Going with DirectX

[Benjamin100]

I'm having so much trouble finding a good introduction to modern OpenGL.
When I look for introductions to DirectX, I seem to be flooded with books.
I realize this is probably due to funding, as I imagine Microsoft would prefer developers
learn DirectX.
I'd rather learn OpenGL, but it doesn't seem possible to learn outside of getting into certain classes in school, and I haven't even taken one class specifically for programming.

Is it worth learning DirectX, or should I wait until something good for OpenGL beginners pops up?

[qpHalcy0n]

Yes, it's worth learning DirectX.

[Benjamin100]

Cool. Just needed to know that it wouldn't be pointless, and might be used professionally.

[qpHalcy0n]

It and its variants for XBox are almost exclusively used professionally. You don't see much OpenGL out there outside of the mobile environment. This coming from experience.

[Benjamin100]

What about other consoles?: Playstation and Nintendo?

[ChrissyJ91]

What about other consoles?: Playstation and Nintendo?

Nintendo and Sony use their own implementations of OpenGL

[qpHalcy0n]

This is only partially true for PS3. Sony *provides* PSGL, but almost exclusively nobody uses it. LibGCM is what PSGL wraps and every single studio out there writing for PS3 in any meaningful way is using LibGCM which is the RSX chip's native API.

No Nintendo system uses OpenGL or any OpenGL-adaptation.

[Benjamin100]

OK, so Nintendo must just have its own graphics library.