Such a wrong, hungry move.Being able to use SteamVR was the main reason to want a Quest for me. I was literally about to order a Quest when I heard this news. Now they lost me and my familly. Also as a tech influencer, I will tell about this to anyone who asks a recommendation from me.
At this point we know that Oculus fails their previous platforms with every new platform too. This was the fastest fail of them.
I don't have the Quest yet, was planning on getting it. But I can't support this kind of lockdown. I'm really thankful Oculus has put VR in the hands of so many and made it affordable but I'm not happy with the closed ecosystem mimicking legacy gaming devices and fashion computers (Apple). This isn't the direction VR needs to be headed.
It is things like this that drive consumers elsewhere. I have the CV1, Go and Quest however I am very selective about what I purchase on the Oculus stores. This is because Oculus prevent other hardware from connecting natively to their store. Why would I risk purchasing an app or game on a storefront that is tied in to that manufacturer? I'm sure I'm not alone in my views.
This is another example of complete madness, where they are deliberately attempting to lock you into their storefront and for me that is unacceptable. They offer no alternative and waste the developers time and lose consumer confidence at the same time. Same on you Oculus.
This just stops me from spending more money on Oculus games on Steam, investing in a new PC graphics card, and potentially buying a PCVR headset.
The Quest could be gateway device into a bigger VR ecosystem - let users explore whatâs possible.
Actions like this just slow the adoption of mainstream VR.