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darkknightkryta said:

Yeah.  There's a huge abstraction when using Direct X APIs.  It doesn't talk directly to the hardware.


abstraction - is a key word in this PC/console discussion.

Both PC hardware and PC software suffer on performance and gain on compatibility because of lots of abstraction layers.

(sorry for poor english - please correct me if it sounds too bizarre)