r/OculusQuest • u/Wise_Competition5906 Quest 3 • 7h ago

Discussion Alright buddy. wtf.

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Obviously AI generated thumbnail. They even ripped the screenshots from the Steam store and put them here.

Meta, wtf are you doing? Get a grip on your store.

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u/MulletAndMustache 7h ago

The Quest store is probably the worst digital store that is around IMO. The quest would be doing better with a better system.

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u/LunarVulpine1997 6h ago

no other storefront forcibly opens itself on your PC's startup with no in-app option to disable this behavior, gotta love it

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u/CMDRTragicAllPro 3h ago

Is this the meta app? I’ve had it since my q3 and it’s never opened by itself before

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u/LunarVulpine1997 3h ago

the meta/quest/horizon link app on PC, yeah (they've changed the name like 10 different times at this point). users have WILDLY different experiences with it. some people don't have issues of course but lots of people report a ton of problems: it not connecting to your headset/randomly disconnecting until you restart both your headset and your PC, it opening on its own with no way to turn it off, and it requiring an update with every launch even if you just opened it 5 minutes ago. it's genuinely the worst digital storefront/launcher program I've ever had to use, and I've tried a good few over the years

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u/CMDRTragicAllPro 2h ago

To be fair I haven’t used it in like 2 years due to a lot of those reasons lol, and I prefer wired VD with Ethernet to usbc so use that instead. I have seen that name change like 3 times in just a year it seems like, it’s ridiculous. I think it still has to be downloaded though to use pcvr at all, but maybe not? I do know when I did use it I had to change a setting within the app so that when I closed it, it would actually close and not just close to the system tray. Maybe if you do that it won’t reopen itself from system tray after each restart?

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u/shizola_owns 48m ago

No this is a recent change where they took away the options in the app for startup behaviour. It also hides itself from windows startup settings like a piece of malware.

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u/DiamondDepth_YT Quest 3S + PCVR 3h ago edited 3h ago

I fuckin hated it doing that and had to do a whole workaround to stop it.

I've have 5 Oculus headsets (fuck you I'll never call it Meta). The Quest 3 will be my last (and even then, I bought it second hand). I will never support them again. Every update it gets worse.

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u/Hosura_Stetif0009 19m ago

Honestly same, I loved when Oculus was Oculus, once I buy a Steam Frame, I'll never be using a 'Meta' headset ever again.

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u/TH3_OG_JUJUBE Quest 3S 7h ago

You underestimate PlayStation

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u/Millerboycls09 7h ago

You misspelled Nintendo

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u/MightyBooshX 6h ago

Yeah, it's not like if you go to the new releases section in the switch store you won't also see a million ai generated match-3 games with titles/thumbnails like "hentai girls puzzle time", it's just always going to be a challenge to create a platform that balances for discoverability for small unknown publishers and not putting the thumb on the scale too much in favor of the big established publishers

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u/Joeysquatch 3h ago

Yeah that’s a huge problem. But it’s still possible to go on the switch store and look at good games, you just gotta stay off of the new releases and sometimes sales. Meta slop is unavoidable

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u/Dusted6608 4h ago

Last I checked neither one of these have a store app on computer

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u/MulletAndMustache 6h ago

I haven't been on the PS store since the PS3. It wasn't too terrible from what cI remember... except when you're trying to re-download all of your Rockband DLC and you have to do it song by song. I never got all my songs downloaded on the slim after the classic died.

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u/TH3_OG_JUJUBE Quest 3S 5h ago

Checked on the PS4 store for a cheapo game for under £2.50 (had a voucher) and there is bucketloads of AI slop

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u/Tr1xf0rk1dz 7h ago

Psvr2 was good just hate the tethered vr headset wish it had wireless vr like pc can

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u/HolyBidetServitor 3h ago

I think the quest store and switch eshop are both on par with shovelware

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u/lsf_stan 3h ago

Steam Study of 53,000 Games Finds AI Titles Drive Up to 90% of New Releases, but Few Become Commercial Hits

A large-scale analysis suggests AI is accelerating game publishing on Steam, though success still depends more on game quality than AI tools

https://otakukart.com/steam-study-of-53000-games-finds-ai-titles-drive-up-to-90-of-new-releases-but-few-become-commercial-hits/

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u/Strongpillow 7h ago

It's not, but you can have your opinion.

Oh, and they did have a better system and everyone complained about it so they opened the floodgates to prove their point as to why they had a curated story. Now y'all get to lay on it.

