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nedGAR

nedGAR

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So the Oculus is releasing in about a month with the Vive and PS VR shortly on its heels. Has anyone been saving up, is anyone planning on being an early adopter or adopting it at all? What's your stance on this whole VR thang?
 
nedGAR said:
So the Oculus is releasing in about a month with the Vive and PS VR shortly on its heels. Has anyone been saving up, is anyone planning on being an early adopter or adopting it at all? What's your stance on this whole VR thang?
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Excited for the future of VR but the current prices make it really difficult to be an early adopter and for there to be a sustainable market. I'll wait and see what kind of support it gets from developers, but I just don't see there being a large userbase until it's substantially cheaper and until then I don't see any good quality AAA titles releasing.
 
brendanvb said:
Excited for the future of VR but the current prices make it really difficult to be an early adopter and for there to be a sustainable market. I'll wait and see what kind of support it gets from developers, but I just don't see there being a large userbase until it's substantially cheaper and until then I don't see any good quality AAA titles releasing.
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Exactly this. My ass is too broke for VR
 
Some games (Rocksmith comes to mind) beig in the R1000 range is already pricy. If I already sigh about that. VR is only a pipedream
 
Cost as well as wearing glasses puts me off. One day when the price goes down I'll look at them and see if there is somewhere in the start I can attach some of my own lenses.
 
I don't have any interest.

If people are still talking about VR in 5 years, then I'll probably start paying attention. I have a feeling that if things aren't done correctly it could end up like 3DTV. 5 years ago, everyone was making a big fuss. Nowadays... no one really cares anymore.

I also wear spectacles, which makes using VR quite difficult.
 
The_Imp_ZA said:
I don't have any interest.

If people are still talking about VR in 5 years, then I'll probably start paying attention. I have a feeling that if things aren't done correctly it could end up like 3DTV. 5 years ago, everyone was making a big fuss. Nowadays... no one really cares anymore.

I also wear spectacles, which makes using VR quite difficult.
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Wow, finally!... Thought I was going mad and the only one that doesn't really care too much for VR. I too think it's gonna be a gimmick just like 3D, like you said.
 
BeoTeK said:
Wow, finally!... Thought I was going mad and the only one that doesn't really care too much for VR. I too think it's gonna be a gimmick just like 3D, like you said.
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Definitely. If VR does make it, it will be because of interest from other industries.

And by other industries, you know that I mean pron. "whistling:

 
Though I do understand some of the skepticism that's coming from everyone in here, I sincerely hope it succeeds. I tested out the vive a few months back and honestly I have to say it was one of the coolest god damn things I've experienced. Just imagine it coupled with a game like star citizen or a race sim.
 
nedGAR said:
Though I do understand some of the skepticism that's coming from everyone in here, I sincerely hope it succeeds. I tested out the vive a few months back and honestly I have to say it was one of the coolest god damn things I've experienced. Just imagine it coupled with a game like star citizen or a race sim.
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I think we all agree that it has serious potential, but priced as they are they're out of reach for a large portion of the gaming community, and no publisher is going to allocate huge budgets to a game that has a small potential buying audience. So initially I do think we'll only see a bunch of gimicky titles and unless prices become much cheaper allowing a lot more people to buy it I don't see it progressing further than that. Not this generation anyway.
 
brendanvb said:
I think we all agree that it has serious potential, but priced as they are they're out of reach for a large portion of the gaming community, and no publisher is going to allocate huge budgets to a game that has a small potential buying audience. So initially I do think we'll only see a bunch of gimicky titles and unless prices become much cheaper allowing a lot more people to buy it I don't see it progressing further than that. Not this generation anyway.
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I don't think it'll be gimicky I mean that's what killed the kinect. The early adopters have money burning in their pockets so no need to pander to them, it's the next wave that'll need some solid convincing. I agree allocating an entire aaa budget to a vr exclusive game won't happen this generation, but if they add in vr support(where it's appropriate) for some games(minor and major) it will definitely give a big push in the right direction. Though a few small exclusives here and there probably won't hurt, sony would likely get one of their smaller studios to bang out a few of these.
 
BeoTeK said:
Yeah, and looks to be around $800.

Good luck with that one [MENTION=17]MetalSoup[/MENTION]
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I think the vive will take the top spot for the pc even though it's slightly more expensive, the extra shit that comes with it makes it worth it.
 
The_Imp_ZA said:
I don't have any interest.

If people are still talking about VR in 5 years, then I'll probably start paying attention. I have a feeling that if things aren't done correctly it could end up like 3DTV. 5 years ago, everyone was making a big fuss. Nowadays... no one really cares anymore.

I also wear spectacles, which makes using VR quite difficult.
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yea, even if you get it now, still very early times.

I'll let the early adopters sort out the kinks and find a way to make it work with glasses :)
 
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