I've supported Oculus since the kickstarter. I own a DK1 and a DK2, my CV1 is due to ship in 2 weeks time.
I'm still excited for VR but have no desire to deal with Oculus any more, thanks to their ridiculous attempts to prevent their games running on the Vive.
I always had a soft spot for the Rift. It showed possibilities and promised the opportunity to hack around inside VR. Since then it's turned into a walled-garden with a carefully sanitised experience. Sniping at other VR users is nothing short of petty.
It's doubly galling since I've now paid three times for a headset that I thought would be worthwhile. More fool me.
If customers buy a game from us, I don't care if they mod it to run on whatever they want. As I have said a million times (and counter to the current circlejerk), our goal is not to profit by locking people to only our hardware
I had a lot invested in the Rift, so when the Vive came out, I thought I'd stick with what I knew. The specs were similar and I could wait for touch controllers. This latest stupidity has tipped the balance.
So, the Vive is ordered and I'm off to cancel my CV1. I hope some others feel the same way I do and vote with their wallets. I guess we'll see...
So Oculus have an open store and valve won't support it as they lose sales... so you are getting a Vive?
Then you are hurt a hack which lets Vive owners play Oculus games being removed so you decide to get the headset currently limited to 1 store as per the above.
I think you may have miss identified the 'bad guys' here.
@Basiclife, I think Oculus will do something about this which can't come quick enough. I've been purchasing my VR games from Steam until all this changes, hopefully.
haha, so you people want Oculus to let people hack their products? too funny, get out of the social media echo chamber and into the big boy world of actual businesses with billions of dollars and peoples livelihoods on the line.
haha, so you people want Oculus to let people hack their products? too funny, get out of the social media echo chamber and into the big boy world of actual businesses with billions of dollars and peoples livelihoods on the line.
Yes! Goodness. I was beginning to think no one else thought this way.
So Oculus have an open store and valve won't support it as they lose sales... so you are getting a Vive?
Then you are hurt a hack which lets Vive owners play Oculus games being removed so you decide to get the headset currently limited to 1 store as per the above.
I think you may have miss identified the 'bad guys' here.
Oh well, Enjoy your Vive, have fun.
Don't forget, some people wear Steam tinted glasses where Steam is not actually a company for profit, but a Walhalla for gamers where DRM does not exist and devs don't get fleeced for 30% of their revenue.
But hey, the Oculus hate train is on the road again and all the cool kids are on board so let's join in.
We don't have all the facts, but kneejerk reactions are so much more fun on the internet!
Anyone remember when Steam released paid Mod's for Skyrim? There was an official petition started and signed against them. How quickly the Internet forgets...
I think Oculus may have a problem when Steam allows any VR heaset to use it's games. I'm buying a CV1, but I'm certain there will be other headsets available in the not to distant future. I want to be able to play the games I've purchased on these new headsets when they are released.
