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@SmotzYmoty @bapples367 @Hella_Faithh Yeah, I've always launched through Steam directly, unfortunately, it still doesn't show. I've been told by others that this is a common issue. Appreciate the assistance though!

@teflocarbon @bapples367 @Hella_Faithh you have to launch your vrchat through steam for the overlay to show up if you're launching through the vd games tab it wont work :O

This is scary, Imagine if VRChat had that fate, and it's not even far fetched after their business report of last year's... Seeing a giant like Recroom close doors after a decade of activity, makes you think that no virtual place will ever last forever..

@zig131 @bapples367 @Hella_Faithh Epic got in trouble for bypassing billing inside the app, not for having a website. Every major game (Fortnite, Roblox) sells currency on their site that syncs to Steam/Quest. I also tried to purchase VRC+ and literally couldn't because the overlay wouldn't show up.

@teflocarbon @bapples367 @Hella_Faithh ...that VRChat don't want to touch. I get your criticism that buying VRChat Credits from inside PCVR is hard, but if people want to do it, they can. The bigger problem is that not enough of the user base want to. The free proposition is very generous.

@zig131 @bapples367 @Hella_Faithh Even regardless of that, there's still ongoing legal battles and regulatory investigations into such 'anti-steering' policies. Apple was yesterday denied a rehearing, although the jury is still out on "external fees". In short, this anti-competitive behaviour is in hot water.

@zig131 @bapples367 @Hella_Faithh They can't put a big button saying "Purchase VRC+ Cheaper on VRChat.com!" when the user is going through the Steam client, but they can absolutely have their own billing outside of Steam. If that was true, they wouldn't even be able to do Meta, Android or iOS sales.

@needle VRChat wouldn't even need to put heavy restrictions on what can be done with an avatar, they just need to make it significantly more convenient to do it through their own ecosystem, rather than the manual process of installing things onto a base through the Unity Engine.

@needle There is a massive marketplace that's outside of their bubble, Gumroad and Jinxxy has many bases and accessories with thousands of sales and VRChat gets zero cut for those. It's baffling that VRChat hasn't been able to capitalise on this in any manner.

.。◯（VRChatは何かとハードルが高いなあ、そのうち下がっていくんだろうなあ、と昔は思っていた。しかし実際はハードルが全然下がらないにも関わらず、無理矢理そのハードルを超えていく人が大量発生することで広がっていく、というのは予想外だったな…） #XR開発者集会

@haruka_no_yume You should see some of the sunsets that we get in South Australia! adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-aus…

🇯🇵 I love how the sky looks so purple in the Tokyo evening.

@bapples367 @Hella_Faithh It's easy to blame Steam for how broken the overlay is in VR, but it's really up to the platform to ensure they're able to raise revenue. They have several solutions to resolve this, and so far, they've seemingly ignored them.

@bapples367 @Hella_Faithh I'm using Virtual Desktop via a Quest 3, so I do have the Steam storefront working, it just never shows up. VRChat doesn't let you purchase VRChat+ on their website, which is a frankly baffling decision. Same with credits, only through the overlay or mobile application.

@MizutamariVT Kemono is a way better aesthetic than the typical 'realistic' aesthetic that the west tries to go for typically, which just ends up looking like uncanny valley.

As Japanese twitter leaks into American twitter, many are learning that we're not so different. Except the furries, they're learning that the Japanese fursuit makers absolutely dominate them every time.

@otakumatch This is what the internet felt like it was supposed to do all along 🫡

ここ数日のXのTL、18年前に初めてTwitterに触れたときのワクワク感が戻ってきてる。 罵詈雑言を並べてレスバする場じゃなくて、面白いことを言い合う場が本来だったんですよ。 イーロンに変わってイーロンイーロン思う事はあったけど、今回のアップデートは個人的に大正解だと思っています。 |彡ｻｯ!

@chirno_helmet It's been a fun cultural exchange experiment, we're all on our best behaviour.

とんでもねえ数の英語リプライが来てて読むのが到底追いつかないけど、クソリプもインプレゾンビもいない。日本人よりもマナーがいいんじゃないかと思えるくらい。

@I_amPiotr I'm in Australia and my timeline is full of Japanese, French and Spanish posts. I think there's more Japanese posts than English posts at the moment. It's a pretty huge algorithmic change.

¿A los japoneses se les habrá llenado el timeline de tweets en inglés y español?

@g_a_man2 We line dry things fairly often in Australia on a clothesline. Pic unrelated (Mostly)

海外では外で洗濯物を干さないのかい！？

@ankoromochuu Our time zones are actually pretty close! Australia is just a few hours ahead. Just finished a cheese and tomato sandwich for lunch. Simple, but hit the spot.

日本人は朝食を食べて支度して、そろそろ学校や会社に向かう時間です。 世界のみんなは今、何してるの？

@nabicochan Half of my TL is now Japanese, Spanish and French. It's actually a really nice change.

TLの半分が英語なんですけど笑 同じ人いますか？

@Hella_Faithh I think the problem with VRChat is that it seems to be ran by people who are passionate about the platform that they're creating, attempting to use dark patterns to raise revenue without having the scale, whilst not even making sure the checkout button actually works properly.

@Hella_Faithh From what I can tell, VRChat is just unbelievably bad at raising revenue. I've tried to purchase VRChat+ several times and each and every time, I've had it where it doesn't come up with the overlay. You'd think they'd treat this as a serious bug, but no.