Just to get it out of the way: We're not doing VR. For those who didn't know, the free-looking used in this clip is everything already available in the game.
Don't worry, you guys lost those people so long ago, especially in how the devs talked to them like they were nothing after they supported the first game, that they haven't cared about this game for years now. You're in the clear!
Hey there, we were actually rather cool and calm about addressing VR many, many times over - even though we had individuals who told us how to do our jobs, threatened us, and even berated us for not going in the VR direction. It's a bit of a shame because we don't want any ill will.
We are not above anyone, we merely want to make the product we desire. We stand by our decisions, and VR hurt ES1 significantly more than we would have liked.
For those who are unaware: The time and energy it took to work on the VR of ES1 could have produced a significantly large amount of content for the game that everyone could have enjoyed instead. But no, we went the route of VR - because there was an authentic desire from our end and looking towards the future of the technology - but the VR community itself was what destroyed us with negative reviews and pedantic criticisms specifically regarding the VR side of the game. It was a lose-lose scenario, making everyone look bad.
Moving into ES2, there was no way we would pursue a costly venture that would take away development time and potentially derail reviews over something that isn't the star of the show. Had we gone VR, there would have been a significant effect on development time like our free updates, and it's very likely we wouldn't have released either the Armed and Dangerous update or the Incursions update. Maybe even both.
I've given way more information on this matter here - as we have many, many times before - it's such a shame that we continue to have to explain ourselves with these continued accusations. There's not much else to say. Personally, I think the VR community needs to get rid of a slew of their bad actors, because they make the entire community look egregious. But that's just me, not Rockfish's stance or opinion.
It wasn't an easy decision, but we stand by it. Sorry, but official VR support isn't happening.
I would love VR just for head tracking and nothing more.
However, I would rather get more content for ES2 and use some hook file to accomplish that.
Please keep cooking. I'm hyped for this content.
You might consider looking into TrackIR, which can be enabled the settings menu.
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