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JEMC on 11 April 2015
sabvre42 said:
JEMC said:
GribbleGrunger said:
POE said:

because i dont want to have a helmet in my head while playing videogames.

I might be wrong but I don't think it's against the law to NOT use something. Why are you against other people wanting VR? The only reason Phil Spencer is saying this is because MS are miles behind in this regard.

Trying to obviate POE's reply, I think that one of the reasons for not wanting VR to take off is that developers may get carried away and start making its games with VR in mind, resulting in games that offer sub-par experiences for those who don't use a VR helmet.

 

Then don't play games made for VR. How is this different then boycotting crappy ports?

Crappy ports on consoles? We're (or at least I am) not talking about PC but about gaming as a whole.

And don't worry, I don't buy games for its scores or the hype, I buy the games I want to play.



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Vasto on 11 April 2015

VR is something made for an amusement park. Who gonna put something on there heads where they cant even see or hear whats going on in their home. House can be on fire and you cant even see it. Somebody breaks in through a window and cleaning you out while you are right there not knowing whats going on but its a now thing? lmao



NobleTeam360 on 11 April 2015
LurkerJ said:

I dunno why people are angry at Phil. This is basically how MS has been operating for years. They are not innovators. The "wait and see if this or that catches on" approach works for them. And why not? Infinite financial resources to penetrate any growing market.

That's the problem though. Everytime they take a wait and see approach they usually fail at getting any sort of foothold in the market. They have infinite financial resources so why not take a chance and be innovative for once.



sergiodaly on 11 April 2015
zero129 said:
sergiodaly said:
Sony is invested in this, but Facebook has INVESTED in this, and then comes this guy saying, "you're all dumb" because they are thinking about things too early. Nice going Phil. Even if it turns out to be a missed shot, working on something for a better tomorrow is a way better mindset than the opposite like "tomorrow is still very far away, lets just chill for now" mindset.

I've always like innovation in gaming, its when they force us that innovation that i dislike. I don't see this being forced on no one so i let them think and do whatever they see fit with this VR stuff.

Exactly where did he call people dumb??.

From what i read of his statement is just that Consoles are not yet ready for VR and in that respect he is right..

If you re not investing your money and time wisely, thats what he is implying, that is dumb in my book.

About your second sentence, not saying consoles are ready, but I'm not gonna say otherwise either, i don't pretend to know the future , less than a year for we to find out.

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sabvre42 on 11 April 2015
Vasto said:
VR is something made for an amusement park. Who gonna put something on there heads where they cant even see or hear whats going on in their home. House can be on fire and you cant even see it. Somebody breaks in through a window and cleaning you out while you are right there not knowing whats going on but its a now thing? lmao

 

Cool story bro. I guess you must be an insomniac.  Sleep must be a foreign concept to you.

 

House can be on fire and you cant even see it. Somebody breaks in through a window and cleaning you out while you are right there not knowing whats going on but its a now thing? lmao



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Normchacho on 11 April 2015

Hmm...MS could be in for quite the shock next year. The tech is ready now and content is soon to follow.

http://www.techradar.com/us/news/gaming/sony-talks-about-project-morpheus-going-beyond-games-in-the-latest-official-playstation-magazine-1290755



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Vasto on 11 April 2015
sabvre42 said:
Vasto said:
VR is something made for an amusement park. Who gonna put something on there heads where they cant even see or hear whats going on in their home. House can be on fire and you cant even see it. Somebody breaks in through a window and cleaning you out while you are right there not knowing whats going on but its a now thing? lmao

 

Cool story bro. I guess you must be an insomniac.  Sleep must be a foreign concept to you.

 

House can be on fire and you cant even see it. Somebody breaks in through a window and cleaning you out while you are right there not knowing whats going on but its a now thing? lmao

 

 

When you are asleep you still have your sense of sound to wake if hear something. Also sleep is just something we must do regardless of whether we want to or not and it is when we are at out most Vulnerable. If people did not have to sleep they would not do it.

