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This would matter if OpenGL wasn’t outdated. It’s slow, ineffiecient and not officially supported in Windows either. It begs the question: How much of a future do these developers really think openGL has? Are they concerned with porting to Linux, which has anysmal game support in the first place?

cgWerks said:

Well, that's one way to get rid of the creatives.
I wonder how many apps will make that transition?

Not the “creatives” that matter. The writing has been on the wall for OpenGL/ CL for a long time. It’s fallen too far behind DirectX to be competitive anymore.

These selfish, elitist NIMBY types are so gross. Thanks for making things worse for just about everyone except you and your neighbors.

thewhitefalcon said:

Yay big government, down with states rights, right? 

When states can't be trusted to uphold the fucking constitution, Washington has to step in and remind them who's in charge here. I find it ironic that you're bitching about "big government" when this bill and TRAP laws are exactly that. You conservative hypocrites crack me up.

I hope this is true! I've been saying for a long time that Nintendo should do this. It's a smart way to keep their brand relevant. They could release their old-school "Virtual Console" games on iOS, but make it so they only work with their controllers. Some people might balk at this, but the fact is that foisting controller-based games onto a touch interface is terrible. Since Nintendo values the customer experience as highly as Apple, forcing people to use their  controllers will ensure a consistently solid playing experience.