WoW Gets Macworld 2005 Editor's Choice Award
by Damien Barrett 
Dec 13th 2005 at 9:00AM
Macworld's editors have given World of Warcraft a Macworld 2005 Editor's Choice Award (or an Eddy), naming it as one of the breakthrough products for 2005. Peter Cohen, who reviews games for the Mac (there are more than you might think), says this about WoW: "What’s more, Blizzard has kept the Mac and PC versions in lockstep since their late-2004 release, making World of Warcraft the only major online RPG that puts Mac users on equal footing with their PC-using brethren. More than a year after first beta-testing this game, I still fire it up every chance I get."
This is news because many Mac users still count on the printed Macworld Magazine as their news source, and any mention in print will likely bring even more subscribers (or at least triers) to the game. While WoW does seem at times to be overpopulated with elite players, I'm willing to bet that there are many who are casual players as well. They just don't post in the Blizz forums or write antagonistic comments on WoW weblogs. Blizzard would do well to keep providing content for all levels of players, noobs and elites alike.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Mig! Dec 13th 2005 10:20AM
Love the article, and cant wait to get my issue of Macworld. I made the switch to Mac a few months ago, and THE ONLY thing I made DARN sure of is that me and the wfie could still play WoW on our new iBooks. Works like a charm:)
ryan grove Dec 13th 2005 10:11AM
I think Blizzard really set the standard for cross-platform MMORPG releases here. Sony seemed to really drop the ball with the Mac Everquest, because while there seems to be a great community, there have been no updates in months (years?) and zero tech support. PC users may have a hundred MMOs to choose from, but now us Mac users have the only one that matters, and it's just as good as the PC version. Woo!
MothershipRyan Dec 13th 2005 10:47AM
I have been using the Mac platform since it debuted in 1984. For once in my life, it's fantastic that I get to play with all my wintel friends on a game as amazing as this.
MothershipRyan Dec 13th 2005 12:51PM
I have been using the Mac platform since it debuted in 1984. For once in my life, it's fantastic that I get to play with all my wintel friends on a game as amazing as this.
ryan grove Dec 13th 2005 12:48PM
Are there any Mac-user specific guilds in WoW?
VoIP Ted Dec 14th 2005 2:51PM
Damien, it sounds like you might be correlating Mac users to newbs. There's nothing noob-like about my wife and I, who were Mac users long before WoW (Diablo 2, Quake 3, etc.) and both play WoW on Macs today.
What makes the fact that the "printed publication" reaches new users is newsworthy? What about the award itself? Macworld has many of the stingiest and cruelest critics in the PC industry (I know because I write for them and know a few of their news editors). How about a great big W00T to Blizz for actually making WoW the Editor's Choice!
Now if they could just get rid of the lag in Ironforge.