 13:11
Yeah, I'd like to see more Wii games from Team17. I notice very little Worms games were released on Nintendo Systems, I wonder why?

because recent worms titles have been download only and wiiware is a horrid platform.

Cassidy
17 Nov 2012, 03:37
I mostly want an online-multiplayer Worms game for my Android tablet... and I think millions of other Worms fanatics, who own an Android device, would enjoy this and be willing to pay a fair price for it as well...

Thurbo
18 Nov 2012, 17:34
Yeah, I'd like to see more Wii games from Team17. I notice very little Worms games were released on Nintendo Systems, I wonder why?

Worms Open Warfare 1 & 2, A Space Oddity and Battle Islands, two of which with full Nintendo systems standard online support. I wouldn't call that just a few, actually :-/

Star&Moon
18 Nov 2012, 19:48
Worms Open Warfare 1 & 2, A Space Oddity and Battle Islands, two of which with full Nintendo systems standard online support. I wouldn't call that just a few, actually :-/

Well, I meant few in comparison to the other systems, and I heard the DS port of Open Warfare 1 was poor.

Cassidy
19 Nov 2012, 18:08
What about Android though?

Thurbo
19 Nov 2012, 19:08
What about Android though?

Android versions have been developed by EA.

Xinos
19 Nov 2012, 21:15
I mostly want an online-multiplayer Worms game for my Android tablet... and I think millions of other Worms fanatics, who own an Android device, would enjoy this and be willing to pay a fair price for it as well...

Millions? More like a few thousand..