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Krogoth wrote:It totally has to do with EGS and Stadia. They need a big PR piece to keep the mindshare with gaming crowd, otherwise EGS and Stadia is going to start drawing away users.
Glorious wrote:Krogoth wrote:It totally has to do with EGS and Stadia. They need a big PR piece to keep the mindshare with gaming crowd, otherwise EGS and Stadia is going to start drawing away users.
No, it doesn't.
Stadia didn't get serious until a year ago, and the concept isn't anything new: OnLive died in 2015. Playstation Now launched around the same time.
EGS also launched less than a year ago, and while they are obviously competing with Valve, it is *EPIC* that is desperate for mindshare. They're the ones handing out free games left and right (I have like 30 now, maybe even more, and I've bought exactly *one* game on the platform), buying exclusives (thereby enraging huge swathes of the gamer crowd) -despite- how Epic offers a much better cut to publishers.
If Valve was worried, the solution isn't VR titles (I mean, seriously? The genre is niche), but dropping their rate (which they have already done, at least for AAA publishers...)
MEANWHILE, this new Valve game is blatantly a showcase for Valve's VR equipment (and its "grippable" controllers) and has been in development "Valve Time" for at least THREE years (they announced three "full game" VR titles back then).
Igor_Kavinski wrote:I hope Epic destroys them to the point where they have to sell their whole digital distribution platform to Epic for pennies and go back to making great games UNDER Epic. THAT would be justice for ruining our lives waiting for them to release something.
tanker27 wrote:Ruining lives......way to be melodramatic.
Igor_Kavinski wrote:tanker27 wrote:Ruining lives......way to be melodramatic.
When you figure the collective brain cycles wasted all over the world daydreaming about HL3, yes, lives might have been ruined.
ludi wrote:Valve is on their way to becoming the next Capcom.
Igor_Kavinski wrote:The trailer is exciting, to say the least. Visuals are sweetttttttttttttttttttt!
Wow, I'm seeing its pre-order available for only $43 or so. What about you guys?
Igor_Kavinski wrote:https://venturebeat.com/2020/03/23/half-life-alyx-review-a-great-game-vr-for-the-wrong-time/
To sum it up, they made a Resident Evil horror experience in the Half Life universe.
layerup wrote:So far, the game has been quite enjoyable, and it easily is the best VR game I've ever played. I have yet to finish it out, and have only made it just a bit passed the hotel the author mentioned within this article.