u/TragicNotCute — TragicNotCute

Same for me. US, didn’t make the list.

I think it depends where you’re coming from. For me:

• I owned an oculus 1 dev kit, and had some experience with VR a long time ago and enjoyed it, but there weren’t many games.

• Meta bought oculus and requires a meta account to even use their devices, so that’s a no for me.

• Valve index looked interesting, but I wasn’t aware of it at launch, and by the time I was, there were whispers of a successor, so I wanted to wait.

So I have no VR headset and I want to get into again. From my research, this is the best all around non-meta headset on the market (especially if you’re getting the color pass through accessory). Plus I love Valve’s whole model of making things free, open source, and interpretable. So supporting them financially is fine by me as well.

Same here. I won’t consider any of them and I was going to get an index, but it’s getting pretty old.

I had an original oculus dev kit and thought it was cool back then. Frame is gonna be an instant buy for me and I’m beyond excited.

I think the big difference is that they seem to be optimizing for customer satisfaction where others are not.

My favorite example I use often is how the Steam Deck comes with a case. It’s free and there’s not even an option to _not_ get it. They know you need one, they include it. The Switch doesn’t come with a case. They know you need one but they don’t care. You’ll buy one if you want it bad enough and that’s more revenue.

It’s just a different type of optimization.

A teenager was just shot to death in her home for existing and that’s your reaction? Bruh.

I own three switches for what it’s worth. I’ve purchased them legally and I purchased the games legally as well. I’m not a lawyer, but I feel like I’m operating within the law here.

Very much a thing within the reach of the average consumer with something like the MigSwitch Dumper. You get the game you paid for and none of the nasty bits (other than some emulation pain here and there).