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Yes, the pricepoint is ridiculous. Let's all reconvene in the gen after NX and we'll talk, price should be low enough for people to care by then.



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They are struggling selling a console, yet you want them to make a device that's costs double or triple yet is 10 times more niche ?



Unless they are using as a main console gimmick for NX, and willing to put much effort as Wii at minimum, no.



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This is still not the moment for VR to become mainstream, is still too expensive, it requires very powerfull hardware to bring a satisfactory experience and developers are still experimenting with the possibilities, so it will be a huge waste of time for them tbh, that said, VR will be huge in some years so they should be thinking about what are they gonna do to compete against it, they are concerned about how isolated and antisocial the experience may be, but they can find ways to change that and show the world another side of the experience.



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How many games does Nintendo have that can fully use a VR headset? I think that only Endless Ocean and Metroid Prime are suited for that hardware. So no, they wouldn't make one. Although they using a 3rd party one like Oculus would be possible, but not this gen or the next.



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Don't these devices cost something like 600 quid? Wouldn't be any point at that price point.



Yes VR is a waste of time and resources



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Yea, I don't see any point for Nintendo to try and delve into VR right now, especially with the outrageous prices on headsets.



"Just for comparison Uncharted 4 was 20x bigger than Splatoon 2. This shows the huge difference between Sony's first-party games and Nintendo's first-party games."

No, its not worth it. Its a lesson Nintendo already learned and Sony will soon learn aswell.