… Palmer Luckey himself came under heavy fire for earlier promises to foster an open VR ecosystem followed by attempts to lock content to the Oculus Store. Oculus' new VR discounts work as follows Opens in a new window : The Rift + Touch controllers Opens in a new window are now $598 down from $798 . …
… I genuinely want to see VR succeed, but the business market has been growing faster than the gaming side and Sony, not Facebook, has the largest VR ecosystem by deployed headsets. …
… We already know that Sony's refusal to enable cross-play has, in at least some cases, been nothing more than an effort to avoid sharing its ecosystem, according to the developers who wrote the games themselves. …
… Now, here's the crazy bit: According to VR-Zone Opens in a new window , the TopSeries Avant is 80% lighter than other IEFC solutions that use hard drives and under-seat boxes. …
… This is just as hostile to gamers as Facebook's plan to inject advertising into VR, and every bit as unwelcome. …