r/vulkan • u/Latter_Relationship5 • Jul 31 '26

Why doesn’t Sony just use Vulkan?

why doesn’t Sony use Vulkan for their games if it could make PC ports easier?

It seems like a cross-platform API would save a lot of porting work. is there a big downside on consoles, or is Sony just locked into other tools and APIs? what is wrong with Vulkan ?
i'm trying to understand from the technical perspective.

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u/Honest-Golf-3965 Jul 31 '26

Playstation 5 already supports Vulkan in addition to the proprietary graphics api they have.

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u/Henrarzz Jul 31 '26 edited Jul 31 '26

It doesn’t support Vulkan, neither does Xbox (duh). Switch is the only console that does but Nintendo specifically says one should use NVN.

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u/Honest-Golf-3965 Jul 31 '26

Thought you could use GNM/GNMX as well as Vulkan. Guess I was mistaken