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Re:Apple proposes new web 3D graphics API by criddell on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @09:48AM (#13598563)
I don't like it, but I think consumers are pretty accepting of platform exclusives.
Re:Apple proposes new web 3D graphics API by shmerl on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @12:41PM (#13600258)
Not really. Gamers don't like exclusives, when they are excluded especially. Why would they like to be excluded?
Re:Apple proposes new web 3D graphics API by MBCook on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @10:41AM (#13599055)
If you're a gamer, then you're quite used to this going back all the way to the old Sega vs Nintendo days. It may be annoying but it's something we by and large accept.
Re:Apple proposes new web 3D graphics API by shmerl on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @12:42PM (#13600276)
Common usage of crooked practices doesn't mean anyone likes them. Let alone encourage any of such trash.
Re:Apple proposes new web 3D graphics API by MBCook on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @02:50PM (#13601426)
I didn't say people liked it, I said they were used to it. It's the status-quo so it doesn't get questioned the way it would if it was a completely new concept.
Re:Apple proposes new web 3D graphics API by shmerl on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @03:45PM (#13601890)
Yes, I agree that it's not questioned enough, which is a problem in itself.
Re:Apple proposes new web 3D graphics API by MBCook on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @09:33PM (#13604152)
When the hardware was so specialized it made a lot more sense. Now that everyone has nearly identical hardware it's even stupider.

On the plus side platform exclusives almost totally gone outside of the game is manufactured by the console makers themselves.