Will M1 Pro & Max Be Good For Gaming?

Top 100 M1 Max & Pro Compatible Games: https://youtu.be/Gz8Aj-6nb08

This video discusses my thoughts on the new M1 Pro and M1 Max and how the benchmarks and claims of hugely improved performance could affect gaming on the macOS platform. I talk about how performance is not really the main issue with macOS gaming, rather it is the issues to do with compatible games, player bases and limitations of virtual machines and compatibility layers. My hope is that M1 Pro and M1 Max will have much greater gaming performance, but this won’t do anything to make games like Cyberpunk 2077 or Valorant compatible with Apple Silicon desktop computers.

Want to see more benchmarks? I have tested more than 300 here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFbqxkNlqrHNK0i4WN99Jc8g-qSbKoZEy
AppleGamingWiki YouTube channel for new M1 benchmarks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkyz_xnHUX9ua7OJobIP0ng
Master M1 game compatibility list: https://www.applegamingwiki.com/wiki/M1_compatible_games_master_list

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► Talk to me!
M1 game benchmark requests – please leave a comment below.
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► Resources:
AppleGamingWiki: https://www.applegamingwiki.com
Master M1 game compatibility list: https://www.applegamingwiki.com/wiki/M1_compatible_games_master_list

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► Timestamps:
00:00 M1 Pro upgrades
00:32 M1 Max upgrades
01:12 Apple’s misleading marketing
02:01 Crazy benchmarks
03:02 Apple didn’t show any games!
03:39 Not enough macOS games
03:54 No Boot Camp
04:50 Apple inhospitable to game development
05:31 Windows gaming on Parallels & CrossOver
06:12 Popular games unplayable
06:40 Cloud gaming?
07:18 Why I’m still excited about M1 Pro and M1 Max

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