Only Saints Row IV is officially confirmed:

Coming to SteamOS/Linux
Saints Row IV will be available on SteamOS and Linux in 2015.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/206420/ [External Link]

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Quoting: Maelrane...

Most developers who develop for the Xbox, deal with DX 12.
Others want to make it depends on the success of Windows 10, whether use Vulkan or DX 12.

And so we come back to my numbers.

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Quoting: Maelrane

Quoting: BdMdesigN*snip*

Now you can count Elke, why the dev should use Vulkan in Desktop Sektor.

You forget a major thing: Developing a mobile game is way less complicated and time-intensive than creating a full AAA-blockbuster-game.

So while your number may be accurate, DX12 and Vulkan will only be relevant in a few years. If big studios think that Windows 10 will be the next big thing by then, they will support DX12 and maybe neglect Vulkan.

So, the situation on the desktop is not *that* easy, sadly (for us)

I don't talk about the Mobile Sector.
I don't use Mobile devices. we talk here from the desktop sector, Linux/Mac/Windows gaming and AAA titles.
And why Vulkan have a chance in the desktop sector.

And if i see the selling Units in the Windows sector, Vulkan have a big chance.
Ok for Windows 10 we don't have realy sales numbers, but for Vista, Seven and 8 we have.

EA/Dice will/want support Vulkan or DX 12. My hope is Vulkan. Valve supports Vulkan and many other will do, too.
And if i see how many Indi games runs on openGL then will the list get longer and longer from the Vulkan supporters.

Microsoft has enjoyed with Nokia in the mobile sector, for example, a crash landing. So DX 12 was in the mobile sector not a big number.

On the Xbox only DX 12 is a big number, but will be it in the desktop sector, too?

We have at this time over 400 Millions Windows 7, maybe 100 Millions Windows 8 and ca.30 Millions Windows 10 Installations.

Windows 10 and his Keyloggers and trojans was not a big selling hit and will be a flop, as Windows 8 or Vista or maybe not.

We will see.
If Windows 10 flops, DX 12 will flop, too.

Why? You get it only with Windows 10.

And I do not think thats Windows 10 nor more than 600 Millonen units until late this year or even until the middle of next year, sold

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Quoting: Segata SanshiroThis looks like exactly my kind of game.

Yes of course. me too. It's looking damm good.

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Quoting: Eike

Quoting: aristorias

Quoting: EikeI fear Vulkan will primarily be seen as a mobile API.

This fear is so far away from reality that it's even funny. :D

Windows will go with DirectX, it always did.
Apple can force whatever they like on their systems, and they already started to roll their own.
What big marktes are left - Linux or mobile?
Hmm...

Elke, Windows 10 supports DX 12.
7, 8.0 and 8.1 only DX 11/11.1/11.2

We have also the same problem as XP vs. Vista/Seven

And now comes Vulkan.

It supports following Desktop Distrubutions:

- All Linux distributions
- Windos XP, Vista, 7, 8.0, 8.1, 10 and newer
- Mac (If that Apple allows)

Windows 10 have ca. 20-30 Millions Installations.
Windows 8 has 165 Millions Installations. 200 Millions sells and from this sells are 35 Millions never used.
Windows 7 over 600 Millions sells and Installations.

Now come to these numbers still the pre-installed versions of Windows do so.

Now you can count Elke, why the dev should use Vulkan in Desktop Sektor.

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Done. The main problem is, thats Windows is pre-installed.

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Quoting: STiAT...

And now I ask you why the most big Players are in Kronos and in Vulkan, except Rockstar, UBIsoft and MS?
And the others will support it in his engines, except Rockstar, UBIsoft and MS?



https://www.khronos.org/members/contributors [External Link]

Contributors - have full API working group participation and voting rights, and generous marketing benefits.

https://www.khronos.org/members/promoters [External Link]

Promoters - act as the "Board of Directors" to set the direction of the Group, with final specification ratification voting rights.

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WtF is Ubuntu? ^^

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I don't trust Slightly Mad Studios any more. This are the next Dev's in the Linux lie.

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Quoting: BeamboomOnly AMD cpus though. Not gpus.

So a R9 390 is a Nvidia GPU. Aha.

Look at times the middle stack exactly. I see there a AMD R9 390.

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