I have Beat Saber, and I've had it for years, ever since I got my Meta Quest 2. But after I started playing PCVR using the Rift program, I discovered that it had cross-buy on some of the games that I had beforehand. This led me to look for more of the games that I had, and this led me to take a look at Beat Saber.
I've watched people play Beat Saber on PCVR since before I had my own headset. I've always looked at the PCVR version of the game and thought that I was missing out on a lot of the fun stuff, like the custom songs and cool graphics, plus i have a powerfull PC to play PCVR games on.
And so, I wanted to see if I could install it, I found that it cost money, even though I had allready bought it. This was peculiar since I have the Quest version of the game already, and that it's a Meta flagship that's on both platforms. Is it really that unreasonable to think that I shouldn't need to pay for the game twice? Because I just don't have the money for that.
PS: I'd love to know if I'm being unreasonable or if this is going to be changed in the future.
I understand that they are pretty much two different games, but still. If you look at Green Hell VR, the game on PCVR is completely different from the Quest version. The map is huge and open-world on PCVR, while on Quest, it's more like a path you can traverse. The crafting system is completely overhauled from the Quest version. On PCVR, there's a building system.
Yet, even though the Quest version and the PCVR version are two very different games, it's still cross-buy. This is why I think Beat Saber should be cross-buy.
Saying this, I've checked on Beat Games' website, and it says that the game isn't cross-buy. So I'm out of luck here. But thanks anyway for your time.
Normally the choice of cross buy is up to the developers. But Beat Saber is now owned by Meta, so ultimately they decide. Of course as one for the most successful VR games on Meta headsets, they probably like getting paid twice. 🙂
On the other hand, Beat Saber came out before the Quest existed. It was purely a PCVR game. The later Quest version required significant extra development work to get the game running acceptably on mobile hardware. So its not too unreasonable to want to be paid for both versions, since it cost them to make both.
I understand that they are pretty much two different games, but still. If you look at Green Hell VR, the game on PCVR is completely different from the Quest version. The map is huge and open-world on PCVR, while on Quest, it's more like a path you can traverse. The crafting system is completely overhauled from the Quest version. On PCVR, there's a building system.
Yet, even though the Quest version and the PCVR version are two very different games, it's still cross-buy. This is why I think Beat Saber should be cross-buy.
Saying this, I've checked on Beat Games' website, and it says that the game isn't cross-buy. So I'm out of luck here. But thanks anyway for your time.
I know, but I don't want to buy the game again. I want the PCVR version, but I don't have the money for it. And that means I'll have to spend money on something that I shouldn't need to buy two times. If I ever got the money for it, I'd rather spend it on something that will be a new experience rather than something that's just an improvement to something I already have.
This is just my personal opinion, but I feel like needing to buy the game again to get the PCVR version is a scam. If I had a PC when I got my VR, I'd have bought the PCVR version instead. But I didn't have a PC at the time, and so, I guess I'm just stuck with the Quest version.
I can understand your opinion.... just do like you feel you have to. I know, I'm a bit crazy about beat saber.....I bought the Quest version AFTER I already owned the pc version.😂
I don't feel like I have to have the PCVR version, but it's been one of the reasons why I wanted a VR headset at all. I've spent hours watching VR content creators play games I could only dream of one day playing. So when the Quest 2 came out, I wanted to play those very games. And so, I bought the games that I wanted. One of them was Beat Saber, and it's fun. But it's far from what the standard PCVR version offered. At the time, I was fine with this. But as time has gone by, I got a PC to play PCVR games. And when I found out that some games have cross-buy, I wanted to see what games I could play on my PC instead. But it turns out that Beat Saber doesn't have cross-buy. And so, I'm stuck with the Quest version. It's not bad by any means. But it's not as versatile, and I can't play any other songs than the standard songs or stuff I buy from Meta.
