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Mandalore76 on 26 October 2017
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DonFerrari said:
Mandalore76 said:

I do play some games on PC, but I invest way more of my time and money into console gaming.  So, I had no premeditated reason not to be blown over by PSVR upon first trying it months before that.  I just wasn't.  That's my personal opinion.  I only impulse bought the Rift after the price drop announcement this summer and confirming that the only upgrade my PC would require to run it was a graphics card.  I didn't say PSVR was boring, obviously I haven't played many of the games.  But, my first experience with it did not suck me in the way the Rift did right off the bat.  You asked for first impressions, so I gave mine.  Somehow I got construed as "dishonest" for relaying my personal opinion that differed from someone elses.

Reread your post.

It was like

"me: well PSVR is very underwhelming... ow Rift is fantastic... people say the difference is small but it is very very big"

"my friends: we like PSVR.... owwwwwwwwwwww Rift is so superior, I can't believe the difference".

If that doesn't sound you trying to prove Rift is better than PSVR when you yourself said most people doesn't find they that different (we do know Rift have better resolution and that a beffed up PC can make a better showing) doesn't fit your answers after.

I don't know any other way to word mine and their first experiences other than how they were.  I was blown away by the Rift straight from the demo and so were they.  Those are accurate first impressions as they occured.  They were initially very excited with their PSVR to the point where they insisted I come over to try it.  So, their first impression with PSVR was extremely positive.  The only games they had to show me at the time were the demo, which I found to be okay/somewhat fun in a Nintendo Land sort of way, but not over the moon impressive (to me); and Until Dawn: Rush of Blood, which I also found to be just okay, but not overwhelmingly immersive.  That was my first impression with PSVR.  For me, it was okay, but nothing I was excited or hyped to dive back into.  They loved it and wanted me to come over more, but I wasn't as excited.  Months later, the price dropped on Oculus Rift, and suddenly something I had no/little intent to buy was now something that piqued my interest.  The opening demo "First Contact" blew me away.  That was my first impression.  I immediately began downloading more apps, and buying more games because how much that immersion stuck with me and pulled me in.  I in turn brought my same friends over to try the Rift that had showed me their PSVR, and I did not embellish their reactions.  His wife saying the difference was night and day was a direct quote.  Others might not see it that way, but I'm not going to sugar quote a personal experience.  Because yes, I too am an honest person.

SvennoJ said:
Mandalore76 said:

I do play some games on PC, but I invest way more of my time and money into console gaming.  So, I had no premeditated reason not to be blown over by PSVR upon first trying it months before that.  I just wasn't.  That's my personal opinion.  I only impulse bought the Rift after the price drop announcement this summer and confirming that the only upgrade my PC would require to run it was a graphics card.  I didn't say PSVR was boring, obviously I haven't played many of the games.  But, my first experience with it did not suck me in the way the Rift did right off the bat.  You asked for first impressions, so I gave mine.  Somehow I got construed as "dishonest" for relaying my personal opinion that differed from someone elses.

What games have you played? The first I played was DC and that looked rough, but still blew me away. Then my jaw hit the floor when playing Rez Infinite. Gaming nirvana had arrived :) There are unfortunately a lot of mediocre games too and a bunch of downright shovelware.

I would like to try OR and Vive as well, yet I already have a backlog on PSVR and don't have a capable PC anyway. The best games seems to get ported back and forth anyway so it doesn't really matter.

I have to see what games they have gotten since then, but at the time of my first experience with it, they only showed me the demo and Until Dawn:  Rush of Blood. 

You should run the Oculus minimum spec test on your PC.  You might be surprised and find that all you need is a graphics card upgrade.  But, if you already have PSVR, then yeah, I probably wouldn't be keen on dropping another $700 bucks on another VR system + graphics card either.  Yes, there is overlap among the games, which is why I'm trying to get my friend to get stuff like Batman VR so that I can really compare.