- Meta will end support for Quest 1 in existing applications, affecting new applications.
- The generational turnover of consoles has already provided a precedent for the planned obsolescence of video game consoles.
Oculus Quest, launched in 2019, will no longer allow new apps to be played on the Quest 1 in May. This is part of the planned obsolescence of the Quest 1, announced by Meta last year. Developers will no longer be able to upload apps solely supporting Quest 1, and players will not be able to see them. This change will affect new apps that support various headsets, including Quest 1.
Only for new applications
Quest 1 support will be available in existing apps, as these changes only affect new apps.
In addition to ending security updates and bug patches later this year, in August, Meta stated last year that they were ending support for Quest 1. Users of Quest 1 are no longer able to access several social functions, and in April 2023, the Oculus SDK discontinued supporting Quest 1.
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Planned obsolescence
Obviously, the console generation has set a precedent for the planned obsolescence of video game consoles, but Quest 1 is only 5 years old, and Quest 2 was released 18 months after it. Longer console generations and graphical upgrades make more sense, which is why developers stopped making games for one generation of consoles in favour of the next. With the Quest headset, Meta is making decisions on behalf of the developer, with a less clear value proposition to the audience. It’s not “buy our new console because the games look better”; it’s “buy our new headset because your old one was deliberately scuttled.”
