Developer FuturLab has introduced that it’s ending help for PowerWash Simulator VR attributable to its dwindling monetary viability. Nevertheless, the studio has seemingly prevented layoffs for the reason that VR crew has been moved to different tasks.
“We’ve got been confronted with a cross roads: we now have a really wonderful and sort VR crew who have been engaged on a platform which prices us greater than it makes, whereas additionally having an inventory of job openings that have been seeking to be stuffed on different tasks,” CEO Kristy Rigden defined in an announcement.
She stated that she prioritized job safety for her crew, so she stuffed these different roles and tasks with members from the VR crew.
Rigden additionally defined that whereas basic VR help is presently winding down, that does not imply that the FuturLab will not help the platform sooner or later. The studio clarified that the VR sport and presently launched DLC are nonetheless purchasable and playable, however it is not going to obtain any future updates.
The VR house has seen some challenges over the previous few years. Again in 2023, Sony’s PlayStation VR 2 reportedly bought poorly and in 2024, Sony reportedly determined to pause manufacturing of recent headset items. Final 12 months, Firewall Extremely developer First Contact Leisure shut down as a result of basic lack of VR help throughout the trade.
In GameSpot’s PowerWash Simulator evaluation, we stated, “PowerWash Simulator is a novel and soothing chore-core sport that solely often breaks up its personal stress-free movement.”