I think it is more than Facebook being MS "friendly". Like it or not, Windows is still the dominant platform for PC gaming period. As much as many would like this to change, it is not even close to happening.
Re:Oculus Rift
by agildehaus on Thursday June 11, 2015 @04:08PM
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Oculus not bothering means they're just part of why it's not happening.
Valve on the other hand seems to fully embrace OSX/Linux (with both Steam and the Vive) and have done plenty to improve gaming on those platforms.
I think I know which HMD I'll be purchasing.
Fair enough but I don't think a display is the place to start when trying to change something like this.
I am sure the Vive will be great, but let's face it the vast majority of titles on Steam are Windows only. Valve may like the idea of Linux gaming, but they push a lot of Windows games...
Re:Oculus Rift
by unfamiliar on Friday June 12, 2015 @04:42AM
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Its not just the display. I'm presuming there will be a whole ecosystem of games designed with the Rift in mind. By making it Windows only you effectively tell all those developers not to bother developing their games for OS X or Linux.
> I'm presuming there will be a whole ecosystem of games designed with the Rift in mind.
I think developers should not bother developing for Rift then. There are alternatives which are cross platform and not beholden to MS walled gardens.
Stronger competition will make them change this stupid attitude.
That is just it though, is not a stupid attitude because the market that cares about this sort of thing and buys games is very small. Most of the complainers on HN do not play games. Over 95% of machines using the steam platform are windows.
I play all my games on Linux, so I have little respect for those who treat Linux users as third class citizens.
Vive doesn't support Linux or MacOS.
Re:Oculus Rift
by xanderstrike on Thursday June 11, 2015 @03:43PM
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The Xbox One controller isn't the only controller for PC gaming. It isn't even the only Xbox controller for PC gaming.
Re:Oculus Rift
by phren0logy on Thursday June 11, 2015 @04:03PM
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Sure, but it is the best one (considering both hardware and drivers/game support).
Come on man, give credit where credit is due.
The XBox One controller has to be plugged in to work on Windows, which kills its utility for me. Can't play from the couch.
Well the Rift ships in Q1 2016. So by the time it comes out, you will have access to the Wireless PC adapter they announced coming this fall.
Dropping Linux support means dropping SteamBox support? Wow, I'm stunned.
Isn't Valve also working on their own hardware, "SteamVR", with HTC? (While Samsung is cooperating with Oculus)
Re:Oculus Rift
by pantalaimon on Thursday June 11, 2015 @09:09PM
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SteamBox is Vaporware anyway
It will be interesting to watch this relationship as Microsoft's HoloLens develops.
The two don't really overlap.
Rift is likely to be purely gaming/social. HoloLens seems to be far more productivity/goal driven.
I guess this also explains the earlier announcement dropping OSX and Linux support.