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If I had to guess, I'd say Linux gaming (and by extension the SteamBox), could suffer because of OpenGL. Right now we have XBox/Windows. From what I hear, Val
by loup-vaillant 13y ago
If I had to guess, I'd say Linux gaming (and by extension the SteamBox), could suffer because of OpenGL. Right now we have XBox/Windows. From what I hear, Valve intends to make some SteamBox/GnuLinux competition. If OpenGL sucks compared to D3D and Mantle (more difficult to develop in, or just less efficient at runtime), this competition may not take off. Also if porting existing D3D (or PS3/4) games to OpenGL is hard, it likely won't happen.
Of course, I'm only talking about smokin' fast and shiny AAA gaming, where D3D currently dominates. OpenGL owns mobile and the web, but they don't compete in the same category.