Chet Faliszek (Half-Life, Portal, Left 4 Dead) says VR to bring resurgence of high-end PCs in homes

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Zekkyou said:

barneystinson69 said:

I think thats optimistic. VR isn't something that'll blow up in a day, and it may even be a flop (remember kinect and all the "hype).

I have a very causious wait and see thing here. If VR actually proves to be a great gaming experience, then it may well grow over time.

The original Kinect was actually a pretty big success :p I think the most recent figures we have for it are from February 2013, when they announced it'd sold 24 million units (so about a third of all 360 owners at the time).

The Kinect 2 obviously didn't fair quite as well, but i certainly wouldn't have describe that as 'hyped'.

Much of the kinects that where sold were just bundled with the Xbox 360. In terms of actual kinects sold (as in not bundled), that figure is considerably less. The Kinect also proved to be a major strategic blunder for the Xbox division (as in case the XB1). Its way the Xbox One has to fight defensively for sales, while the PS4 is doing much better (not saying the Xbox One is doing badly). And I willl note its not easy saying this, especially since I've always prefered Xbox and I am a bit of an Xbox fanboy.

 

But like I said, we'll wait and see. Maybe it will be a huge success.