I think most game companies in the industry should explore the possibility of expanding their support departments to include Apple Macintosh computers, even if their games are PC only. Apple has a nifty piece of software currently in beta testing called Boot Camp that allows Mac users to install Windows XP or Vista on a separate partition of their hard drive. Boot Camp will be released in it’s final form as part of the new Mac OSX called Leopard, which comes out this fall. Unlike Windows emulation software that is available for Macs, such as Parallels Desktop, Boot Camp allows for the entire Windows experience, including the use of DirectX. This means that when Leopard is released Mac users will have access to the vast array of titles available in the PC gaming market.

With the swarm of Mac gamers knocking on the PC gaming doorstep, it is only logical that gaming companies start supporting their products on Mac’s using Boot Camp as well. This doesn’t mean creating Mac ports of their products, but it means that if a Mac user has some issues with their game while running Boot Camp, the game company’s tech support team will be able to help him or her resolve that problem. What do you think?