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Wow, TIL. Now I am wondering why they dont just move to vulkan, even the switch does.
by papichulo2023 3y ago
Wow, TIL. Now I am wondering why they dont just move to vulkan, even the switch does.
- Shekelphile 3y agoYou can use normal APIs on consoles through translation layers (it works the same on the switch). The translation layers aren't the best so everyone just ends up using the proprietary 'API' in the end, which translates/gets inlined down to raw commands written to the GPU's command buffer at compile time.
- pjmlp 3y agoSwitch also has a proprietary API called NVN, Vulkan is more like a 2nd level API. Any game dev that wants the full hardware capabilities reaches out to NVN.
- dontlaugh 3y agoAlmost no game on the Switch used Vulkan, except for a few PC ports.
- dagmx 3y agoVulkan is probably the least used API across any games. Most switch games don’t use it either. Honestly, this is the biggest division between gamers who obsess over API and people who develop gamers. API divergence is really not that big of a deal as long as you can do similar things.