Those wishing to play the infamous SimCity 5 on a Mac will have to wait just a little bit longer to get their hands on the city creation sim, Maxis announced on their official website. Senior producer Kip Katsarelis had this to say in the blog post concerning the delay:
"We have made this tough decision because we do not believe it is ready for primetime yet. We want to ensure the Mac is a great experience for our players and that is why we are taking more time."
To make up for the delay, Maxis will extend the Simcity Launch Park's availability on Macs:
"As a sincere thank you for patiently waiting to play, we are going to extend the availability of the SimCity Launch Park (released in Update 4) to all players who have purchased the Mac version. Now you, too, can launch a Llama balloon. Because who wouldn't want to do that? Thanks again for your patience and understanding."
The Mac version of Simcity 5 was suppose to launch June 11. The Mac version of the game would allow users to use their PC city in the Mac version, and PC owners would be given the Mac version of the game for free. On the PC side of the game, Katsarelis revealed that the fifth update for the game should be released soon, in a couple of weeks:
"On the PC side, we are currently working on a series of multiplayer and multi-city fixes and improvements that will be available in Update 5...In addition to Update 5, we are already beginning work on Update 6, which will focus on RCI improvements, a lot of which we've gathered from fan feedback on our forums. Once we have the notes locked down, we'll release them in our 'Currently in Development' thread, like we're doing today with Update 5."