Removing content from the marketplace

crazevr

I wanted to thank you for the update and agree that some games need to be removed from the marketplace.

Can we get a list of what will be removed today 7/2/2019 perhaps I missed it all I saw was

Other than Gorn and Drunken Bar Fight, most of the titles we are removing are because of quality issues. Few of these titles have generated any significant revenue on the network. None of the other titles are on the top 50 list

Thank you keep up the great work

Mark CrazeVR

KeithJ

agreed. There are some titles that we have had parents ask that we shut off. So this is understandable. I also agree that a list would be nice since we too have just added things as they came available thinking "more is better". Thanks in advance...

Conor

Agreed, list of games to be removed please. It should have been included.

I find the whole thing a bit of a wasted exercise. Why not simply create two categories of licensing - Curated and Non Curated.

The owners that aren't willing to test their own product can then stick to the safe curated titles. Those who wish to search for gems can shift through the rest. No developers get pissed off, nobody loses any content. Countless Springboard man hours saved.

Put in a max price of $0.04 in for non curated titles to incentivize them to improve their game and get promoted to the curated class.

Too late now I suppose.

RE placing no restrictions on side loading: does this extend to all titles being removed or just Gorn and Drunken Bar Fight?

A lot of the conditions are opening up a bag of worms. Would Onward not count as realistic violence?

90 FPS on a GTX 970? What if a new game like Boneworks can't achieve those levels, will that title be rejected because some operators with a cheap PC can't run it? Will my arcade miss out on getting access to a title like this because of some other arcades cheap hardware?

The push for more experiential content is good, but let's not forget our bread and butter. Games bring the crowds in every week and like it or not shooters sell. No 10 year old wants to come to my arcade to play frog dissect

crazevr

Conor

Education this school year is our bread and butter I have 5 field trips scheduled including dissection lol Each arcade is different so I would prefer education and gaming in balance continuing so that we don't exclude the extra income from schools and universities in our area.

KeithJ

Conor

side note, you mentioned BoneWorks. OMG...that looks so amazing. really cant wait to give that a try. But I agreed with most of your comment. Life in general can be a little gory. When we start restricting what we offer because a few people are butt hurt over the content, are we really helping or hurting ourselves? The thing my partner and i have done is we have listed most of the content that has cheap graphics, dont get much play or would be objectionable to some parents at the bottom of the list. Most people dont scroll past the first couple of pages of offerings. We do have tags they are listed in and if they are looking for title, they can search. but at least some of the stuff parents arent wanting them to see isnt right there in front of their faces. it has helped with getting request to turn things off. We dont get that near as often.

Conor

crazevr

True but it isn't a zero sum game. They can have both options. They don't have to limit options on one to add options in another etc.

Nice work on the school tours, how many kids can you handle at once? I held off on going after school tours until I can keep 30 kids occupied at all times with activities

crazevr

Conor

Currently we customize options we have them bring 12 kids at a time 6 kids get into VR in separate rooms the other 6 get a professional instructor that we bring in so say for dissection a lab tech comes in and does a talk while the one set is waiting for their time to Finnish. We have had up to 30 doing homeless experience with a shelter in town come in for a talk and trivia time for the kids $100 per hour is what we charge

willstackable

crazevr

Link here in case you missed it! https://community.springboardvr.com/t/content-removal-list/641

crazevr

willstackable

thanks for the update looks like we will be uninstalling the ones that are going off market place from steam library tonight instead of going right home lol

MichelleNehrenz

crazevr

Hey @crazevr the titles on the list are not being removed immediately. You can still use them through the end of the month. They are being removed from the Marketplace starting yesterday so no new licenses can be activated. We will continue to track and bill commercial usage for these titles for operators currently licensing them through the end of July to give everyone time to transition. Then starting in August the licenses will no longer be available.

Let us know if you have any questions about the process!