VR is the future as people are already in the habit of not sharing the tv anymore, withdrawing to their own space to watch stuff or play games on tablets / phones.
Why not VR.

"because it makes you look dumb" - is a frightingly strong argument against it, but I'll be optimistic for now

Fully immersive adult games.... do I trashy need to say more?

I think that you're underestimating what it can do now. Certain genres work really well with the tech. It has to start somewhere and that doesn't mean we don't use it until it's in the far future. I believe that it's a the point for it to work well with games now.

The type of immersion VR provides isn't directly comparable with better graphics. That'd be like directly comparing motion controls with better graphics, just because they both come under "immersion". VR Is far more immediate and bold then graphics, anyone who's used it would attest, myself included. The reaction to VR >>>>> reaction to good graphics.

The rise of the indie market and the accessibility of game engines should help regarding content IMO. But yeah, I still wouldn't expect a ton of amazing content buut these type of experiences only need a few core/successful experiences to propel them to success (Kinect adventures/Dance central, Wii sports)

OP I don't think I've seen many people say its going to change the game, at least not this gen. 90% of people who's tried it will tell you the same thing, its awesome. It will have a lot of hype, lots of people will want to try it, it will sell probably as well as its expected to. I don't think anyone is expecting 30m VR headsets shipped by the end of the PS4's life. I could be wrong but I don't think sony has set out any sales expectations yet

Agree with teigaga on everthing, since i have try, i just want this come out !

It's a new way to play the game.
Rol is somewhat right with his analysis but it's off on one key point, the "good enough" metric.
At some point, higher graphics stopped enticing new customers because graphics and immersion had reached a good enough point. After that came diminishing returns, so the small increases in immersion weren't enough.

However, this is a completely different kind of immersion, and opens the avenue to many new kinds of gameplay, or at least fresh experiences therein.

Those "trapped in a room" games where you can actually look underneath things and from different angles.
Ero-games
Actual leaning in shooters
Much more immersive open world style games
All kinds of puzzle games

It opens up a new kind of 3d element to gameplay.

That being said, yes, it will still be very niche from the start. The ambition though, is that it picks up software wise and adopted for many other kinds of products, like tourism, education, architecture, home decor, porn.

Imagine a game like pilotwings in vr? It would be awesome.

tl;dr: It's not a game changer, but it's certainly something completely different. It reminds me of the times when everyone was used to having buttons and stuff for gaming and then the DS came out and created fresh opportunities for new ideas and software,

That didn't stop people wearing headphones, or talking to themselves outside with mobile phone earphones.
Who cares what you look like inside your own home.

When did people get so self conscious about what they look like inside their own home.
My grandmother sat with this inside the house


I think I'll be fine with VR goggles :)

Well let's say that it will make look dumb in *unprecedented* way, a VR visor will really make people look estranged. And beside the "social negative bonus" it may also be considered unhealthy by parents and that is surely going to have an impact on its potential sales as a gaming device.

haha, yea I don't understand it either, as I mentioned in another thread often times peoples "gamer face" is more detrimental to their reputation than VR goggles ever could be ;)

yet I still often hear "I don't want to wear those dorky glasses" when talking about 3D Blurays/Tvs, although especially passive glasses can pretty much look like sunglasses