@Zwabber@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoMicrosoft CEO Says He Would "Love" To Get Rid Of Xbox Exclusives But Can't Because Of Sonywww.gamespot.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down11cross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.works
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minus-square@Narishma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoThat makes no sense. Microsoft was a Sega partner during the Dreamcast era and didn’t enter the console market until after Sega had quit.
minus-square@ozymandias117@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish-1•1 year agoIt would make sense - Microsoft used the Xbox to push DirectX over OpenGL, and that is how stores were laid out at the time. It’s just been enough years I can’t verify whether it was a rumor or actually happened
minus-square@Narishma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoThat still makes no sense since the Dreamcast supported DirectX and not OpenGL.
That makes no sense. Microsoft was a Sega partner during the Dreamcast era and didn’t enter the console market until after Sega had quit.
It would make sense - Microsoft used the Xbox to push DirectX over OpenGL, and that is how stores were laid out at the time. It’s just been enough years I can’t verify whether it was a rumor or actually happened
That still makes no sense since the Dreamcast supported DirectX and not OpenGL.