VR Game Developers Shocked By Shifting Platform Prioritization
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Key Points:
- Long-time VR developers are facing challenges due to a lack of new consumer hardware releases during the 2025 holiday season, leading to concerns about investment direction and reaching audiences in headsets.
- Some studios, like Resolution Games and Creature, are diversifying platforms and continuing to release content, but overall industry trends and declining revenue per developer are creating a difficult environment.
- Cloudhead Games laid off 40 employees amid strategic shifts, highlighting the financial pressures on VR studios despite ongoing development efforts.
- Developers are uncertain about future hardware trends, such as whether to focus on hand tracking, new controllers, or eye tracking, complicating software development decisions.
- The VR market is further complicated by platform exclusivity and competition, with major titles
