Oculus LIED and People are Pissed - New Update Backfires Massively

[vivster]

Barkley said:

vivster said:

Why does it has to be a SYSTEM to have exclusive content? Why is it ok for storefronts to have exclusive content? Why is it ok for expensive systems to have exclusive content?

Storefronts don't force you to shell out money on something that you already have but isn't of their particular brand, storefronts are also free and don't impose any arbritrary hardware restrictions.

Systems such as an Xbox or a PS4 are the only devices capable of playing their own software and provide their own OS.

Creating software for the Oculus is fine, if that software only works on the Oculus that is also fine, they are not obligated to make it work on anything else. But upon discovering your software works on another piece of hardware for the Platform you are developing it for and then spending time purposefully making sure it won't work is not fine.

Locking content to systems is ok because only those systems can run their own software.

Locking content to devices is not ok because other devices can be used with that software.

Oculus exclusive games don't just "run on any piece of hardware". They have to be modified to work with Vive. The same way you can easily modify console games to run on PC if you have the source code.