Peope are not going to sit at home and put on a VR headset and make it so they can not hear or see whats going on in there homes. As I said before VR will be something for people to go to in the same way we go to an amusement park or a movie but it will never be something that makes it big in peoples home. I can see something like Playstation VR World that a person can take the family out for a night of fun but thats it.  Just remember you heard it here first when people start talking about what I just said.



sabvre42 on 11 April 2015
Vasto said:
sabvre42 said:
Vasto said:
VR is something made for an amusement park. Who gonna put something on there heads where they cant even see or hear whats going on in their home. House can be on fire and you cant even see it. Somebody breaks in through a window and cleaning you out while you are right there not knowing whats going on but its a now thing? lmao

 

Cool story bro. I guess you must be an insomniac.  Sleep must be a foreign concept to you.

 

House can be on fire and you cant even see it. Somebody breaks in through a window and cleaning you out while you are right there not knowing whats going on but its a now thing? lmao

 

 

When you are asleep you still have your sense of sound to wake if hear something. Also sleep is just something we must do regardless of whether we want to or not and it is when we are at out most Vulnerable. If people did not have to sleep they would not do it.

Peope are not going to sit at home and put on a VR headset and make it so they can not hear or see whats going on in there homes. As I said before VR will be something for people to go to in the same way we go to an amusement park or a movie but it will never be something that makes it big in peoples home. I can see something like Playstation VR World that a person can take the family out for a night of fun but thats it.  Just remember you heard it here first when people start talking about what I just said.


You are attributing way too much value in this no one wanting to wear headsets.

 

I'm a dad of two under 5 and when I'm alone with the girls, I wouldn't wear the headset. I also wouldn't use it when I have guests over.

 

However, when the girls and wife are in bed... Why wouldn't I? It's really no different than me isolating myself in my office to PC game.



Vasto on 11 April 2015
sabvre42 said:
Vasto said:
sabvre42 said:
Vasto said:
VR is something made for an amusement park. Who gonna put something on there heads where they cant even see or hear whats going on in their home. House can be on fire and you cant even see it. Somebody breaks in through a window and cleaning you out while you are right there not knowing whats going on but its a now thing? lmao

 

Cool story bro. I guess you must be an insomniac.  Sleep must be a foreign concept to you.

 

House can be on fire and you cant even see it. Somebody breaks in through a window and cleaning you out while you are right there not knowing whats going on but its a now thing? lmao

 

 

When you are asleep you still have your sense of sound to wake if hear something. Also sleep is just something we must do regardless of whether we want to or not and it is when we are at out most Vulnerable. If people did not have to sleep they would not do it.

Peope are not going to sit at home and put on a VR headset and make it so they can not hear or see whats going on in there homes. As I said before VR will be something for people to go to in the same way we go to an amusement park or a movie but it will never be something that makes it big in peoples home. I can see something like Playstation VR World that a person can take the family out for a night of fun but thats it.  Just remember you heard it here first when people start talking about what I just said.


You are attributing way too much value in this no one wanting to wear headsets.

 

I'm a dad of two under 5 and when I'm alone with the girls, I wouldn't wear the headset. I also wouldn't use it when I have guests over.

 

However, when the girls and wife are in bed... Why wouldn't I? It's really no different than me isolating myself in my office to PC game.

Cant belive a parent just said that.

 

I am also a dad of 2 and if I was going to use VR it would be when the kids are up because I know somebody is aware and come get me if something happns. Why on earth would you go into a VR world when your kids are in bed alseep?

 

Also with a pc game you can see and hear your home.



Normchacho on 11 April 2015
Vasto said:
sabvre42 said:

 

 

When you are asleep you still have your sense of sound to wake if hear something. Also sleep is just something we must do regardless of whether we want to or not and it is when we are at out most Vulnerable. If people did not have to sleep they would not do it.

Peope are not going to sit at home and put on a VR headset and make it so they can not hear or see whats going on in there homes. As I said before VR will be something for people to go to in the same way we go to an amusement park or a movie but it will never be something that makes it big in peoples home. I can see something like Playstation VR World that a person can take the family out for a night of fun but thats it.  Just remember you heard it here first when people start talking about what I just said.


Where do you live where you need to be ever vigalant incase someone breaks in? You've never thrown headphones in and just listened to music or an audiobook with your eyes closed? This isn't any different than being in an isolated part of your house playing games with a headset on.



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