fordy on 25 February 2013
| Otakumegane said: Wasn't the Xbox made just to stop the progress of OpenGL? Personally, I think they should've moved into the mobile market a LOT sooner, I think not even Microsoft predicted the surge of OS using smartphones. As for the Xbox itself? I think it was a good thing overall. Competition between Sony and MS. (Nintendo just being Nintendo) |
Well that's a thought.....if OpenGL became popular, it would have meant worry on the Windows side of things. Would explain why they originally called it "DirectX box"
Fortunately for Microsoft, OpenGL got stuck on a major version (version 2 I believe it was), for far too long than it should have, and things like shader support were not incorporated for a long time after DirectX.
