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Nintendo Switch to have VR: the gamepad is also a VR screen.

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Kids under 12 are not supposed to use VR because their eyes aren't fully developed yet and there's no conclusion studies if it affects them negatively or not.

A friend of mine bought one for the family and had to return it a few days later because he only found out after he'd bought it.



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d21lewis said:
NATO said:

Do people honestly think the switch has enough power to run VR?, either it has the power and the resolutions terrible (useless) or it has the resolution and not enough power (useless).

And yet PSVR is sold out everywhere...

As a huge fan of VR, I suppose I wish that we the case but I went Christmas shopping yesterday and I saw at least one everywhere I went.

By all means point me to an online store that has them in stock at original retail price, especially in Europe/Japan , Europe are offering preorders that won't be fullfilled till January at some stores, as far as March in others, Japan has been out of stock everywhere with no word of when stock will be available.

GameStop in US has none online and claims non in store within 100 miles of severe states I tried, Amazon US has none in stock at original price, only scalper prices.



NATO said:
d21lewis said:

As a huge fan of VR, I suppose I wish that we the case but I went Christmas shopping yesterday and I saw at least one everywhere I went.

By all means point me to an online store that has them in stock at original retail price, especially in Europe/Japan , Europe are offering preorders that won't be fullfilled till January at some stores, as far as March in others, Japan has been out of stock everywhere with no word of when stock will be available.

GameStop in US has none online and claims non in store within 100 miles of severe states I tried, Amazon US has none in stock at original price, only scalper prices.

It's not an argument and I'm not trying to beat you. I bought mine on day one.  

I hope it's selling well because I think it's amazing and it's the future. I worry that the hype isn't there,  They're in Statesboro Ga at MSRP if you want one, though.



GProgrammer said:
In a word,
NO
the screen is too low of a resolution, so it will look terrible and the machine is way underpowered, we're talking about a machine with a fraction of the power of the PS4

Underpowered how? 

Sony and others throw most of their console specs at luxurious visual flourises. Graphically the switch could provide tons of aesthetically pleasing 90/120fps, 1080p VR experiences if they wanted to. If anyone could bring VR into the mainstream it would be Nintendo, they've always had a strong understand of functionality and fun over just boasting about specs.

 

Wii games running at 1080p 

 

PSVR game



LipeJJ said:
WagnerPaiva said:

Sounds optional for me too, but I would buy the head thing to try, if it is cheap...

Yeah, it sounds good for people that want to try new things out. But personally I'd rather wait 5~10 years until the tech is actually good enough to take advantage of it. I think consoles are still too weak to handle VR properly and 99% of big devs aren't developing big titles from scratch for it. Kinect made me learn not to jump on new tech/fever until it's actually well made/used.

Thanks for that, I will stop and think about what you said. I was thinking about buying a PSVR as soon as I can afford it, but I have being burned before many times: the Kinect 2.0, the MOVE, the WiiU in a whole. I think I will follow your motto and stay calm till 2018, about the Switch and the PSVR.



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d21lewis said:
NATO said:

By all means point me to an online store that has them in stock at original retail price, especially in Europe/Japan , Europe are offering preorders that won't be fullfilled till January at some stores, as far as March in others, Japan has been out of stock everywhere with no word of when stock will be available.

GameStop in US has none online and claims non in store within 100 miles of severe states I tried, Amazon US has none in stock at original price, only scalper prices.

It's not an argument and I'm not trying to beat you. I bought mine on day one.  

I hope it's selling well because I think it's amazing and it's the future. I worry that the hype isn't there,  They're in Statesboro Ga at MSRP if you want one, though.

Not arguing with you either, just pointing out that they're sold out online, and in UK stores like CEX (upmarket pawn shop) pay £330 for psvr and sell it for £450, RRP is £349.99.

In Japan RRP is 44,600 but the only way to buy one in Japan is at scalper prices which last time I checked were over 90,000 (about $850)

Large majority of stock went to the US, everywhere else demand is far outstripping supply, and even in US pretty much every major online retailer no longer has stock.

 

Check it out:

http://m.stockinformer.co.uk/checker-playstation-vr

http://www.nowinstock.net/videogaming/accessories/playstationvr/



NATO said:
d21lewis said:

It's not an argument and I'm not trying to beat you. I bought mine on day one.  

I hope it's selling well because I think it's amazing and it's the future. I worry that the hype isn't there,  They're in Statesboro Ga at MSRP if you want one, though.

Not arguing with you either, just pointing out that they're sold out online, and in UK stores like CEX (upmarket pawn shop) pay £330 for psvr and sell it for £450, RRP is £349.99.

In Japan RRP is 44,600 but the only way to buy one in Japan is at scalper prices which last time I checked were over 90,000 (about $850)

Large majority of stock went to the US, everywhere else demand is far outstripping supply, and even in US pretty much every major online retailer no longer has stock.

 

Check it out:

http://m.stockinformer.co.uk/checker-playstation-vr

http://www.nowinstock.net/videogaming/accessories/playstationvr/

Yeah, right when you replied, I DID try to beat you. I went to my local GameStop and Walmart pages. GameStop was sold out and Walmart had one left in stock (which I screen shotted... Uh shotted? Is that a word, now?). Hopefully it signifies a bright future!



NATO said:
SonytendoAmiibo said:

 

The Switch will have plenty of power to run mobile VR games. I have the Gear VR and tbere are some really nice games on the platform. There is one game, a VR cart racer that has online play and is quite fun. Power sliding around a corner gives you that roller coaster stomach feel. The graphics are cartoony but nice. The Switch VR could easily do some Mario Kart VR with no problems.

Your expectations for the switch's game visual quality can't be that high if you are comparing it to mobile vr titles..

 

Obviously Switch VR is not going to be Oculus Rift/HTC Vive quality. But if the price for entry is small, a lot of fun can be had with a mobile type VR experience.

   

Hey! They got SONY on my amiibo! Wait a minute. Two great gaming tastes that game great together!

Switch FC: SW-0398-8858-1969

My only worry is if this is true (and I doubt it) cheap, shitty VR will turn people off to the idea of good VR! There's a huge difference in immersion between watching a 360 degree VR video and playing a VR game. Not even comparable.



NATO said:
SonytendoAmiibo said:

 

The Switch will have plenty of power to run mobile VR games. I have the Gear VR and tbere are some really nice games on the platform. There is one game, a VR cart racer that has online play and is quite fun. Power sliding around a corner gives you that roller coaster stomach feel. The graphics are cartoony but nice. The Switch VR could easily do some Mario Kart VR with no problems.

Your expectations for the switch's game visual quality can't be that high if you are comparing it to mobile vr titles..

VR is first and foremost an immersive gameplay experience. The assumed requirement for realistic visuals is in reality nothing more than a plus and clearly amongst the things hindering its ability to find a mass audience.