I think Metal would have 100% happened even if somehow the game industry didn't exist. It was all about getting better performance, especially better performanc

I think Metal would have 100% happened even if somehow the game industry didn't exist. It was all about getting better performance, especially better performance per watt by making more optimal use of the hardware. I don't think the OpenGL model of GPUs was ever going to get there. Since Vulkan just didn't exist when Apple was looking at the landscape they decided to make their own system.