Unreal Engine 4.9 Released With Improved Graphics, Remote Push Notifications and CloudKit Support

[Michael Goff]

Yeah, sucks.

How does competition suck?

 

[AlecZ]

How does competition suck?

Because it only runs on Microsoft's platforms. The whole point of it is to keep developers on MS platforms. It is anti-competitive. On the other hand, open-source libraries flourish even without competition.

 

[AlecZ]

Considering the sucess of the Xbox, you still got a long wait ahead of you.

No, they're badly losing to Sony in that area in the latest generation of consoles. I'm more worried about games (and, more importantly, other graphical applications) on Windows using DirectX.

 

[Michael Goff]

Because it only runs on Microsoft's platforms. The whole point of it is to keep developers on MS platforms. It is anti-competitive. On the other hand, open-source libraries flourish even without competition.

So I take it you're against Metal as well?

 

[AlecZ]

So I take it you're against Metal as well?

No because Metal isn't a threat to competition. If Apple were cornering the market with Metal, yes, I'd be against it too. If Apple cornered any market, I'd be very scared (imagining Macs being restricted to the App Store), but that's not going to happen either with Mac or iOS since they cater only to the high end and operate high-margin. Microsoft's the one to worry about because they go for market share at all costs.