> But the number of games that run on Vulkan is so vanishingly small
Really? 7 out of the 10 most popular games on Steam work fine if you have Vulkan 1.3 drivers: https://www.protondb.com/explore?sort=playerCount
Really? 7 out of the 10 most popular games on Steam work fine if you have Vulkan 1.3 drivers: https://www.protondb.com/explore?sort=playerCount
Counter Strike 2 Dota 2 Stardew Valley
How are you getting 7/10 unless you're also counting games that happen to run under Proton, which aren't native? And regardless, that's a really small sample size to extrapolate from, when it's easy to get a more extensive list that is around ~250 games total.
https://www.vulkan.org/made-with-vulkan https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/List_of_Vulkan_games
Of which, a massive percentage are based on engines that have Metal support as well.
I am counting Proton games because they very explicitly are supported by sufficient Vulkan coverage. In case you weren't paying attention that's kinda the only reason anyone cares about Apple Silicon getting Vulkan 1.3 coverage in the first place.
> when it's easy to get a more extensive list that is around ~250 games total.
You're right, when we push it out to 1000 titles it gets closer to 80% playable: https://www.protondb.com/dashboard
> Of which, a massive percentage are based on engines that have Metal support as well.
...yeah, you keep telling yourself that. One day, they'll definitely flip the switch on MacOS support. Certainly.
This is just you being completely disingenuous now and purposefully avoiding the actual point of the discussion.
Given those efforts, if Apple/Mac had support for Vulkan, Valve would probably make it all just as available on Mac as they do on Linux for Proton.
It would be a lot more disingenuous if the Steam Deck didn't exist and Linux gaming was a farce. But... it's not. And the only thing stopping Apple from enjoying the same spoils is a little bit of humility.