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I believe gog.com should only be selling video games that run on Virtual Reality (VR) if I can only play them without a Virtual Reality (VR) headset.

If the video games run exclusively on Virtual Reality (VR) headsets only then the gog.com employees should ask the video game developers of those Virtual Reality (VR) video games to patch them to be playable the traditional old fashioned way as well.

That is the only way gog.com should be selling Virtual Reality (VR) video games.

I do not want to purchase a Virtual Reality (VR) headset just to play those video games.

I cannot use Virtual Reality (VR) headsets because of my health problems.

Exclusives hurt the paying customers in every way and form.
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Johnathanamz: I believe gog.com should only be selling video games that run on Virtual Reality (VR) if I can only play them without a Virtual Reality (VR) headset.

If the video games run exclusively on Virtual Reality (VR) headsets only then the gog.com employees should ask the video game developers of those Virtual Reality (VR) video games to patch them to be playable the traditional old fashioned way as well.

That is the only way gog.com should be selling Virtual Reality (VR) video games.

I do not want to purchase a Virtual Reality (VR) headset just to play those video games.

I cannot use Virtual Reality (VR) headsets because of my health problems.

Exclusives hurt the paying customers in every way and form.
I think your response explains why GoG doesn't carry too many VR games. Asking GoG to patch VR only games for normal use is not their responsibility, IMHO. You need to contact the game publisher directly for that to happen, then perhaps GoG will take note. GoG already does a ton to ensure games work on Win/Mac/Linux, and to keep the relative quality of games on the site as high as possible, even with the odd, obscure title.

I have to respectfully disagree with you on exclusives. They aren't a totally bad idea, from a marketing standpoint. Sometimes they do help bring in new customers, especially if the exclusives themselves contain great extras, and are reasonably priced. Of course that means the rest of GoG's games have to be compelling enough to retain an account.

I've been with GoG nearly since the beginning, and was ecstatic when they included many native Linux games in the lineup. There have been some staggering improvements to Wine recently, but I still prefer running a native version of any game.
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DoctorGOGgles: Megaton Rainfall has VR support on Steam. It might have VR support on GOG too, but according to most reviews and forum posts the game seems to be so buggy it is almost unplayable anyway.
I have it, VR support is fine, and functions like it should... the controls are crazy but they are just like the other versions so its "working as intended" so to speak.

Dying Light also has VR support
Post edited June 01, 2019 by Starkrun
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Johnathanamz: I believe gog.com should only be selling video games that run on Virtual Reality (VR) if I can only play them without a Virtual Reality (VR) headset.

If the video games run exclusively on Virtual Reality (VR) headsets only then the gog.com employees should ask the video game developers of those Virtual Reality (VR) video games to patch them to be playable the traditional old fashioned way as well.

That is the only way gog.com should be selling Virtual Reality (VR) video games.

I do not want to purchase a Virtual Reality (VR) headset just to play those video games.

I cannot use Virtual Reality (VR) headsets because of my health problems.

Exclusives hurt the paying customers in every way and form.
That would be a good idea but the problem is some VR need the headsets for the controls to work unless you can similar 3d motion sticks separately.

I would like to see VR gloves make a comeback. The P5 glove was already out at the start of the century but it's tracking was a little buggy.
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Sogi-Ya: I got myself a Rift on Black Friday & was thinking that with how prety much everything being made for VR is Indie developers, why hasn't GOG gotten in on that bandwaggon?

I imagin this has been asked before, but doing a Quick search turned up just typical conversation about the headsets and I didn't see any that were about GOG selling VR games.
With not many games available and the high price to entry(headset/hand controller things) it is a very small pool of gamers for GOG to want to sell to.
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skeletonbow: But then winter gift giving is just around the corner too! Maybe millions of people will get VR headsets over the holidays this year and VR will take off like a spaceship, and it will push VR to the forefront of the storefront. :)
It might, but it might also crash and burn like other failed fads like: Voice actaivated gaming(had a few titles on PS2 and some more on PS3/360 that I know of), musical instrument controller gaming, etc.
Post edited June 02, 2019 by GameRager
Say what you want, VR games are the main reason I still regularly use Steam.

At the very least GOG should tag them as such and make those tags searchable.
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SSolomon: VR is niche and not really showing any signs of growth outside of the playstation headset. I would assume it's just not much of a priority for GOG.
Nonsense. The niche is growing exponentially because it's the next logical step in immersion and because both software and hardware are always improving.

And the more quality games there are, the more people will want to get into VR. The more people use VR, the more investors will spend on VR, giving us better technology more quickly and more cheaply. The only thing holding it back right now is the price but it will drop sooner or later. I predict that in 10 years from now more than 50% of all major titles will be VR based. The fact that Valve is developing Half Life Alyx exclusively for VR and you're put on a waiting list to buy the Index says a lot about the popularity of VR right now.

Those VR nonbelievers are amusing to me. It's basically like they're saying color TV has no future, even though going from 2D screens to VR is an arguably bigger step than that. It's literally the difference between looking at a game vs being IN a game.
Post edited January 06, 2020 by fischkopf