> I very much doubt Microsoft will bother to support Vulkan if AAA studios don't ask for it.
They will eventually, when they'll get fed up with MS lock-in stupidity. In order for it to happen, competing market should put more pressure on MS. MS drops lock-in only from fear of competition. And it will eventually happen - there is no need for reinventing the wheel.
People in the industry call that support and productivity thanks to proper tooling instead of leaving each one alone to scatter around for half baked FOSS libraries, but I don't expect activists without experience in the big boys league to understand it.
> People in the industry call that support and productivity
People call that MS tax, since it makes their development more costly. Whether it's developers who work on their own engines, or engine developers who provide their engines for others, this cost is passed to the end user in the form of more bugs, slower development and so on. No sane developer appreciates lock-in. But currently they have no choice.
What people? Indies and FOSS activists that probably still write M$ to this day and believe that Sony and Nintendo or even Sega in its former days are any different.
I really bet none of those ever walked the floors of GDC.
Anyone who thinks and cares about progress and doesn't drink Koolaid served by MS and Co. Surely not lock-in freaks, who frame their tax on the industry as something positive.
> I really bet none of those ever walked the floors of GDC.
You sound like GDC is owned by MS, or it's ought to be. Are you paid by them? Either way, it's a very poor way to measure opinions or their value. Find something better.
No, I am someone that in a past life was allowed to spend some time in the backstage how big boys do games and still keep some of those ties, even though I just do IT enterprise consulting nowadays.
No one in GDC hallways speak of lock-in as activists believe they do.
They will eventually, when they'll get fed up with MS lock-in stupidity. In order for it to happen, competing market should put more pressure on MS. MS drops lock-in only from fear of competition. And it will eventually happen - there is no need for reinventing the wheel.