Professional game dev explains why Sony's Morpheus won't get much backing from developers.

[Tachikoma]

vivster said:

Tachikoma said:

Full of shit, if he actually knew anything about development, or spent 5 minutes looking at any of the past 3 PS4 sdk's he would see how easy adding support for the device actually is.

Apply second camera element to screen, each camera is rendering half the overall resolution of the screen, all game-size geometry, physics, AI etc remains the same, the "50% hit" comment is a dead giveaway, the hit is around 10%-20% depending on game, and that's only because you have to render a wider FOV and geometry clipping is less aggressive because you are essentially viewing from two points at once.

Two things though:

1. He has a point with low adoption. Unless something big happens not even the small effort it takes to make a regular game support VR may be worth it.

2. There is a big difference between making a first person game VR compatible and making a VR game. While the first one will just be a gimmick, the second needs to be crafted specifically for VR, not only on the technological side but also the design and gameplay. Compare console games ported to mobile vs games created specifically for mobile.

1 is a guess anyone could make.

2, the gimmick port matters because it boosts operability and generally, supporting more games wether designed from the ground up FOR morpheus, or just tacked on, contributes towards making the platform more appealing to buyers.

If it were 5 years ago, when nobody else was daggling with vr, i'd agree and say it has no chance, but with vr being so prominent in the industry right now (more so than ever before), the only factor left to determine if it will succeed and sell millions, or be a poorly supported niche product, is price.

Of course, if they release PC support drivers too, then it has an even better chance.