If you were hoping that a potential sequel to Beat Saber would make its way to a PlayStation VR platform at some point in the future, we're afraid you're probably out of luck. The game's developer has just been acquired by Facebook, meaning its focus will shift to the Oculus range of VR platforms on PC.
Announced on the Oculus blog, the social media bigwig describes the acquisition as a chance to "create new ways for people to experience music and VR gaming." The PSVR version of Beat Saber will continue to be supported with updates and patches, however. The post makes a point of stressing that content from the studio for its current rhythm game will come to all platforms, but as far as a new title is concerned, we'd be surprised to see it launch on anything but an Oculus device.
What do you make of the acquisition? Are you disappointed? Swing your laser swords about in the comments below.
[source oculus.com]
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Beat Saber's one of those games that only reaches its full potential on PC anyway due to custom songs. It's a shame though, by all accounts its still one of PSVR's best games even without custom tracks.
@nessisonett It really is. I don't even really like EDM music and I think it's a fantastic title. Still, a shame PSVR probably won't see whatever game they cook up next now.
I guess these guys were ripe for acquisition. It is a bit disappointing, though. As long as they're going to continue to support the game, that's all that matters.
@get2sammyb
And this is just beginning:
https://uploadvr.com/facebook-acquiring-studios/
@hubertuss03 For some reason they mostly seem interested in VR though. Looks like I'm safe for now..
@ShaiHulud Well they’re only interested in VR because they own Oculus.
I vote #Nobodyisaskingforit as meme of the year. 😛
Well that's disappointing.
Lucky Sony got Insomniac when they did.
Though they will want to be careful not to lose out on other key developers, Survios comes to mind.
I hope Impulse Gear aren’t bought, I wish their next game is on PSVR too!
Hasn't the video game industry moved beyond exclusivity at this point?
Sure, some big titles are going to stay exclusive - Halo, Gears, Forza on Xbox, Mario & Zelda on Nintnedo (though Mario technically has 2 games on mobile now, Run and Kart), and Uncharted and a bunch of other games will stay on Sony consoles.
But Microsoft hasn't being playing too much Scrooge of late. Minecraft is still everywhere. Minecraft Dungeons, published by Xbox Game Studios, is coming everywhere. Switch got Ori which was published by Microsoft.
Again, I'm not expecting every game on every system, some big titles will probably remain exclusive, but VR games? If Facebook can sell a couple of million Oculus but Sony sells 10 mil PSVR and PSVR 2 is it really that much of a stretch to think FB may want to make a quick few bucks and port it?
I'm not saying they will, but ever since Squenix put Final Fantasy on Xbox I've seen a lot more sharing of games than I would have thought possible 5 years ago. So Beat Saber 2 on PSVR 2 in 5 years, sure why not? Not at release though, these games need a year or 2 or 3 of exclusivity before the ports come. So yeah, there will be waiting.
Facebook and their grubby mits. Ewwww.
@get2sammyb Ah, I wasn't aware of that!
I'm beginning to think insomniacs acquisition is to prevent acquisition from facebook, not microsoft.
Makes perfect sense. Personally though, I wonder what else that studio has to offer. Beat Saber has a ton of room for improvements, but has been stagnant since launch despite it's (what I would interpret) #1 position in VR.
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