Re:Oculus reverses course, dumps its VR headset-checking DRM
by onli on Friday June 24, 2016 @01:09PM
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I don't understand why this is not combined with a big announcement. A clear "we fucked up, sorry" would go a long way in making the Oculus popular again. This silent reversal looks more like one party inside the company opposing the DRM won for now, but does not have the power to make Oculus promise to play straight. This way it is all too likely that they will later add DRM again.
Re:Oculus reverses course, dumps its VR headset-checking DRM
by badlucklottery on Friday June 24, 2016 @01:13PM
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After last week's E3, this isn't super surprising. Almost every story I read about Oculus wasn't about their Touch controller demos but about how they were buying timed-exclusives while locking HTC Vives out of the store.
Re:Oculus reverses course, dumps its VR headset-checking DRM
by oopsies49 on Friday June 24, 2016 @01:31PM
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That's not what got me. I don't care about the brand too much, and most of the games I was interested in were supporting Oculus first.
When I read about Revive adding Vive support to Oculus games, I ordered a Vive as well and would keep whichever shipped first. Oculus had my order for 2 months and hadn't done anything; The Vive shipped within a week after putting in an order. That is what killed Oculus for me.
Still good to see it happen though.
When I read about Revive adding Vive support to Oculus games, I ordered a Vive as well and would keep whichever shipped first. Oculus had my order for 2 months and hadn't done anything; The Vive shipped within a week after putting in an order. That is what killed Oculus for me.