FITXR comes out?!?

[unixworld]

Hi,

Today fitXR came out on the oculus store for the oculus quest. When can we expect this upgrade and the dlc on steam for my rift S?

Unixworld

[TheGuru]

Yes that I was about to ask..I wish they stop updating the quest version first!! It is annoying to say the least considering quest didn’t exist when BoxVR came out Rift & other VR platforms should get the love first or at the very least a dual release it’s very unfair!!

[Devlyn Syde]

Quest users would largely like it if they had not received this "update." Most of the new reviews in the Oculus store are 1-star complaints about it. This seems to be a "we need to drive more in-app sales” update. The developer removed custom playlists – classes only, now, complete with distracting "trainer" voice cutting in. They replaced all of the environments with one dark videogame-y environment. There are more videogame-y effects, which a lot of people are finding distracting. They now demand your birthdate, name and email address so they can associate your workout data with a real person for marketing purposes. No noticeable improvements to tracking glitches or other real issues, just questionable changes to the look and feel and, features removed.

[KaylaKaze]

FitXR is garbage.If they forcibly change my BoxVR to FitXR, I will be filing a lawsuit.

[sergioxba]

Besides the loss of features, they implemented new ones:
-On quest it could be played offline and now requires an internet connection;
- It requires an email address and information like gender and birth date (gotta mine the user data to sell it);
- Marketing agreement is opt-out and not opt-in.
So, even if was the same game on the quest (and it's not), this three "features" being added AFTER purchase woud be enough to receive negative review

[sergioxba]

The update on the quest replaced boxVR for FitXR. There's no turning back to boxVR. So, yes, compulsory.

[Sean]

I hope they allow us to use the old punching art because that new stuff looks horrid also devs don't seem very active on the steam forums?..

[msc191170]

Fit XR is awful, be thankful you still have Box VR, cherish it while you can, because it will soon be gone and you'll be left with something much, much worse.

[tmaddox]

Originally posted by unixworld:

Hi,

Today fitXR came out on the oculus store for the oculus quest. When can we expect this upgrade and the dlc on steam for my rift S?

Unixworld

Be careful what you wish for. I am not a fan.

I have a feeling that when the PC versions update (here and on Oculus) that all of us who have custom workouts with custom music will lose all of it. The new FitXR version does not even allow custom workouts with the included music.

[TheGuru]

@fitXR i hope you are reading this!!! lots of negative feedback why take away things ?? who makes the decisions??why would any body be happy taking themes away and only having one??, who thinks hang on a minute lets take away custom playlists aswell whilst we are at it! you don't take away features unless you have good reason to..if people use them perfectly before whats the idea in taking them away its features people use..for god sake don't take away the ability to add mp3's in the PC version in there as well...otherwise people will be on fire!!

You dont go and buy a car..and sign up to the fact the company at some point will take the wheels and doors of do you oh whilst we at it lets take the engine as well???

Seriously think otherwise BOXVR/FitXR will quickly become a thing of the past...

[Zaptruder]

Originally posted by TheGuru:

@fitXR i hope you are reading this!!! lots of negative feedback why take away things ?? who makes the decisions??

Money grubbing shareholder capitalists in the company and on the board who push startups to include market proven anti-consumer measures for monetization because those measures have being proven useful against people with low-impulse control (most of us at this point), including strategies like FOMO and alternative forms of 'value adding' (take out these features that would make these other features we could otherwise charge for moot).

The tech startup market is pretty much built around luring a userbase in with a decent/growing value proposition before capitalists come in to bait and switch with anti-consumer friendly products and strategies in order to show revenue growth potential.

What's a real shame about it is... this is true irrespective of the company - the ones that are generous for longer merely have a longer rope to snare more people - see Google, Facebook, etc.

I can only recommend that users turn off updates for this game in their libraries.

[Lord Johnny Gatt]

They are trying to workout why nobody is buying their music add on packs and have created fitXR to allow them to remove even more features from boxVR they have confirmed on Facebook they are removing all support from boxVR but have also said they will be making box VR available for people who had purchased it... so we will see how they handle the chaos that is the community at the moment. If the developers read this please understand I have not purchased the expansion packs because they are not good value for money $15 AU for four workouts is ridiculous. I am not interested in 10 and 20 minute workouts the only things I do are 45 minute plus And I have my own 3 1/2 hour workouts as I hate the interruption And don't want the excuse to stop it's amazing how easy it is to lose track of time when you're in the zone short workouts break my focus. The developer needs to show community support if they want to have the community support them stop being greedy pricks.

[Jamisia]

I also own the quest version, and belive me, it's not an upgrade!

[droneattack]

I was hoping it would be an upgrade. Because current BoxVR is janky and terrible. Go play X-booster and you'll see what I'm talking about.

[Eunostos]

Viveport version hasn't been updated since 2018, so if you really want a legacy version... lol

[Kakarot_76]

I've turned off automatic updates for the game in case they try to impliment the FitXR features over the perfectly functional BoxVR ones!