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  1. Oculus slashes Rift prices as sales sag

    by , 03-06-2017 at 10:02 AM


    There’s been good news on the VR front of late, but precious little of it is coming from Oculus. Earlier this week, Sony announced it was closing on one million VR headsets sold since the launch late last year. Sony has moved 915,000 VR units to date, even though we haven’t seen many new VR games launch for the platform (though Resident Evil 7 is a notable exception).

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  2. Oculus, however, hasn’t done anything to make that change public - Oculus silently reverses course on its DRM strategy

    by , 07-03-2016 at 01:01 PM


    For the past few weeks, there’s been a storm swirling in virtual reality between Oculus and HTC Vive owners. Last month, Oculus rolled out a DRM solution as part of the Oculus Store’s software. The purpose of the patch was to make it impossible to play Oculus Store games on headsets like HTC’s Vive, even if the games in question were legally purchased. The company has now reversed course on this ...
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  3. Oculus under fire for efforts to secure exclusive rights to VR titles

    by , 06-25-2016 at 12:18 PM


    Oculus’ policies and practices have been under fire almost since the Rift launch. The company’s decision to launch into retail stores without first filling preorders sat poorly with many of its most ardent fans, while its decision to break the Revive compatibility project by introducing DRM to the Oculus Store flew directly in the face of earlier comments by founder Palmer Luckey. Now the company ...
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