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JackHandy on 16 February 2023
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Leynos said:
JackHandy said:

I see VR and VR2 as the CD-rom of the early 90's. Back then, CD was the future and everyone saw it, but it wasn't quite ready for prime time. VR is sort of like that. It's definitely great tech, but it's still not to where it needs to be in order for it to take over the globe. Too many health problems involved for one thing (migraines, eye strain, nausea etc.), and there hasn't been a defining game yet like say, Pong or Super Mario Bros. These two things need to be ironed out first before it takes over.

 Eh no. VR has been around since the 80s. VR isn't a format. VR will always be niche from price to wearing equipment and it's more limited than regular gaming. It will be an option but never the main focus as long as those other factors remain.

Interesting. Why do you think it's potential is so limited? Because you have to wear it on your face/body?

The reason I think it's going to take over is because when it comes to conventional games, I don't see anywhere for it to go. I've been gaming since I was pre-kindergarten, which was like Atari-2600. And during that time, I've seen some pretty exciting things happen. But ever since Xbox 2 (360), that excitement has taken a sharp downward slope. Now, I don't see anything even getting within ear-shot of say, the first time we all played Pong, or Mario in 3D, or traversed through level 1-1 in Super Mario Bros. Yes, the games are still great. They look and sound better than ever. They are literally technical marvels... but nothing industry-changing. It's all very much the same thing we've been doing since PS2. And while the sales are good, how long will that continue? Will it continue? I don't think it will without something brand new to shake things up... and sitting in front of a TV and pushing buttons while shooting things, or jumping from platform to platform isn't going to do that, no matter how great the games are. There's going to have to be a paradigm shift for that to happen, and out of all the tech we know of, only AR and VR can pull it off.

But I could be wrong. This is just my opinion.