If you follow the international gaming media, you will notice a couple of reviews went up today that you won’t see in South Africa.<\/p>\n
The international PS VR review embargo officially lifted today and the gaming press is awash with praise for the new headset.<\/p>\n
South Africa however, will only be receiving the headset in January 2017<\/a><\/strong> (a fact still not represented on the official South African PlayStation\u00a0website<\/a><\/strong>).<\/p>\n What’s much worse than not getting than the PS VR however, is the fact that we may not see its competitors the HTC Vive or the Oculus Rift at all.<\/p>\n Steam still hasn’t officially put it’s Steam Link <\/strong><\/a>up for sale in the country despite releasing nearly a year ago and our hopes of the HTC Vive ever making it across our shores are pinned on the company’s mobile division in South Africa.<\/p>\n There are of course ways to import <\/a><\/strong>the devices into South Africa but this still means the wider South African gaming audience is left out.<\/p>\n But why is it so important that VR comes to South Africa?<\/strong><\/p>\n From a gaming perspective, this is<\/strong> <\/a>where our industry is heading – like it or not.<\/p>\n It’s become the standard to compare both the\u00a0hardware capability<\/a><\/strong> and “WOW!”<\/a><\/strong> experience to impress gamers and non-gamers alike.<\/p>\n The games may not actually be quite there yet, but the seemingly infinite possibilities of the technology is something anyone can recognise and appreciate.<\/p>\n Whether you’re hyped for VR or not, the fact that you don’t have the option to purchase the hardware in South Africa in 2016 is a sad state of affairs.<\/p>\n The truth behind the porn game kids played at Panarotti\u2019s<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n This is the porn game kids were playing at Panarotti\u2019s<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
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