HTC Vive is $799/€899/£689, Ships ‘Early April’

[Madword]

WC4Life said:

Madword said:

You say that but very little negatives have come out about all three of the VR systems except for price..So perhaps its expectations. The PSVR has been played by many people at game shows for the last 12 months, I've yet to come across anything but positivity... of course we dont know the price yet, but I think people are just looking for VR experiences, and if PSVR is cheaper and even if its not as good technically, I think for the first round of tech people will be happy with that, because nothing else has come out before it... 

Of course the first impressions are mostly positive now, it's easy to acquire since there is not much comparison to be made. All a VR product really needs now is functionality to impress but how about after 2-3 years? Can PSVR keep up if it's lower spec? What if real killer-app software comes up which the PSVR is not capable of running because of the lower specs and/or limited functionality, it's possible right? I'm just saying all these people asking for lower price are asking a compromise...you know there are already cheap VR options like Samsung Gear but then people say it's not good enough, yet people ask a cheap option from Sony but act like quality won't take a hit.

In 2-3 Years time the PS4 will still be sold, and as its built for that its not a problem. Of course the same could also be said of PC, they will technically get more powerful in 2-3 years time, the only problem is that there are so many different solutions then its more of a hassle. A PS4 out of the box doesnt need any headscratching to figure out if its powerful enough to run it.

I would expect that Sony will replace the VR when the PS5 comes out, alternatively the console will be more powerful and so thereby wont have a problem running better games perhaps or at least off loading some of the items onto the PS5 CPU/GPU rather than the dedicated processor in the box.

Yes there are a lot of "if's and buts" but I dont think its as problematic right now as you are making out.

What is the killer app, unless it can be run on cheaper hardware which lots of people will buy, I'm afraid there wont be any killer app for VR... at the moment the killer app for VR is VR itself, its the idea of being in the world. Could VIve and Oculus be cheaper in 3 years time but the problem is the now... if developers cannot get a situation where they can develop a title soley for VR, then it will be a standard game which can do VR, which imho is not a killer app. While the PS if cheap enough will have a better chance of selling more copies and thus giving developers more chance to develop specific VR only titles without as much risk. Of course VIVE and Oculus could pay companies to develop titles, and I suspect they are going to have to to push people towards their products in the longer term if the price doesnt reduce drastically.