VR is not a gimmick!

[Medisti]

John2290 said:

Medisti said:
I'd say this is flawed on the face of it because a steering wheel kind of is a gimmick for racing games. Why do you assume gimmick is a dirty word? Something having a gimmick just means that it has some idea that sets it apart. VR is very much a gimmick, but that doesn't mean it's bad.

No, A steering wheel is not a gimmick. Its invaluable to tbe racing genre. If it is the thumb sticks are a gimmick to sell FPS games....which they cdertainly are not.

That's another flawed bit of logic. Steering wheel controllers aren't sold with consoles or with racing games. If you had to buy a gun-shaped controller to play an FPS (or if it was even a viable option), that would be a gimmick as well.

But, again, why is VR being a gimmick a bad thing? A gimmick is a selling point. Just because gamers have chosen to vilify it because of the "motion control gimmick" doesn't mean it's actually bad. VR's selling point, its gimmick, is its immersive quality. That's what sets it apart from other variants of the medium. Without its gimmick, VR is just an HD 3DS in a box you put against your face.