I am deeply saddened by the news that EchoVR will be closing its doors on 1st August 2023. The Echo community is huge, established and it will be a great loss to many of us should the game disappear entirely. This is why I write to you today, to show that there is still demand for the game and I hope that you will reconsider your approach to close down the servers for Echo VR on the due date.
We do not need much, or for the game to continue to be developed, simply the request to keep the servers open so that we can continue to enjoy and play this game with the friends we have made and the teams we have formed over the years since the game was released.
If it is a matter of cost, I am willing to offer, along with many others, monetary contribution to upkeep the servers. A small subscription fee each month should be enough to keep your servers open and I hope you will read and consider this proposal.
The community is huge, still growing, and it would be a shame to cut its potential short. There are community members holding tournaments, finding funding for LAN events and all this hard work will be lost the moment you shut down the servers for this game. Some of us play it daily, for exercise, with friends and for mental health and all this will also be lost.
There is no good reason to cut the life of the game short just because you are putting resources into another game. I am not asking much of you, simply to honour the community that has dedicated so much of their time, energy and sweat into what I believe to be one of the best e-sports in the VR world today.
I hope this message finds the relevant people with power to overturn the decision in August.
I would like to stress the importance of Echo VR to our community and I sincerely hope that you / Meta, reconsiders the decision to shut down the servers on the 1st August 2023.
I really do agree with you. I could easily pay a monthly fee to keep the servers open. We don't want Echo to close for good. Ready at dawn said they're working on new projects, but will anyone be able to play the new games without thinking about echo?
It is so sad that Echo has shut down, but I want to thank Baizura from support for understanding and being so helpful when making a ticket, I didn't know where else to leave feed back so I've done it here.
I think that closing Echo VR was a huge mistake. Many of us found Echo to be an extraordinary VR experience that provided greater VALUE in owning an Oculus or Meta Quest 2. Showing friends the zero gravity app and seeing their positive reaction to it confirmed it was worth the purchase. I have yet to find anything that compares to it. Yes, I too would have paid a subscription. Yet, META struggles with not reaching sales goals for their devices in recent years. Maybe if they paid more attention to what people are enjoying like ECHO they would see greater demand. I was ready to upgrade to the newer Meta Quest but not now forget it. There are too many apps both expensive and boring. No value there. Meta had something really good but could not figure how to make it work or make it even better to reach a bigger audience. Maybe Apple is the route to go.
I was actively using my Quest 2 everyday to play Echo Arena. Now it just collects dust. I've never been so disappointed that a game was shutdown before.
