Oculus Rift Support

[Acies]

So it seems SOMA won't be out until 2015, right? By then the Rift consumer version will have been released and I am 99% sure that it will become very popular and be considered 100% essential for decent immersion before long. Therefore I expect SOMA will have rift support. Anything else would be setting the game up for a big failure and disappointment.

It would be cool, but not a a big failure and disappointment.

I think it would be. It's just my opinion of course, but I can't really imagine being able to fully enjoy non-rift games after it's released. It's like the step from 2D to 3D. Do you know many 2D games that are as immersive as 3D games?

Diablo 2 is my favourite game of all time (recently replayed it as well) and that game is in 2D - if the comparison actually holds any relevance to the case of 'rift or not rift'.

I do agree that playing the game with the oculus rift would definately be more immersive. Frictional games, however it may seem, is actually a small company and it might not be economically viable for them to 'implement full rift support' versus 'the manpower' it would take. They have to prioritize, if they add 'something' (in this case the rift) something else has to be 'taken away' from the game. Ultimately they might consider what they 'take away' to be more important than implementing the rift (and if they make that call I'm sure they are correct given the experience they have as game designers).

I believe that it (the oculus rift) caters to the users with a higher computer budget, a smaller slice of the market. Therefore it will probably not be financially viable for frictional games (given the size of their company and the small amount of people who would buy/not buy their next game depending on oculus rift support) if the implementation procedure is complicated.

I might be wrong, the above is only guesswork. I'm trying to be realistic, but contrary to what the above might point at I do believe the rift is something positive for the user experience.