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Jranation on 11 June 2015

Oh! The competition just got REAL!!!



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drdante on 11 June 2015

CosmicSex said:
OMG... I just saw the video and IGN cut out the laughing after the demo. This is so painful:

https://youtu.be/RE6GtnAXQSs?t=3m1s

 

I feel bad for Phil just by watching that

He tries to bring back gamers to XB1 and got laugh instead.

Poor Phil



         

tiffac on 12 June 2015

This is good news for the VR market.



HollyGamer on 12 June 2015

Actually u can add PS4 controller on PC already so using OC with PS4 Dualshock 4 is also possible, So it's not a megaton. And also i thought Oculus will be compatible with Xbox One but it just selling their controller inside Oculus Rift. Meh it's a trap megaton lol.



Eddie_Raja on 12 June 2015
AnthonyW86 said:
Eddie_Raja said:


Yeah and X1's frame buffer is already an issue in 1080p, try fitting two in there lol.  Would not be surprised if all of their games are running at half the resolution in VR mode.


On PS3 you hade same thing with games that hade 3D support, they cut the resolution in half. Problem with VR however is that the screens are much closer to the eyes so the drop in resolution will be much more noticable. I am happy however that MS chose to partner with Oculus instead of developing a system of their own. That would have created to much fragmentation.


Well I mean it was just a solid business choice.  If they had gone with their own solution it would have been DOA.  The thing is the latest reviews of Morpheus put it possibly as BETTER than Oculous.  The real question for me will be if morpheus will have any support for PC.  Even if it is just modded in and forced to emulate oculous (Like PS4-360 controller) it would be fine with me.



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Wii:100-120 million, PS3:80-110 million, 360:70-100 million

[Prediction Made 11/5/2009]

3DS: 65m, PSV: 22m, Wii U: 18-22m, PS4: 80-120m, X1: 35-55m

I gauruntee the PS5 comes out after only 5-6 years after the launch of the PS4.

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MikeRox on 12 June 2015
Aerys said:
Oh great, being able to simulate a room in a room playing in a room while you are in a room is such huge megaton, roomception, exclusively on One :p

Actually it's PC exclusive. However you also require the Xbox One Console Accessory in order to be able to utilise this functionality XD



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Eddie_Raja on 12 June 2015

Did anyone read this:

http://www.dealspwn.com/oculus-microsoft-partnership-absolutely-bizarre-215792

They are only using Oculus as a virtual monitor. It doesn't have any of the VR stuff.

Haha honestly then they just did this so they could pretend their console has VR support. Might actually be smart, although somewhat anti-consumer.

 

 

 

EDIT:  Oh ok people are already discussing this.



Prediction for console Lifetime sales:

Wii:100-120 million, PS3:80-110 million, 360:70-100 million

[Prediction Made 11/5/2009]

3DS: 65m, PSV: 22m, Wii U: 18-22m, PS4: 80-120m, X1: 35-55m

I gauruntee the PS5 comes out after only 5-6 years after the launch of the PS4.

[Prediction Made 6/18/2014]

sales2099 on 12 June 2015

So essentially, to be broken down to arbitrary console war terms we can all understand:

Rift now in MS's camp. Ocolus has more exposure, a legitimate release date, bundled with a Xbox controller and almost universally approved of by gamers.

Ocolus > Morpheus
MS > Sony in the VR space.

Edit: Though I see the other camp is allready doing a great job dismantling this news to make it null and void. Should have known lol



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JRPGfan on 12 June 2015
the-pi-guy said:
sales2099 said:

So essentially, to be broken down to arbitrary console war terms we can all understand:

Rift now in MS's camp. Ocolus has more exposure, a legitimate release date, bundled with a Xbox controller and almost universally approved of by gamers.

Ocolus > Morpheus
MS > Sony in the VR space.

Edit: Though I see the other camp is allready doing a great job dismantling this news to make it null and void. Should have known lol

I'm confused by a few things.  

How do you think it's in MS's camp?  

Really awkward that you (and the OP) spelled Oculus wrong.  Which is kinda exposure ish.  Overall I would agree that OR has more exposure though.  

Legitimate release date is confusing to me as well.  The most recent date from Sony was the same date as OR.  "Q1 2016"

Oculus's show was very rough, and I'm not seeing many people in great approval of it.  (In fact I've seen a few suggest that Oculus basically handed Sony the lead.  I don't agree with that sentiment, but we will see how things go.)

Sony is still very much ahead in the VR space.  

Hololens is not VR, and Oculus is not coming to Xbox One (yet).  The only thing that has been shown is VR streaming.  Thus all the "Living room in your living room" jokes.  There is no VR on Xbox One yet.  

People aren't dismantling any news because they are playing favorites, they are dismantling it, because so far we haven't seen anything that is a positive.  


That was really well put, and I agree with every word of it.



2008ProchargedGT on 12 June 2015
sales2099 said:

So essentially, to be broken down to arbitrary console war terms we can all understand:

Rift now in MS's camp. Ocolus has more exposure, a legitimate release date, bundled with a Xbox controller and almost universally approved of by gamers.

Ocolus > Morpheus
MS > Sony in the VR space.

Edit: Though I see the other camp is allready doing a great job dismantling this news to make it null and void. Should have known lol

Wait what?!?! You are serious? Wow OK well lets get one thing straight minus the virtual couch it really isn't VR at all!!! Next its not even possible to use this with just an X1. Lastly the exposure its getting isn't a good thing, have you seen the reactions to this? It's the laughing stock of the gaming community right now. The only thing this is accomplishing is tarnishing the perception of VR as a whole regardless of "Camp".