| d21lewis said: VR alone FINALLY made me feel like there was a decent leap from the 7th to the 8th gen..but it was rarely pissed l pushed as far as it should have been. We got a handful of truly great experiences buried amidst a see of cash-ins, tech demos, and gimmicks. In the end, VR (which I still love) ended up being a wasted opportunity. At least on console. |
Yep the install base never got to the point where full games were viable. Also people weren't willing to pay full price for 6-8 hour games anymore, thus we only got much shorter games for the $15 price point. Some exceptions.
With all the love for 7th gen franchises, ports of Bioshock, Resistance 3, Dishonored, KZ could have done very well. The problem was price, then the feeling you really needed a ps4 pro on top to get the best of it. Those mid gen consoles also took the budget for an expensive peripheral away. The choice between an unknown with lots of fud around it, and better running games with free upgrades, most would chose the latter option.
I don't feel it was a wasted opportunity, PSVR provided so many amazing jaw dropping, laugh out loud, smile from ear to ear moments, I haven't had that much amazement and fun with games since childhood. But true, it ran out of steam, never got past the experimental stage due to lack of funding/install base. And always hampered by the rather horrible move controllers.
Developers have now seen what works and what doesn't. This gen can build on all that experience with much better hardware. I'll always treasure my first time with Rez Infinite, RE7, Moss, Astrobot, Solus Project, Windlands, Superhot, Blood & Truth, Beat Saber, Borderlands 2 VR, Skyrim VR, No Man's Sky VR co-op with my son, ST Bridge Crew, Ace Combat 7, Dirt Rally, Psychonauts, The Inpatient, I expect you to die, Statik, Fantastic contraption, Moonshot Galaxy, Dino Frontier, Tethered, Mervils: a VR Adventure, Arizona Sunshine, Until Dawn: Rush of Blood, Thumper, Cavernous wastes, Farpoint, Polybius, Bound, Eagle Flight, Here they lie, Robinson the Journey, Wayward Sky, Driveclub VR. And many many smaller games.
And there's still stuff in my backlog to play, but Beat Saber happened lol. I generally play far less games on any Nintendo console compared to that line up of stand out favorites on PSVR.
