Updating on the Oculus Home version?

Flying_FoxFlying_Fox Join Date: 2016-10-27 Member: 223412Members
in Subnautica General Discussion
Can us that bought it on this service at least get a hint at when we can see a new build? The current version is still on august. I mean it's cool you work so hard at the game and pump out a ton of new content every month, but I am not rich enough to support you on two different services (Steam). There's no difference between the versions anyway, you can play both the steam and the oculus home version on a monitor or in VR. I just feel really cheated that I bought an in development game but don't get the same updates as people on steam.
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  • dealwithitdogdealwithitdog Texas Join Date: 2016-06-09 Member: 218343Members
    Azirphaeli wrote: »
    Fucking hell people.

    This isn't about PC is PC as in "fixes on the normal version should work on the oculus version.

    What this guy is saying is why is the Home store version (not the VR version but the version of Subnautica sold on oculus' digital storefront) not kept up to date with stable steam releases? There were a number of VR fixes in the latest version, yet the one that is on Oculus' storefront is an older build without these fixes. The two storefronts are essentially selling the exact same software (the oculus home version can be played without VR just like the steam version) yet one is out of date and one is not. If someone purchase subnautica on Home, they don't have it on Steam and can't use the latest version (supposedly.. tbh I have it on Steam because I hate Home and owned Subnautica long before I owned a rift.)

    Now, as for why, there's a number of potential reasons. Some storefronts charge for patches and updates (PSN, XBLA as I understand) and others have long and tedious approval processes. Steam, as we know, is quite open and hands off to a fault (really.. to a fault.. Valve needs to work on that..) and so it could be that the devs are staggering their updates on Home in order to avoid the cost or the hassle. You shouldn't just jump to blaming the devs for something that may be out of their control. For all we know, Oculus Home might have a lengthy approval process and Unknown Worlds would rather not have multiple patches sitting in a queue.

    Now, can we stop chomping at the bit to prove each other wrong about things we clearly have barely read enough to understand or requiring industry insight we don't fucking have??

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  • Someonestolema02Someonestolema02 BC canada Join Date: 2016-08-03 Member: 220950Members
    Yup. Feeling VERY cheated.
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  • subnauticambriansubnauticambrian U.S. Join Date: 2016-01-19 Member: 211679Members
    Someonestolema02 wrote: »
    Yup. Feeling VERY cheated.

    Why don't you go and vote about it then? I'm sure the NVP shares some of your views. Or perhaps the NLAP is more to your taste?
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  • dealwithitdogdealwithitdog Texas Join Date: 2016-06-09 Member: 218343Members
    Someonestolema02 wrote: »
    Yup. Feeling VERY cheated.

    I do have to ask you something. Why didn't you just buy it from Steam in the first place?
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  • DrownedOutDrownedOut Habitat Join Date: 2016-05-26 Member: 217559Members
    edited November 2016
    dealwithitdog wrote: »
    Someonestolema02 wrote: »
    Yup. Feeling VERY cheated.

    I do have to ask you something. Why didn't you just buy it from Steam in the first place?

    That shouldn't matter, I think? If it's on sale somewhere, one would expect to get the same product as elsewhere. I prefer to get my games on GoG for numerous reasons (don't like Steam's monopoly, don't like Steam's messy website, don't like Steam's DRM deal, don't like Steam's no quality control, etc.) and I too have to watch out for being cheated out of the latest version of a game, sometimes permanently.
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  • ObraxisObraxis Subnautica Animator & Generalist, NS2 Person Join Date: 2004-07-24 Member: 30071Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Silver, WC 2013 - Supporter, Subnautica Developer, Pistachionauts
    We sent the build to Oculus, but something went bad in transit. We're trying to sort it out with them ASAP.
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  • Someonestolema02Someonestolema02 BC canada Join Date: 2016-08-03 Member: 220950Members
    edited November 2016
    dealwithitdog wrote: »
    Someonestolema02 wrote: »
    Yup. Feeling VERY cheated.

    I do have to ask you something. Why didn't you just buy it from Steam in the first place?

    Why would you ask that? If you don't get a fully supported product on Oculus Home, then they shouldn't sell it there.

    subnauticambrian wrote: »
    Someonestolema02 wrote: »
    Yup. Feeling VERY cheated.

    Why don't you go and vote about it then? I'm sure the NVP shares some of your views. Or perhaps the NLAP is more to your taste?


    And why is trolling aloud here?
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  • dealwithitdogdealwithitdog Texas Join Date: 2016-06-09 Member: 218343Members
    Someonestolema02 wrote: »
    dealwithitdog wrote: »
    Someonestolema02 wrote: »
    Yup. Feeling VERY cheated.

    I do have to ask you something. Why didn't you just buy it from Steam in the first place?

    Why would you ask that? If you don't get a fully supported product on Oculus Home, then they shouldn't sell it there.

    subnauticambrian wrote: »
    Someonestolema02 wrote: »
    Yup. Feeling VERY cheated.

    Why don't you go and vote about it then? I'm sure the NVP shares some of your views. Or perhaps the NLAP is more to your taste?


    And why is trolling aloud here?

    Purely for curiosity. And it's not trolling. The GR election is actually turning out to be a fun little side activity.
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  • ObraxisObraxis Subnautica Animator & Generalist, NS2 Person Join Date: 2004-07-24 Member: 30071Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Silver, WC 2013 - Supporter, Subnautica Developer, Pistachionauts
    The Oculus Home update should be going live very soon. Apologies for the delay.
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