Direct2Drive: Screw Mac Owners

Okay, no one said "screw Mac owners" verbatim, but essentially, that's what happened.

Direct2Drive's 5 year anniversary ends this week with selling a ton of awesome games for $5, but not one of the games for sale was available for the Mac. And with all the popularity Apple computer's have with iPods and iTunes, I can't help but think that the only thing hurting gaming on Macs are the stores that actually sell games.

Bioshock was a game I've been wanting to play for a long time and with the purchase of my new iMac some months ago, I thought this would be the perfect time to try it. But no, Direct2Drive's version of Bioshock is PC only. They don't even have the Mac version that is sitting right on Apple's Games website.

When I emailed Direct2Drive a few weeks ago, I asked them if any Mac games were going to be available in the upcoming releases. Customer Service replied back and said:

"If there is a Mac title, it will be listed on this page. The list of games on the $5 sale will not be added to. What you see is what is for sale for $5 currently."

Now, of course, there could be some really weird licensing issues, political in nature or not, that have to do with gettin Mac games to sell. I don't know. I'm just really disappointed with Direct2Drive missing an opportunity to serve a growing Mac community.