Presuming Ed
Prominent Member
I still wouldn't be surprised if Revive was being privately supported by Oculus.
I kind of understand that there could be a multitude of reasons why non-Oculus headsets aren't supported yet by their store.
They do place an (outward at least) emphasis on quality of experience and this is easier to support, at this fairly early stage in their development, if they know every game on their store was written and tested for their headsets.
I suspect that there is some kind of behind the scenes competition between the various online PC / VR game stores too and that there are efforts by various companies to retain market share. This is business - I'd be surprised if they didn't try to keep competitive advantage.
So while Oculus are not in a position to support the other headsets, I think it's entirely possible that they would consider Revive to be something of a useful way of expanding the market unofficially.
I used to work for a company that very much had the brand name in their field. And they had quite a big mark up on their products because of this brand name.
A lot of other companies realised that they could produce the same thing and sell it much cheaper, without the brand name.
So what did the brand name company do? Very quietly bought out the cheap competitors and let them continue to compete and undercut them, while happily accepting the additional income.
I kind of understand that there could be a multitude of reasons why non-Oculus headsets aren't supported yet by their store.
They do place an (outward at least) emphasis on quality of experience and this is easier to support, at this fairly early stage in their development, if they know every game on their store was written and tested for their headsets.
I suspect that there is some kind of behind the scenes competition between the various online PC / VR game stores too and that there are efforts by various companies to retain market share. This is business - I'd be surprised if they didn't try to keep competitive advantage.
So while Oculus are not in a position to support the other headsets, I think it's entirely possible that they would consider Revive to be something of a useful way of expanding the market unofficially.
I used to work for a company that very much had the brand name in their field. And they had quite a big mark up on their products because of this brand name.
A lot of other companies realised that they could produce the same thing and sell it much cheaper, without the brand name.
So what did the brand name company do? Very quietly bought out the cheap competitors and let them continue to compete and undercut them, while happily accepting the additional income.