Game Arizona Sunshine Had Processor Exclusive Content


Sure, why not? Arizona Sunshine is a VR game for Oculus and Vive, developed by Vertigo Games. It is currently available on Steam and, judging from user reviews, is a well liked title (79% ‘mostly positive’ rating). It also, strangely enough, may be the first game to lock a game mode as timed exclusive content for a processor. When a user questioned on the forums why his i5 processor could not play the game’s single player horde mode, the developer responded with this:

Working with Intel allowed us to create even more content than we originally planned, including these modes and the physics systems in the game, making Arizona Sunshine one of the richest VR experiences possible. We want to give 5th, 6th and 7th gen Intel® Core™ i7 owners first glimpse into these additional modes, but they’ll be available March 6, 2017 to everyone who owns the game.

The post was met with heavy criticism from customers, with customers complaining that the exclusivity was not advertised with the game. Vertigo has since apologized and announced that the game mode will be opened immediately.

It’s clear from your feedback many of you are not happy with the previously undisclosed modes being available only on certain higher end PCs. You are most important to us, and we hear your comments. We are unlocking these modes immediately to all players, and we hope you enjoy them.

(Source: Steam)