Valve launched the latest Counter-Strike 2 first-person shooting game last week. The much-anticipated title came as a free upgrade for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players. However, some Mac owners have reportedly complained that the upgrade is breaking the game and no macOS version of the game is expected to arrive anytime soon.
The game was officially announced in March and comes with multiple updates including new maps and uses Valve’s in-house Source 2 engine. The update also features sharper textures, more realistic lighting and new geometry.
How Counter-Strike 2 is affecting Mac users
The title was launched as a 26GB update for CS:GO players which also included Mac users. However, after installing the game, some macOS users discovered that the update is making the game unplayable. According to a report by MacRumors, whenever Mac users are trying to run the game, Steam is attempting to launch an executable file for Windows.
As per the report, some users have also had to employ a workaround to reverse the change and access CS:GO. However, that is not an ideal situation. The report also claims that Valve has removed the macOS symbol on Steam’s Counter-Strike product page.
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Also, the only reference to this omission for Counter-Strike 2 appears in Valve’s official FAQ page. The page also answers a question about the game’s Mac support. On this question, Valve has replied: “No. CS2 is not available for Mac at this time”. However, the FAQ page doesn’t offer any additional information.
Valve also didn’t offer adequate warning to Mac users about the latest update. The Mac users affected by CS2 update includes players who already have thousands of hours on CS:GO and have also spent hundreds of dollars on inventory purchases.
One of the CS:GO players on Mac took to Reddit saying: “I have around 6,000 hours in CS:GO, about 500$ worth of inventory. Am I supposed to leave all that behind now? Just cherish them as memories of the past never to be experienced again? I really believed Valve would have released a macOS version CS2 too. They have publicly denounced Windows’ gaming monopoly in the past. With MacOS Sonoma, powerful Apple silicon chips, and Apple making strides to make gaming possible on Mac (and Valve’s commitment to making their games available to everyone) I guess we didn’t see this coming. Or maybe we did, but we were stubborn. I guess with Valve’s darling Steam Deck, macOS became redundant to them as a way to challenge windows gaming monopoly. I am sorry you guys had to hear this, but I feel so disappointed right now, in myself and in Valve. I’m sure most of you CS:GO players were as excited and hopeful as I was for the game’s launch.”
The popular Counter-Strike: Global Offensive title has a a large community of Mac players. Some players also believe that a Mac version of the game is under development. However, it is expected to be related to Rosetta 2 rather than a version that natively supports Apple silicon. Valve hasn’t officially confirmed the macOS version yet.
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