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To be fair: You needed an Oculus account to use an Oculus, just like you need a Switch account or a Steam account. Hardware with a digital store requires an ac
by georgeecollins 4y ago
To be fair: You needed an Oculus account to use an Oculus, just like you need a Switch account or a Steam account. Hardware with a digital store requires an account.
A Facebook account is much more restrictive than say a Steam account. Facebook tries to get you to use your real name for example. Who in the world wants to use their real name playing a video game?
- dmonitor 4y agoYou actually don't need a Switch account. You can just play offline and buy physical games. I don't think updates need an account either
- ihuman 4y ago> Hardware with a digital store requires an account. Can't you play games without the store? Like streaming games from your PC or side loading games. You shouldn't need an account if you're not going to use the store.
- CrazedGeek 4y agoOfficially: no, you need an Oculus account to even get a Quest set up to do streaming, and you need to separately make your account a developer account to unlock sideloading.
- hansword 4y agoI have a PlayStation, and play dozens of games, yet Sony doesn't know I exist.
- jobigoud 4y ago> To be fair: You needed an Oculus account to use an Oculus From the mail we received: you can continue using your Oculus account until January 1, 2023. After this date a Meta account will be required to *continue* using your Meta VR devices. It's weird to me that I need to create a new account to continue using my device.
- WrtCdEvrydy 4y agoThat is a sign of a piece of hardware that you do not own.
- 6yyyyyy 4y agoValve has done the right thing here and made it possible to use the Deck and Index without a Steam account. Granted, they haven't made it easy, but it is possible and they clearly haven't deliberately locked down their hardware.
- blendergeek 4y agoYou don't need a Steam account to use a SteamDeck, only to use the Steam store.