Title misleading?<p>"If we reach £1.4 million in funding through the Kickstarter project, we will release a Mac version of the game around 3 months after the initial Windows PC release."<p>£989,339
pledged of £1,250,000 goal
Currently it looks like they aren't going to reach their goal of £1.2 million (<a href="http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous/" rel="nofollow">http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous/</a>). Maybe they are trying to get the mac crowd on board in order to push it over the line?
If I have to fire up a Windows 7 VM to play Elite: Dangerous, I will, but certainly, I'd be even happier with a native version.<p>The project's funding trend has nosed upwards lately, despite Christmas, so perhaps word will circulate regarding the possibility of Mac support, as well as the newer pledge levels, if people feel inclined to nudge their existing pledges upward.
If you want to see what the original Elite games were like, check out:<p><a href="http://www.eliteforever.co.uk/downloads.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.eliteforever.co.uk/downloads.html</a><p>Or this Elite-inspired open source version:<p><a href="http://www.oolite.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.oolite.org</a>
Not pledging anything 'till there's a Linux version - I mean, FFS, loads of people are making Linux versions of stuff now, it can't be <i>that</i> hard unless they use DirectX or something silly.