Sure it does. If there is no public API, then companies need a way to introduce things.
Without CUDA there would be no DirectCompute and OpenCL. nVidia invented the first real GPGPU architecture and API-set.
3dfx did the same with Glide.
BTW: Videos from the console version are very underwhelming. Low-Poly environment and characters and no real effect physic system.
Who cares about the hair when the rest of the game looks so outdated...
Don't keep going on about if so and so did not come up with this idea first no one would of rubbish.
