Turnaround in the mobile hardware space is even faster than on the desktop (let alone stagnating consoles), so Vulkan availability is much less of an issue there.
It doesn't matter if the drivers are available if those GPUs aren't on the motherboard.
Currently Vulkan is constrained to 2.8% of the Android market.
> Turnaround in the mobile hardware space is even faster than on the desktop (let alone stagnating consoles), so Vulkan availability is much less of an issue there.
Only in US, not everyone around the world, specially in countries where pre-pay is the way to go, changes their mobile every two years.
My point is, this situation will be shorter than on the desktop. Because as I said, the turnaround of mobile hardware is faster.
> ly in US, not everyone around the world, specially in countries where pre-pay is the way to go, changes their mobile every two years.
In US too, not everyone is going to buy every new model. I'm talking however about manufacturers making them. That happens pretty fast. So Vulkan support on new hardware is probably already a given and this whole thing is a non issue. Any new technology has adoption period.
If the engine needs two rendering interfaces, the effort is exactly the same as OpenGL ES + whatever else.
Unless you are suggesting game developers should be happy to sell only to LG V20, Samsung S7 and Google Pixel owners.