![]() ![]() At the end of the day exclusives are really just part of the competition. Personally I think it would be boring if we only had one console or many consoles all selling the same games. Nobody likes exclusives but excepts it because competition ensures the best quality product for consumers. We get the consoles at the cheapest prices. I think selling at a lose is a win for all of us. When you’re rich what do you want more of? To be better than everyone else. There’s also more to selling consoles at a lose than just profit though it is a huge part of it. Interestingly, we don’t hear too many complain about the fact that Valve aren’t selling HL: Alyx on competing stores (Granted, Steam supports all HMD’s while Oculus only suppport their own) Regardless, people certainly shouldn’t think it’s cool for any platform to hold the keys. MS recently started releasing most of their titles on PC and don’t seem to be selling fewer consoles as a result.įurther: A large proportion of profits from consoles isn’t from first party games but third party. My point in regards to the loss on consoles is that there are few or no examples of a console manufacturer going out of business due to lack of exclusives while there are examples of companies making a healthy profit by liberating exclusives (look into Sony’s previous financial brief). Of the four people I know who have bought an Oculus headset, none bought one due to exclusive software. (The Quest isn’t a PC and doesn’t require one yet you’ll see many are vocally irritated by RE4’s Quest exclusivity) Echo VR is the studio’s sportier cross-platform little brother, which is kind of like a zero-gravity version of ultimate frisbee. Ready at Dawn, which has since been acquired by Facebook, says that anyone who purchases Lone Echo II will also receive a free chassis for their Echo VR avatar, which matches Jack’s new chassis (seen above). Although it’s possible things have changed over the past two years, a 15-minute gameplay video gives us the best look of a new mystery and a few puzzling challenges Jack must overcome. No spoilers here, but in Lone Echo II you reprise the role of Jack as you embark on new adventures with Captain Rhodes. ![]() You simply wake back up in a new artificial body and continue with the narrative adventure. Since you’re a consciousness backed up on local servers, getting killed isn’t nearly the same corporeal drama as it might be for your companion Captain Rhodes. As Jack, you use futuristic tools, solve puzzles, and fly around still one of the most detailed and immersive VR games to hit the Oculus platform.Įye-tracking is a Game Changer for XR That Goes Far Beyond Foveated Rendering Image courtesy Ready at Dawn, Facebook Lone Echo follows the exploits of Captain Olivia Rhodes and an artificial intelligence named Jack (that’s you) who look after an advanced mining facility around the rings of Saturn. In a bid to get more people interested in the now four year-old game, the original Lone Echois getting a steep cut from its regular price of $40, bringing the game to just $10 for a limited time. The game, which launches on the Oculus Store for Rift and Quest via either Link or Air Link next month, will be priced at $40. Lone Echo II has been delayed multiple times since it was originally slated to arrive in 2019, but the wait is almost over. Update (August 13th, 2021): Lone Echo II has been delayed to “later this year.” Check out the full message from the devs here. Lone Echo II was set to arrive on August 24th, but now it’s coming “later this year,” likely making it one of the last PC-only games funded by Facebook to arrive on the Oculus Store. ![]() The long-awaited sequel to Ready At Dawn’s space adventure Lone Echo (2017) is delayed again.
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