VR - PS4 vs PC

[KBG29]

Chazore said:

KBG29 said:
I know I chimed in with this before, but it is getting more and more relevent as each new event passes.

PSVR is not only about games. In fact gamers are only a very small part. Sony has the inital focus on games as that is what they do that no one else does, but, at the end of the day, it is other experiences that are going to make PSVR and the rest of the VR devices change the way we do everything.

For everyone that thinks PSVR is going to be a limited platform, on a closed ecosystem, its time to think again. Sony is opening the flood gates with PSVR, and they are going to try and turn it into the defacto VR device. They want to be the iOS of the VR world, and they are approaching it with that type of business model in mind.

Now, I think both PSVR and PCVR are going to be huge hits, I just think Sony is in a spot where they can taking a commanding lead. With PSVR Sony has a business model that is as easy to understand, and easy to sell. On the PC side of things, you are asking consumers to be quite tech savy to make sure that it actually works, and for quite some time, that is going to lead to very disopionted Oculus and Vive consumers.

Dude you keep chiming in with the same tune each and every time, we get it, you want Sony to absolutely rule oevr everything, where you can pay your taxes and do all your paperwork on your console, where you can go to hospital and use all sorts of Sony esque equipment, where Doctors use PSVR for medical purposes, where you buy Sony food etc.

I just don't think it's healthy to be so heavily attached to a brand like that, so far it's shown that you want just Sony and absolutely nothing else in this reality, for every time you tell me it's not true, I raise you to each time you talk of Sony gaining or leading ground in any area you think they are going to lead in.

Well that may be stretching it a bit far. I am very loyal to Sony, as I am very loyal to a lot of brands, and I am very loyal to my family, and my friends. I don't jump ship when things get bad or a new hot flash in the pan comes about. That is the way I live, I know it is not for everyone, and that is cool, we all have our own quirks.

In this situation, I think Sony is in an exceptional situation to really get out and grab a good chunk of market share, and I think they are taking the correct steps to make sure they continue to gain ground going forward. I think Oculus and Vive are great products, and they are going to do very well in a lot of places outside of the consumer market that PSVR will never have a hand in. However, I think OR and Vive will not be major competitiors with PSVR in the consumer space. I think that whatever Microsoft, Nintendo, or Apple come out with will fill that roll.

I just don't see PC as a great place for VR in the mass market. Simpler boxes, and more streamlined approaches are going to be where the billions end up putting their money.