First Contact Entertainment closing

[breakXedge]

After almost 8 years of working with the most amazing team I’ve ever have the pleasure of being part of, I’m sad to announce that we will be closing our company First Contact Entertainment by the end of the year. The lack of support for VR within the industry has eventually taken its toll. As a AAA VR game developer, we are just not able to justify the expense needed gouging forward. We are a team of fearless innovators willing to push new technologies to its limits. I am extremely proud of the team and grateful to our investors, our partners and of course our community of dedicated and passionate players. It’s been a wild ride, Thankyou! 🙏🏻❤️

 

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[MonaSaxPayne]

sad to see

 

peripherals like move and VR will always be gimmicky to the general gamer population and largely ignored 

[AJ_-_808]

44 minutes ago, MonaSaxPayne said:

 

peripherals like move and VR will always be gimmicky to the general gamer population and largely ignored 

Which is why studios like this shouldn't require vr.  

 

All vr games should have a vr off option so they can reach the wider market 

 

Edit

Unless you're Skyrim where your 100th release is vr and doesn't matter if it bombs

Edited December 26, 2023 by AJ_-_808

[Prometheous101]

8 minutes ago, AJ_-_808 said:

All vr games should have a vr off option so they can reach the wider market 

The problem is that most VR games are made with VR in mind. Making it non-VR friendly restricts the VR elements too much and makes it not even worth making into a VR game.