rich[182] said:
DirectX is to do with the graphics interface for developers etc, It's currently version DX9 on all current games for PC but DX10 will be a huge step forward next year when Windows Vista comes out along with next gen graphics cards, If consoles dont support this then they will miss out big time
That's what I thought you meant.
DirectX is a very SPECIFIC product for the PC gaming market, and to an extent the XBOX.
Consoles utilise their own custom graphics API, and the only console to have even remotely similar architecture to the PC is the XBOX, which was effectively a very finely tuned PC.
I'm not really seeing how say, a PS3 could utilise the PC's DirectX API, or a Nintendo. Even Microsoft do NOT use DirectX on their own XBOX 360 but use a more cross platform product called XNA which has been developed with next gen PC and consoles in mind, but this is really a future standard and not for the current platforms.
Consoles and PCs are worlds apart. DirectX has nothing to do with console gaming or programming.