HL: Alyx added over a million new VR users, many of them on Rift S... y'all should support that
Posted: Fri, 8. May 20, 03:56
Right now, there are only a total of 3 VR space sandboxes available that I am aware of:
Elite Dangerous, which allows you to fly 1 ship at a time and is primarily focused on that gameplay
No Man's Sky which had VR shoehorned in and, while a good game, currently struggled on the VR front
X Rebirth which is the only X like VR game I know of.
Tons of people now own new headsets (https://www.roadtovr.com/steam-survey-v ... -life-alyx) that they want to make use of, and have been stuck indoors for who knows how long. Summer break is coming up for kids and college students, and some of them may see X Rebirth and go "Oh man, that looks really cool!" And it is... until they realize X Rebirth doesn't support the Rift S.
Look, I know that y'all (Egosoft) view this game as a poor investment, but VR is just now REALLY picking up. You've already invested the cash to put this thing out, the very least you could do is keep it patched for new headsets and controls once in a blue moon so that it can keep generating revenue. It makes no sense to abandon VR now, when the industry is booming so hard that neither it nor the HOTAS or USB steering wheel industries can keep up. Nearly every type of VR headset, affordable stick/throttle and steering wheel is completely sold out and has been since WELL before the quarantine, going back to last October.
For the love of all that's holy... do yourselves, and the many potential players who keep bitching about this game not supporting the Rift S, a favor and stick a dev on this while the going is still good. Lets put X rebirth VR back on the radar! Because right now it is filling a niche that no one else is.
PS: Modern machines can handle the full X Rebirth in VR now. Feel free to add that in, too, so that they can share more resources and maps.
Elite Dangerous, which allows you to fly 1 ship at a time and is primarily focused on that gameplay
No Man's Sky which had VR shoehorned in and, while a good game, currently struggled on the VR front
X Rebirth which is the only X like VR game I know of.
Tons of people now own new headsets (https://www.roadtovr.com/steam-survey-v ... -life-alyx) that they want to make use of, and have been stuck indoors for who knows how long. Summer break is coming up for kids and college students, and some of them may see X Rebirth and go "Oh man, that looks really cool!" And it is... until they realize X Rebirth doesn't support the Rift S.
Look, I know that y'all (Egosoft) view this game as a poor investment, but VR is just now REALLY picking up. You've already invested the cash to put this thing out, the very least you could do is keep it patched for new headsets and controls once in a blue moon so that it can keep generating revenue. It makes no sense to abandon VR now, when the industry is booming so hard that neither it nor the HOTAS or USB steering wheel industries can keep up. Nearly every type of VR headset, affordable stick/throttle and steering wheel is completely sold out and has been since WELL before the quarantine, going back to last October.
For the love of all that's holy... do yourselves, and the many potential players who keep bitching about this game not supporting the Rift S, a favor and stick a dev on this while the going is still good. Lets put X rebirth VR back on the radar! Because right now it is filling a niche that no one else is.
PS: Modern machines can handle the full X Rebirth in VR now. Feel free to add that in, too, so that they can share more resources and maps.