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What Apple are doing with Metal feels eerily similar to what Microsoft did when they launched DirectX back in the day. If we're lucky, it won't be as successfu
by beefsack 11y ago
What Apple are doing with Metal feels eerily similar to what Microsoft did when they launched DirectX back in the day.
If we're lucky, it won't be as successful; decades of graphic stack fragmentation hasn't been pleasant to live through, both as a developer and a gamer.
- pjmlp 11y agoThen it is up to the community/Khronos to provide the same tooling and support games developers enjoy from Apple, Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo. GPU vendors don't care much about API support tooling, as long as their hardware gets sold.
- mort96 11y agoI really doubt Apple will ever be big enough for many big game developers to consider making exclusives for Macs. They don't even sell any computers remotely targeted at games, and often sacrifice price and cooling for prettier design.