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pjmlp on Feb 2, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: DirectX 11 vs. DirectX 12 oversimplified

No games console has first class support for OpenGL.

EDIT: Rephrased it better.

xfalcox on Feb 3, 2015 [–]

You know that thw biggest esport game (as in prize money) runs fine with openGL on Linux?

With valve developing source2, having ported almost all source games, and other AAA titles like Borderlands with first class Linux support, openGL it's very alive in gaming.

pjmlp on Feb 3, 2015 | [–]

The keyword was consoles.

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