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The Apple Mac version was released on May 12, 2015.<ref>https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/05/elite-dangerous-now-available-for-macs-both-direct-and-on-steam/</ref> It doesn't have [[Elite Dangerous: Horizons]] due to the lack of high-performance Compute Shaders in the graphics API's supported by OS X.<ref>[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=191898 Answer From The Devs 15/10/15 - ED Forums]</ref> As of the Q4 update of Elite Dangerous: Beyond, the Mac version of Elite Dangerous will no longer be playable due to technical barriers.<ref>https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/424243-Important-Mac-announcement</ref> | The Apple Mac version was released on May 12, 2015.<ref>https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/05/elite-dangerous-now-available-for-macs-both-direct-and-on-steam/</ref> It doesn't have [[Elite Dangerous: Horizons]] due to the lack of high-performance Compute Shaders in the graphics API's supported by OS X.<ref>[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=191898 Answer From The Devs 15/10/15 - ED Forums]</ref> As of the Q4 update of Elite Dangerous: Beyond, the Mac version of Elite Dangerous will no longer be playable due to technical barriers.<ref>https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/424243-Important-Mac-announcement</ref> | ||
Post-launch it can be estimated that the development budget for Elite Dangerous is in the tens of millions of pounds or more when major updates and expansions are included such as [[Elite Dangerous: Horizons|Elite Dangerous | Post-launch it can be estimated that the development budget for Elite Dangerous is in the tens of millions of pounds or more when major updates and expansions are included such as [[Elite Dangerous: Horizons|ED: Horizons]], [[Elite Dangerous: Beyond|ED: Beyond]] and [[Elite Dangerous: Odyssey|ED: Odyssey]]. | ||
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