If you want to be able to play any game without limitations, you'll actually need a powerful Windows based PC somewhere on your network. If you plan on connecting via bluetooth, simply pair your controller to your Mac using the Bluetooth System Preference panel. You can also use a regular USB wired gamepad that is Xbox compatible as well.

You can attach wireless bluetooth device such as the Steam Controller, a PS4 controller or even an Xbox One controller that supports Bluetooth. You can use a number of gamepads of your choosing. You plug it in to the TB 3 port on the back of the Mac mini, and Mojave just makes it work.

It comes with a mid-range AMD RX 580 GPU which is a good match for the Coffee Lake CPU's in our Mac mini. I do plan on running native macOS games directly from the Mac mini so I got Apple's own eGPU enclosure, $599. You needn't add an eGPU if you plan on using the Mac mini for either emulated console and arcade games from yesteryear, or if you plan on streaming all of your games from a more powerful computer (we show you how shortly). You can also optionally add Nvidia GPUs but will be beholden to the company for driver updates and support. macOS Mojave has added excellent eGPU support for AMD Polaris and Vega GPUs right out of the box supported directly by Apple. If you want to play more modern macOS versions of 3D games, then you'll need a more powerful GPU. In my case, I have both a Synology Diskstation, $370 on a gigabit ethernet connection and a Samsung 500GB thunderbolt 3 portable ssd, $299. If you have an external NAS or are simply very good at managing your disk space (installing a single game and uninstalling it when no longer in use to save space), you can get away with not having to add external storage. External SSD (optional)Įxtra disk space is completely optional depending on your needs. You'll get better performance out of this lowest end Mac mini if you limit your resolutions to 1080p but you can decide if higher resolutions are worth the performance hit. We'll be connecting the Mac mini to a 5K display with a gigabit ethernet wired connection to my network. Not only will we be adding some hardware to the mix, we'll also setup some gaming software that the Mac mini is able to play right out of the box. Well, you're correct for most modern games. The GPU and CPU is way too weak, and the storage space is far too small. Those specs aren't powerful enough to run the latest games.

Xbox controller on mac mini