Confirmed they joined Khronos or that they will help with Vulkan's API development?

According to the information at hand, Nintendo has joined the group at the Contributor level, which means they have full access to the APIs developed by the group. This could become very relevant for Nintendo’s next console and while it seems like a jumble of unrelated tech news, it could be an interesting clue about the direction Nintendo will be taking in the next few years.

Pavo, there was a thread about this news in September:

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=208433

Good, good. Can't wait to see their beautiful games in NX.

Thanks Shenlong.

I had to delete the previous post because it was just so long. Later on I'm going to photoshop it all together so that it looks better in the amount of space we have.

Very exciting! Can't wait as official details start to come out next year.

With all the talk about Fallout 4 recently, I've been thinking about the western developer that never put anything for Nintendo: Take 2 and Zenimax. EA, Activision and Ubisoft usually have is ups and downs with Nintendo, but Take 2 and Zenimax just ignore Nintendo altogether. Until now, they've had the excuse of power and bad 3rd party relationships from Nintendo's part. If the problem of power is solved on the NX, will these two companies finally acknowledge a Nintendo system?

Where was i that i didn't know about this Khronos thing?

Industry leading chips rings a bell?

Supporting Vulkan doesn't translate to "industry leading chips". Vulkan will be an API just like DX 12.

Nintendo already supported OpenGL (the API that will be replaced by Vulkan) with its consoles, it's just that now they have expanded their involvement in the Khronos group to become a Contributor, something that will allow them to make better use of it.

In the end, it's doubtful that Nintendo uses it with their first party titles because they will use their own engines and better API, but they could use it with their development kits to make life easier with third parties and indies.

@Darwinianevolution: It's true that Take 2 hasn't launched anything on Wii U, but they supported the Wii. Remember Carnival Games?... Ok, and how about Bully?

I know, but we have Carnival Games, one of many, many, many shovelware the Wii got during its lifespam, and Bully, a PS2 port that, while welcomed, was nothing new. Welcomed, yes, and Manhunt 2 too. But they released very early on and really did nothing new. They could have released one of those PSP games on the Wii, it was a thing for a while. GTA Liberty City Stories, or Vice City Stories would have been really welcomed on a platform with very little PG18 content.