Xbox One Doesn't Support AMD Mantle API

[btarunr]

As proponents of the DirectX API, which single-handedly shaped consumer 3D graphics market for the past decade and a half, it shouldn't come as a shocker, that Microsoft's next-generation entertainment platform, the Xbox One, will not support AMD's ambitious Mantle project, a 3D API that's tailor-made for the company's Graphics CoreNext GPU micro-architecture, on which the GPU driving the Xbox One is based. The company released a statement to that effect mentioning that "other APIs" such as OpenGL and AMD Mantle won't be supported on Xbox One. Says Microsoft;

We are very excited that with the launch of Xbox One, we can now bring the latest generation of Direct3D 11 to console. The Xbox One graphics API is "Direct3D 11.x" and the Xbox One hardware provides a superset of Direct3D 11.2 functionality. Other graphics APIs such as OpenGL and AMD's Mantle are not available on Xbox One.

The Xbox One will support DirectX 11.2, an evolution over DirectX 11, which adds support for a new feature called "Tiled resources," which lets 3D apps more efficiently manage available hardware resources, by streaming portions of single large textures as a 3D scene being rendered demands it. It heralds a kind of virtual memory system for the GPU, and Microsoft could encourage game developers to take advantage of it, for their Xbox One titles. Such a feature already exists with OpenGL.

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[jigar2speed]

I see Microsoft is playing with the words and this is to confuse people.

MANTLE, OPENGL AND DIRECT X API is also not supported on PS4 because they have their own API to talk to APU.

Microsoft is just being obvious here.

 

[Xzibit]

At the GPU14 the only reference to consoles was that Mantle could be used by developers to make porting easier. Nothing was mentioned as a replacement to next-gen consoles.

 

[Phobia9651]

Right, because using a high level API on fixed hardware is so efficient.

 

[HisDivineOrder]

I see Microsoft is playing with the words and this is to confuse people.

MANTLE, OPENGL AND DIRECT X API is also not supported on PS4 because they have their own API to talk to APU.

Microsoft is just being obvious here.

Actually, PS4's is based on OpenGL.

AMD implied that Mantle could be used to develop game across three platforms (PS4, Xbone, PC), but now the truth comes out. Mantle will be used for only one platform, PC. And it will be a very, very small niche of users on that platform.

I think we can safely stick a fork in Mantle. Glide 2.0 is officially done. It's for the best.

 

[Hilux SSRG]

I think we can safely stick a fork in Mantle. Glide 2.0 is officially done. It's for the best.

LOL, glide 2.0. I was wary of the rampant fanboyism? with recent mantle reports and discussions but unless a variety of publishers and developers adopt it, its dead dead.

 

[newtekie1]

Actually, PS4's is based on OpenGL.

AMD implied that Mantle could be used to develop game across three platforms (PS4, Xbone, PC), but now the truth comes out. Mantle will be used for only one platform, PC. And it will be a very, very small niche of users on that platform.

I think we can safely stick a fork in Mantle. Glide 2.0 is officially done. It's for the best.

Yep, Mantle will be AMD's Hardware Accelerated PhysX.

I know Microsoft is forcing DX11.2 on the Xbone because they want to push their API, but it would have been nice if they would allow OpenGL as well. Honestly, I think it would have led to a much better experience of gamers if all 3 major platforms(PS4, Xbone, and PC) all had a common API that game developers could use. It certainly would lead to less crappy ports.

However, I think now that Xbox will be the only console not use OpenGL that means developers will likely start developing games in OpenGL first and release native versions for PC and PS4, and then port the game over to Xbone. So I'm guessing most of the Xbone titles will end up being ports.

 

[W1zzard]

However, I think now that Xbox will be the only console not use OpenGL that means developers will likely start developing games in OpenGL first and release native versions for PC and PS4, and then port the game over to Xbone. So I'm guessing most of the Xbone titles will end up being ports.

Developers and publishers will favour the platform that maximizes their $$, either through sales or special exclusivity deals with console makers.

Nobody is gonna ask the programmers what platform they like to develop for.

 

[newtekie1]

Developers and publishers will favour the platform that maximizes their $$, either through sales or special exclusivity deals with console makers.

Nobody is gonna ask the programmers what platform they like to develop for.

That is true, but I would think being able to program for OpenGL and having a game that works on two platforms pretty much right away would be a pretty big savings. Plus, programming in OpenGL opens ups Linux and OSX as well, even though those two aren't really big gaming markets.

 

[W1zzard]

PS4 does not exactly use OpenGL btw, it's called libgcm and is a heavily modified version of OpenGL, that won't just work on any other platform

 

[Easy Rhino]

this is like reporting that water is wet...

 

[jigar2speed]

Actually, PS4's is based on OpenGL.

AMD implied that Mantle could be used to develop game across three platforms (PS4, Xbone, PC), but now the truth comes out. Mantle will be used for only one platform, PC. And it will be a very, very small niche of users on that platform.

I think we can safely stick a fork in Mantle. Glide 2.0 is officially done. It's for the best.

PS4 does not exactly use OpenGL btw, it's called libgcm and is a heavily modified version of OpenGL, that won't just work on any other platform

Like i said every console maker has their own API.