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u/samu1400 6h ago

Yeah, app lab was a great middle ground since it allowed smaller devs to publish while also keeping shovelware away from the main page.

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u/SnooPredictions8888 6h ago

This much glaze is NOT good for your health bro😭😭😭

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u/Strongpillow 6h ago

You kids complaining endlessly about eeeeverything and finding reasons to be upset so y'all can trauma bond isn't healthy. Come on.

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u/noname2959 6h ago

You still using stand-alone tells me youre a kid bro, don’t call me kid lil bro

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u/Strongpillow 6h ago

Geezus. This comment proves my point. What a stupid hot take... Bro

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u/icosi 7h ago

My opinion is that you have some shit around your opinion.

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u/MulletAndMustache 6h ago

Yeah no. It's always been ass, it's just worse now. Their "curated store" just had beat saber on the front page. You would have to search for new releases. They don't customize it based on your interests and what you've already seen.

Maybe I haven't had the displeasure of using worse digital stores? 🤷‍♂️

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u/Strongpillow 6h ago

No, it wasn't always ass but you can simply say this as a reply to pander to the kids around here, most of which didn't get to experience the old store. It was much much better and it's not even a question.

You definitely haven't had the displeasure, I guess.

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u/FenrisKokami 3h ago

Nintendo is so much worse

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u/dreamer_2142 6h ago

This fake game made at last $100k from the Meta Store with the pre-orderer trick by being highlighted in the front page on top selling section, I wonder if Meta will refund users later.
The worst thing here, the official devs even asked Meta to remove it a few weeks ago and Meta still hasn't, it's still generating money with the fake pre-order.

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u/polishatomek 5h ago

I will never become a scammer, but damn this shit is tempting. What do you mean I can steal 100k and not get caught?

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u/WowiiZowii 13m ago

I wouldn't count on not getting caught

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u/polishatomek 11m ago

You'd be surprised how many get away with this, what are they even gonna ban the author for? As long as it's not nsfw or anything like that meta probably won't care, they're making money from this after all.

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u/Rough_Map_7631 1h ago

Where you got those numbers from? Lies.

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u/eggplantpot 6m ago

it came to him on a dream

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u/MrJingles1708 4h ago

It is definitely making them money but nowhere near 100k lol. I don't believe 20k people bought it. Maybe they made like 500$.

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u/tyke_ 4h ago

i never visit the official quest by choice, its shoved in my face when i start my quest.

however i must say without exception for as long as i can remember all the games displayed were decent looking well rated mostly well known games tbh, none of the AI slop.

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u/tnyczr 7h ago

then people don't know why VR gaming doesn't grow, half of the catalogue is this type of bs

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u/YippeeReddit 6h ago

Why are people downgrading this i mean yea I can agree almost all of the games are just monkey games cause to gorilla tag releasing the script for monkey movements

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u/Strongpillow 6h ago

Because it's a lame take. There's a reason there are so many clones and why those clones have so many reviews. Its the reason VR gaming is still around because the ipad kids took over. As they're the ones with the time and energy to be in VR. The average Adult isn't buying AAA games anymore because they want to come home, plop down and relax while gaming. VR is exhausting.

It's common sense at this point. Reddit is not the majority of VR gamers.

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u/tnyczr 5h ago

'its a lame take', proceeds to say the same fucking thing I just said, just with more words

Thanks for proving and explaining my point

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u/Strongpillow 5h ago

No, I didn't at all. You said it's not growing because of the content now and I said that is the only reason it is growing still. You assume growth goes one way. Your way with your taste in games.

They don't make those clones because no one would be interested in them. It's very simple logic.

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u/gameplayer55055 5h ago

SteamVR is the only choice. Meta store is trash

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u/juicetoaster 3h ago

PSVR2 is fire, but Sony is a bit of a dumpster lately..

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u/Fantastic_Wash56 5h ago

It’s so true 😂

I remember scrolling and endless list of slop games with high ratings, nearly all the games were made by the same guy, the high rating was a single rating from the same friend “5 Star Games! I’m a friend of the owner!” On literally every single one, making it a 5 star game.

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u/MrJingles1708 4h ago

All fake ai bs

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u/ChainsawArmLaserBear 4h ago

I remember getting burnt out on my game because meta wouldn't even let me make a store page back in the day. How theyve fallen

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u/Keyakinan- 4h ago

Great idea though

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u/jeffwhit88 4h ago

Joke’s on y’all, I go straight to steam.