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Microsoft invested into DirecX. Valve invested in Steam Deck. Apple told game devs on Macs to GTFO, and this is the result. Did anyone else expect any other o
by JAlexoid 3y ago
Microsoft invested into DirecX. Valve invested in Steam Deck.
Apple told game devs on Macs to GTFO, and this is the result.
Did anyone else expect any other outcome?
- _cenw 3y agoDirectX is a mediocre API. Especially DX12 giving so much more control has actually backfired in a lot of instances, because game developers don't treat PCs with the same optimization care as they do consoles. Consoles have standards (and reject bad builds), for PC you can always pull a Todd Howard and tell users to upgrade to compensate for their misuse of the APIs. Windows has traction by market saturation, not the technical merit of their Graphics API.
- JAlexoid 3y agoIt's merit is utterly irrelevant. It's good enough, and good enough with other avenues of investment win over "the greatest thing of all time" every single time.
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