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SvennoJ on 28 February 2023
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JWeinCom said:

Nah, wasn't saying anything about what I could afford. But misunderstandings happen, no biggie. Although I have to point out, I didn't say it's only worth $200, I said $200 is as high as I'd go. Different people value things differently. If anyone else thinks it's worth the asking price, then I hope they enjoy it. 

My experience with VR, aside from the now long gone Disney Quest which had really cool VR stuff, is basically limited to playing around with an Oculus Rift for a little while. It was neat, and at one point I almost tripped because it felt natural to lean forward in the game, which was a bad idea. 

It's possible if I played better games on it (the ones I tried were more tech demos than anything) I would change my mind... but that's kind of the problem with this technology. If you need to try it to understand the value, and you need to pay a lot to try it, that's a bit of a problem. And, even though I have been able to try some VR stuff, I haven't really been able to try it with the kind of games I like, or see whether it would actually be comfortable for extended periods of time. So all I could do is make an educated guess, and as of now I just don't think it will give me as much enjoyment as the other things I could potentially spend that money on. 

That's the big hurdle VR faces. And the only way to know whether it will be comfortable for you over extended periods of time is to play it over extended periods of time. And to do that, you first need to get your VR legs in shorter sessions. Unless you're one of the fortunate ones that are immune to all motion sickness.

All I can add is, I was completely off horror games (just boring and slow to me) before VR, now I can't get enough of them. Same for other genres that feel fresh and fun again. I'll gladly take the slight discomfort for being excited about gaming again.

But easy for me to say, I ran out of other things to spend my entertainment money on. Already got all consoles, current HDR 4K tv is more than good enough and NVidea can sod off with their pricing. I'll stick with my 1060 which is still perfectly fine at 1080p. Not that I feel like playing anything on TV / monitor when there's VR stuff to play :)