Nintendo Fan Reviews VR (Meta Quest 2). Is it the future?

[Pyro as Bill]

SvennoJ said:

Anyway, Quest wouldn't have challenged the Wii. Simple motion controls for the blue ocean was the winning ticket and it turned out to be a fad. Nintendo failed to keep the audience they gained with the Wii, couldn't top Wii Sports themselves.

Nowadays everyone simply reverts to their smart phone to kill some time which is very much a solo affair. A better comparison than Wii vs Quest, Wii vs Smart phone. Could the Wii phenomenon still happen with everyone addicted to their smart phones... (Also a big reason holding VR back, can't browse/reply to my smart phone with a headset on...)

Huh? They topped Wii Sports with Wii Sports Resort and better motion controls. Motion controls clearly weren't a fad (Nintendo ignored it on WiiU with predictable results) and Nintendo more than anybody else sailed through the 'smartphone era' despite everybody and their dog predicting their handhelds wouldn't survive. Where's PSP these days? Oh yeh, Sony abandoned HHs for VR. Genius idea meanwhile Super Mario Run and Pokemon Go dominated the smartphone charts in the same way Nintendo's IPs would comfortably dominate VR - the most replayable games on VR could easily be described as Wii clones.

Not being able to see your phone and low pixel density aren't the barriers to mainstream adoption of VR. The phone thing is already solved. MQ 2 should have had Avatar 3D built in (is there a better 3D film?), allow HDMI inputs and promote that it's a 300" personal projector, get the 3DS version of Nintendo virtual console on there with it's 3D gimmick for classic games, lowkey promote the 3DS emulator. MQ2 does 95% of what MQ3 does so MQ4 isn't going to change anything.

My advice is to pick up a 2nd hand MQ2 on Ebay for ~£100, pirate one of the "AAA" games so you can see how overrated they are and use your limited HD space more efficiently. Once you get bored of Walkabout minigolf, sell the controllers for ~£100 so you get a free headset. Try some 3D movies. Buy a £8 usb HDMI capture card so you have a free 300" TV (latency is tiny). Connect any bluetooth controllers and DL the 3DS emulator to play your backups. I've struggled to connect it to PC for games with better performance/graphics but I doubt it'll change my opinion.

Last edited by Pyro as Bill - on 08 June 2024