I read it as "their own API and alternatively, Vulkan". Which makes it sound similar to Nintendo Switch situation.

Portability initiative and projects like gfx-rs might have a problem with targeting PS, because of NDAs. That always throws a wrench into open source projects. I hope consoles would stop using this dinosaur NDA approach from the last century, if they care about making things easier for developers.

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Quoting: GuestDon't see the article mentioning that anywhere.

It says:

Die PlayStation 5 unterstützt wenig verwunderlich kein DirectX 12 Ultimate, sondern setzt auf eine eigene API und alternativ Vulkan.

So it sounds go me like Sony could join Nintendo in supporting Vulkan on their consoles. If that's true, it would be a major blow to DX domination. I'd even say possibly a critical one.

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This article mentions, that Sony is going to support Vulkan on PlayStation 5: https://www.computerbase.de/2020-03/directx-12-ultimate/ [External Link]

Is it a valid claim?

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It's probably missing an executable flag.

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Quoting: pal666[i registered to ask you to stop spreading lies.

Don't waste your time flaming then. Do something useful instead. If you can't figure out what DRM is, it's not anyone else's problem.

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I checked Nightline - not sure what to do there. I'm stuck in that dark part of the train, doors don't open to other carriages, and you barely can see anything through the windows.

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Quoting: GuestSounds awesome. Now there is only to hope to be able to play games such as Quake 2 RTX or Metro Exodus with an AMD card when they arrive. But i guess they would need an Update to work with AMD? At least Quake 2 come on Nvidia let the Red team also have fun with it :P

May be drivers can implement shims for Nvidia extensions to route them to standard ones. But ideally yes, games would need to start using the standard ones on their own.

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Regarding MoltenVK and etc. Some info surfaced up, about Apple being in a legal conflict with Khronos about something. This came out in the context of Apple refusing to adopt SPIR-V for WebGPU. Apple refused to elaborate on the reason though.

However this can also explain why Apple staunchly refuse to support Vulkan in general:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F6ns6I3zs-2JL_dT9hOkX_253vEtKxuUkTGvxpuv8Ac/edit [External Link]

MS [Maciej Stachowiak]: Apple is not comfortable working under Khronos IP framework, because of dispute between Apple Legal & Khronos which is private. Can’t talk about the substance of this dispute. Can’t make any statement for Apple to agree to Khronos IP framework.

In typical Apple fashion, they mess things up for everyone and refuse to explain the reason.

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The endless hall is interesting. The timer in it actually stops.

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It's a simple argument. Developers and publishers who are not pro DRM have no problem publicly saying so. And actions speak better even. So again, Feral will be seen as pro DRM, until we'll see their games in DRM-free stores.

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