| zero129 said: LOL!!. Way way more games and content are working on The Vive and Rift then Sony could ever deam of thanks to them being on open platforms. Games you already own can be played in VR on PC. Most of them games you mentioned will get a VR mode on PC also. Good of you to think Indies dont matter also when they will most likely be the main driving force behind VR for ages until it takes off proper. I know your more of a sony guy so you most likely wont agree with this but PSVR isnt even in the same ballpark as PCVR and to think it could ever compare to an open platform is just madness. |
Way more games? Yes, a bunch of indies and AAs. That won't sell 1000 bucks in hardware. The general public isn't quite found of niche games (just look at the massive complains about PS+ line-ups made of indies). They can't be the driving force of a tech that's focused on providing a bleeding edge experience. A lot of them simply look like up-res versions of PS2 games. If VR really depends on this stuff, it's basically DOA.
Actually, Vive and Rift are alredya pretty much flops. Vive is in the ballpark of 100K units, Rift is probably around 200K. This basically limits both to games that can break even with some tens of thousand units. That's far from ideal. That's a platform thag has an install base smaller than the Jaguar and VirtualBoy did, so it's pretty much heading the same way. They can't wait years to take off, until 2017 it's basically make it or break it for all VR platforms (PSVR included). Even HTC is already signaling an exit since they already made Vive a subsidiary, so they are either isolating it from the main company or trying to sell it.
You can think what you want really. As a lot of these more dedicated PC gamers, you think that PC is a better platform in everything, when each one has its own advantages and disavantages. It's a bit sad, but being an open platform doesn't always help, specially when you need someone in control to step up and make content. Is basically the 3DO problem: everybody owned the platform so no one would just get and invest in making games to push hardware because they wouldn't be the only ones to benefit. That's what Rift and Vive have to deal. Nobody that indeed matters will support it. They are probably hoping that PSVR succeeds so, maybe, they can get some ports and try to survive.
It's actually laughable to imagine that having an install base of a few hundred k can lead to success. These things are out for a decent bunch of time already and didn't made a minimum impact. Absolutely DOA. Honestly, I actually belive PSVR will also be DOA and all this VR stuff will be a fad just like 3D, but I can be wrong. Anyway, if VR isn't DOA, PSVR will quickly be the dominant platform and I can't see Vive and Rift going on for much time.
It really doesn't matter who is better. What matter is who is viable.
Edit: bolded - games you already own? Oh, using mods to add support, it will really work pretty well everybody will love poorly done VR support. As for the games I mentioned, better check it. Most of them are listed with only PSVR support, including RE7, Battlefront, Arkham Knight VR.
