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Oculus To Ship "Lucky's Tale" Game With Rift (oculus.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Oculus has announced that a second game, Lucky's Tale, will come bundled with their virtual reality headset. The system will also come with another free virtual reality game: EVE: Valkyrie from CCP Games. An announcement reads: "Today, we're excited to announce that Lucky's Tale, the incredible made-for-VR platformer by Playful, will be included free with every Oculus Rift! Lucky's Tale, an Oculus Studios title, takes you on an adventure of a lifetime with Lucky, the fun-loving fox. The game takes you to a charming new world, with dozens of locales and lush environments."
VR is in its infancy from a creative and technology point of view; though it has made major leaps thanks to the core technology that makes it all possible now (screens, accelerometers, processing power...etc). So to do this right, it needs to have a big impact in the media. And to do that right, you need the hardware to give an outstanding impression. Even if this goes for 800 to 900 bucks per unit, I'd say it's worth it now, and then drop the price significantly within the next model or two later.
Life is not for the lazy.
Will this game be available for other headsets?
The one dark cloud that I see hanging over VR right now is balkanization. Just like in the early days of computering: When you were the guy with the Atari 800, but you walked into the store and all they had was Apple II and Commodore 64 games. Then you went to the next store and found only Tandy and TI99/4A software. . .
So, are we going to have Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Razer OSVR, Playstation VR, Vrvana Totem, and something we haven't even seen yet from Apple, all running their own little software ecosystems full of "exclusive" titles?