Sony and MS VR headset? How much will you pay?

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kowenicki said:

Not really...   

But it raises an interesting question. 

What would people be willing to pay for a VR headset if, as seems likely, Sony and possibly MS released such a thing for PS4 and ONE.

I hppen to think the pricing will render the devices niche.

BUT... I'm a gadget mug, so I will pronbably buy one only to suffer buyers remorse as it gathers dust in a corner.

Sorry to be a grammar Nazi but it's "more than..."

OT I doubt I will buy one.

Ultimately best uses for VR head set are FPS (or rather games in FP perspective) and Driving, and I don't like FP games and driving games are not high on my list of favourite genres, though I do like them. And I think Kinect / Move integration is essential for full immersion for non-driving games. Playing with VR and standard controller is only semi-immersive. If you are visually and auditorily immersed but not kinesthetically immersed (i.e. holding a gun, throwing punches, stabbing with a knife, shooting with bow and arrow) then the experience is diminished. And further real full immersion means the ultimate VR experience requires a 360deg treadmill to allow for natural walking / running.

OTOH Move enabled FPS games I like beter than FPS games controlled with standard controls. So perhaps I would like VR FP games. I'm just not willing to pay the sort of money it would require to find out.

I also think introduction of VR would possibly need to be a joint venture, with a univeral design and functionality, with Sony and MS and maybe even Nintendo, and even EA, Acti or Ubi, because, as you say, it will be a niche market product and you really need the sort of install base that would come with every platform on board to make it economically viable to make really good AAA quality games for the tech.

If I ever do buy VR it will be because there is a real killer app for it and I will be a late late adopter. Probably even waiting for VR 2.0 or 3.0.

I would be more likely to go for something semi-VR, being the Google glasses sort of thing