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From: Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com>
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Subject: Thief VR... but why?
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2025 11:37:33 -0400
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So apparently they are making a VR-only Thief game. A Playstation
VR-only exclusive. And it doesn't even feature the original
protagonist.

And you just have to wonder... why?

It's not just that VR is struggling for relevance. For all the tech is
conceptually neat, it just isn't selling and it doesn't seem as if
that's going to change any time soon. But even if you still have hope
in VR, it will remain a limited market for years to come, so making it
an exclusively VR game doesn't seem very wise.

But... then to put a game best known for its dedicated PC fan base on
Playstation? Yes, I'm sure some of those fans own Playstations. But if
you want to make money, you go to where the money is. The Playstation
never got the first three games and the Playstation port of the 2014
game was the worst one. Playstation fans aren't clamoring for Thief;
PC gamers are.

Of course, what they want is the return of Garret, the eponymous and
gravelly-voiced thief of the previous games. So instead... they
replace him with ingenue "Magpie", because why give the customers what
they want.

And Embracer Group --the publisher that currently owns the "Thief"
franchise-- wonders why they struggle to remain afloat.