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Microsoft kills AltspaceVR and with it a piece of VR history

The social VR platform AltspaceVR will go offline in March. It could be a victim of Microsoft's cost-cutting measures.

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Orchard457d ago (Edited 457d ago )

https://i.kym-cdn.com/photo...

I certainly don’t celebrate the economy we’re in or people losing their jobs etc - but if the metaverse dies with this economy, all clouds have a silver lining indeed.

jznrpg457d ago

Convinced Orchard gets paid per comment from MS .

Orchard457d ago

I wish I got paid to comment on here by anyone - make it happen lol.

Also, surprised you're a fan of the metaverse... most aren't, especially gamers.

crazyCoconuts457d ago

Maybe try getting paid to stop? 😉
Re: metaverse, if it was like in Ready Player One, gamers would need fans. Rec Room isn't a horrible start I think

porkChop457d ago

@jzn

How do you consider what Orchard said to be pro-MS? I'm genuinely curious because I don't see it.

Lore457d ago

It’s inevitable, no point in fighting it, same with NFT’s once someone implements them in a non-predatory manner. Bad actors are the ones who have done them thus far

CrimsonWing69457d ago

Conceptually the metaverse is a cool idea, but we’re not there technologically. When we get to The Oasis from Ready Player One, that would be amazing.

S2Killinit457d ago (Edited 457d ago )

“MS kills a piece of gaming history”

You could use the same headline for the acquisition of publisher.

I hope MS chokes on it.

ApocalypseShadow456d ago

Killed the vision cam, Kinect, Kinect 2, Xbox One X high fidelity VR, Windows PC VR headsets, Alt Space and failing with Hololens. Yet, they are supposedly, a leader in the field of Mixed Reality.

Nothing new. Just more failing. While their competitor is releasing high fidelity VR next month.

XBManiac456d ago (Edited 456d ago )

We, at home miss Kinect so much that we continue using it with a third party non oficial adapter for Xbox One X. It has been queen of the party for more than 15 years and it will be a tragedy when all our Kinect systems die. The good point of VR on PC (and Meta) is that we use them without suscriptions and games will work "forever", with a really atractive second hand market for PC VR headsets.

generic-user-name456d ago

Acquired in 2017 killed in 2023. Hope Bethesda lasts longer.

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Razer Iskur V2 Gaming Chair Review - Lumbar Support Done Right

The Razer Iskur V2 is a high quality, premium gaming chair that your back will thank you for.

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Make your next GPU upgrade AMD as these latest-gen Radeon cards receive a special promotion

AMD has long been the best value option if you're looking for a new GPU. Now even their latest Radeon RX 7000 series is getting cheaper.

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Father__Merrin17h ago

Best for the money is the Arc cards

just_looken16h ago

In the past yes but last gen amd has gotten cheaper and there new cards are on the horizon making 6k even cheaper.

The arc cards are no longer made by intel but asus/asrock has some the next line battlemage is coming out prices tbd.

Do to the longer software development its always best to go amd over intel if its not to much more money even though intel is a strong gpu i own 2/4 card versions.

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PlayStation Doesn't Need a Dedicated PC Store Launcher

With all the PlayStation games that are now coming to PC, is it time for Sony to release a dedicated PC launcher?

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thorstein2d ago

No, and they already solved any need with the overlay that's coming.

Vits2d ago

Unless they are trying to kill their recently created PC business, I would advise against opening a dedicated PC store. It's an extremely hard endeavor, and people, in general, are very comfortable with Steam. Even Epic, with their billions of dollars invested, is still struggling to find a foothold, and they have Fortnite.

just_looken1d 5h ago (Edited 1d 5h ago )

Money is one thing security is another but again millions have 0 knowledge past 2020.

Epic store for years struggled with a shopping cart/account theft/credit card theft

Rockstar launcher/store to this day over 5 years later still has horrific user interface security flaws lost account's and stolen CC

Then you got that activision need phone number oh we lost it launcher

The crown jewel is the ea launcher/store ea app 3 yrs old still has hundreds of threads were people lost games/accounts/game access or just straight up crashes.

Edit" Oh ubi launcher were you buy a game that may or may not be there again or work and the launcher 5yrs old still has no 4K support if you launch it on a 4k screen there is a high chance it will just crash.

ocelot071d 21h ago

Can tell who ever put this together is not all that clued up on pc gaming.

It's just a known fact. The PC gaming community prefer Steam and Steam alone. They don't like different launchers. I personally don't mind them. But majority just stick with steam. Hence why EA and Ubisoft went back to on releasing on steam and why Microsoft release games on steam as people hated buying from the windows store.

The only other launchers that I imagine are doing ok is GOG due to being drm free and epic games due to the free games every week. Sony shouldn't release any sort of pc launcher n

Nitrowolf21d 19h ago (Edited 1d 19h ago )

It literally says in the OP that PC gamers don't like multiple launchers lol. It even mentions Steam being the go to for gamers

Tacoboto1d 16h ago

Title: "PlayStation Doesn't Need a Dedicated PC Store Launcher"

N4G: "Can tell who ever put this together is not all that clued up on pc gaming"

When you don't even read the headline...

ocelot071d 13h ago

I read it and had a brain fart. As read the title then this "With all the PlayStation games that are now coming to PC, is it time for Sony to release a dedicated PC launcher?"

So I hold my hands up on that mistake. Rest of my comment still stands.

Giblet_Head1d 5h ago (Edited 1d 5h ago )

Steam and GOG are highly preferred because of the rich feature set. Ubisoft, Rockstar, EA, Epic etc have all set a precedent over the years for customers to instinctively expect individual publisher launchers to be so extremely half-assed that the majority simply don't want to bother dealing with what is almost an inevitable disappointment by comparison to Steam or GOG. Those publishers and their inaction or general disinterest to improve have effectively ruined any future adoption to be taken seriously.

Einhander19721d 19h ago (Edited 1d 19h ago )

This is just another ridiculous double standard article.

It's like how Microsoft can spend 20 years of making nothing but gaas and live service style games to sell microtransactions, dlc and subscriptions and get praise for doing it, but if Sony wants to make a single game like that every website under the sun is writing articles saying how Sony is anti-consumer or whatever.

derek1d 12h ago

Yep, huge double standard look at the tortured reaction to the ps5pro, websites hyperventilating like Sony is forcing people to buy it.

just_looken1d 5h ago

Wait my xbox from 2004 has avengers gaas on it? wow your so smart

m$ Gaas started with the other companies like sony

Gamepass yes they are deep into that but its still a huge money saver sense you do not own your games then get a service like that.

Now there pc xbox launcher that is trash for years now

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