<s>
Pistol	B-Application
Whip	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2019	O
virtual	O
reality	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Cloudhead	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Oculus	O
Quest	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
on	O
November	O
7	O
,	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
port	O
released	O
in	O
July	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
February	O
2023	O
it	O
is	O
also	O
supported	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
5	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
hub	O
for	O
Pistol	B-Application
Whip	I-Application
features	O
movie	O
posters	O
which	O
each	O
correspond	O
to	O
a	O
song	O
,	O
selecting	O
one	O
allows	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
set	O
modifiers	O
like	O
dual-wielding	O
and	O
limit	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
bullets	O
a	O
magazine	O
has	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
a	O
stage	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
character	O
moves	O
forward	O
automatically	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
endless	B-Application
runner	I-Application
games	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
player	O
runs	O
out	O
of	O
ammo	O
they	O
need	O
to	O
aim	O
their	O
gun	O
directly	O
down	O
or	O
pistol	B-Application
whip	I-Application
an	O
enemy	O
to	O
reload	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pistol	B-Application
Whip	I-Application
started	O
development	O
in	O
2018	O
,	O
after	O
low	O
profits	O
from	O
Cloudhead	O
's	O
previous	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
had	O
to	O
have	O
high	O
replayability	O
,	O
it	O
needed	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
games-as-a-service	O
model	O
,	O
and	O
,	O
really	O
importantly	O
,	O
it	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
targeted	O
toward	O
the	O
Quest.	O
”	O
The	O
studio	O
planned	O
to	O
stop	O
making	O
VR	O
games	O
if	O
the	O
Oculus	O
Quest	O
and	O
Valve	B-Device
Index	I-Device
did	O
n't	O
sell	O
enough	O
to	O
justify	O
developing	O
games	O
for	O
a	O
niche	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pistol	B-Application
Whip	I-Application
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
