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0 pointspixelpoet2y ago0 comments

> Also, there are more games on Metal than DirectX.

Sorry, I was around for DirectX 1.0 back when GPUs were called "graphics accelerators", and don't see how that's possible.

Do you have a source for that, or is there some implicit caveat like counting some emulation later or something? Even then...

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flohofwoe2y ago

I guess parent forgot "on macOS and iOS". Technically every game on macOS or iOS is running on Metal, because the Apple OpenGL implementations are also running on top of Metal for quite a while now ;)

Across platforms, there's no chance in hell that more games run on Metal than DirectX, not even when counting iOS shovelware.

aurareturn2y ago

Metal owns a significantly bigger market for gaming revenue than DirectX.

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