You guys are hilarious. Like quoting "some guy" (Carmack) from '96 speaking about DirectX. After the release of Windows 95. WTF. That's most certainly some current information about the graphical API space mate.
I still fail to see how Vulkan/OpenGL is interesting as a "multiplatform" engine. Like seriously, what do you gain if you aim for Vulkan? Linux. That's a 1% market. It's simply not a justifiable decision from a business standpoint. The big AAA gaming platforms are Windows, OSX, PlayStation and Xbox. NONE of those have Vulkan as the main API. You have DX12, Metal, libGCM and semi-DX12. Have you noticed the lack of Vulkan? It's not rocket surgery, guys.
Like yeah, you can say there's mobile. It is there indeed. Except you release completely different types of games on mobile than on the PC so it won't a "multiplatform" game by any means. So again, this is a completely pointless argument. The only reason why Vulkan exists is that Gaben's scared sh*tless of the Windows Store killing his precious Steam babychild and so he's trying to "revolutionize" Linux as a gaming platform - with minuscule success so far.
I still fail to see how Vulkan/OpenGL is interesting as a "multiplatform" engine. Like seriously, what do you gain if you aim for Vulkan? Linux. That's a 1% market. It's simply not a justifiable decision from a business standpoint. The big AAA gaming platforms are Windows, OSX, PlayStation and Xbox. NONE of those have Vulkan as the main API. You have DX12, Metal, libGCM and semi-DX12. Have you noticed the lack of Vulkan? It's not rocket surgery, guys.
Like yeah, you can say there's mobile. It is there indeed. Except you release completely different types of games on mobile than on the PC so it won't a "multiplatform" game by any means. So again, this is a completely pointless argument. The only reason why Vulkan exists is that Gaben's scared sh*tless of the Windows Store killing his precious Steam babychild and so he's trying to "revolutionize" Linux as a gaming platform - with minuscule success so far.
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