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minus-squaretetris11@feddit.ukOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoIn the past, cross porting a game took time and effort. With today’s toolchains? Cross compiling is built-in to the SDK. The delay of a PC release is a clear cash grab
minus-squareTechAnon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoI somewhat agree, but GTA V took over a year and a half to come to PC. I think they were still milking it. As you said, not an issue today. Architectures are close enough today with plenty of tools to create multiple builds fairly quickly.
In the past, cross porting a game took time and effort. With today’s toolchains? Cross compiling is built-in to the SDK. The delay of a PC release is a clear cash grab
I somewhat agree, but GTA V took over a year and a half to come to PC. I think they were still milking it.
As you said, not an issue today. Architectures are close enough today with plenty of tools to create multiple builds fairly quickly.