In recent days, the Resolution Games studio has been collecting many negative opinions on the Oculus store and in particular about its game Blaston. A surprising review blast, but it actually follows Facebook’s recent announcement of its intention to introduce ads in VR apps.
[Mise à jour du 22.06.2021] New development! After many criticism, Decision Games decided to back off by withdrawing BLASTON Ad tests planned by Facebook. However, the studio announces that it is considering forwarding the audition on Bait! Free fishing game:
To be clear, we understand that Blaston is not the best for this type of ad test. As an alternative, we’re looking to see if this temporary little quiz can be ported to our free game, Bait! sometime in the future.
– Blaston (@BlastonGame) June 21, 2021
[Article original du 21.06.2021] And the BLASTON Target today, because Facebook will start its ad tests on the latter. It’s also a game decision game That was used as an example to illustrate him Blog post On the 16th of last June.
As a reminder, Facebook intends to integrate ad entries into a few VR apps (see article for more details). The news is far from unanimous among the players who are currently declaring their dissatisfaction online.
And therefore, Dozens of negative reviews appeared on the game sheet BLASTON located in Oculus Store. With one in five stars, users are denouncing Facebook’s practices as unacceptable. Opinions are mainly based on the fact that paid apps should not offer this type of ads.
In the face of this wave of comments, the studio would like to reassure players by replying that it will be a temporary test; “This is not a permanent advantage, but rather a search for future initiatives”.
Will the players message be strong enough? To make Facebook react? After these reactions, the headlines are supposed to follow BLASTON Will they still agree to present themselves for the next Facebook tests?
