Originally Posted by Goyo
id software were the only major dev team pushing it and that was a long time ago. I am sure there are reasons they gave up on it.
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Originally Posted by GreatMazinkaise
Follow the Microsoft money trail and you shall find your answer.
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Now that you mention id software... although I cannot remember the exact sources, I do recall John Carmack saying that Microsoft is actually the one innovating when it comes to graphics rendering technologies, and that OpenGL is simply coming afterwards implementing what MS did first. That would mean that by using DirectX, devs would have better options in utilizing the latest rendering tech.