Lone Echo II announced for the Oculus Rift

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25 minutes ago, Remij_ said:

Uh, the reason why you see PC exclusive VR games is because Oculus is partnering with notable developers to make them...

 

If it wasn't for Oculus... Sony wouldn't even be attempting this at this moment in time.

 

Of course, I don't think Sony should port their games to PC either... that's just ridiculous.  VR exclusive games for platform (PS4/PC) are perfectly fine... just like 2D games are.... The problem is that the headsets are proprietary.  If PSVR could be used on PC (I know it can with hacks) so people didn't have to buy another headset to be able to play PCVR games, then it would be fine.  Similarly.. if the Rift and Vive headsets worked on PS4.. I could just connected it and away I go..

 

That's the problem.  People don't want to spend $350-700 on a headset and then have to buy a different one just to be able to play all the games.

 

But it is what it is.  Who knows though... maybe in the future that will happen?  On the PC they are unifying the headset connection to a single USB-C port called VirtualLink.  Maybe the PS5 and X2 will have one, and games will just be made with general headset / control requirements in mind (and then tailored to specific sets based on the hardware it's played on for enhanced capability) and we'll be able to do that?

 

The only thing really stopping me from buying a PSVR is that I really just don't want to spend more money and have another headset lying around.  It's that simple. 

I forgot about Oculus making exclusive games, at least timed exclusives. They did port Knockout League to PSVR and other games to HTC Vice and I'm sure they will port more if at all possible.

 

And yeah, people don't want to buy multiple headsets. I'm just glad it's on console to be honest.