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GribbleGrunger on 23 March 2016

There are too many threads about PSVR that will warrant a necro-bump.

The PS5 Exists.

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greenmedic88 on 23 March 2016

sabvre42 said:

greenmedic88 said:
We've all seen the budget box gaming PC comparisons. Of course in the case of the PS4, the comparison is now a $350 gaming PC which means using a cardboard box for a case and reusing or cannibalizing components at that level.

However, for the purpose of VR, entertaining the notion that if a gaming PC has comparable specs to a PS4 it is VR capable is way off base. The GDC breakdown (for HTC and Oculus) for what type of entry level hardware is required for Vive or Rift is $950 and again, that would be the minimum requirement.

At a certain point, cutting performance down to reduce the budget ceases to be a valid argument.

The CPU would choke on almost any game thats not on minimal settings.... and he also forgets the OS -- which is legally required to be purchase for new devices.

I completely agree here. I'm not even sure why the bare bones gaming PC was even brought up in a VR thread.

The $100 OEM copy of Windows is somewhat less of an issue; MS is essentially giving away Win 10 currently although this is for PCs currently running Win 7 or Win 8.

I would throw the free Linux argument out as you're looking at limited game options relative to Windows for the sake of cutting an OS licensing fee out.

And of course the consoles to gaming PC argument is currently what does a $300-350 budget buy in PC components, not $400. The answer being "very limited."

But below is a PC VR gaming PC as recommended by Oculus.

Oculus Rift

Graphics Card: GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 290 or better.
CPU: Intel Core i5 4590 or greater.
RAM: 8GB or more.
Video port: HDMI 1.3.
USB port: 2 USB 3.0 ports.
Windows 7 SP1 or newer.

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greenmedic88 on 23 March 2016

GribbleGrunger said:
There are too many threads about PSVR that will warrant a necro-bump.

It's a topical topic. What can you say?

It's either going to be 2010 motion gaming with Move and Kinect, or it will end up being the most commercially successful VR system despite being far from the best.

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Alby_da_Wolf on 24 March 2016

VR will need very good titles specifically developed to become more than a fad. With a proper input method for roaming it could make dungeons in RPGs very enjoyable and really scary, not to mention survival horrors. And imagine a "survival horror-like" level of a stealth game, like the Cradle in Thief III, with VR and pimped-up graphics it could be even too scary in VR. Maybe current tech is not, for price and performances, what will make VR really mainstream, but even if this will be achieved by one of the next generations of VR devices, the range of possibilities is very wide. With the right tech and buyers support, the only obstacle will be the budget necessary for ambitious VR games projects.

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mornelithe on 25 March 2016

the-pi-guy said:

MortienGerrux said:

What's the point in pre-ordering if you don't get anything extra???

Well, it's not a game.

There's no point in preordering a game if nothing extra comes because games are easily mass produced.

A headset is not though. If you want a headset day one, you will almost certainly need to preorder it.

Should be mentioned, he's preordered PSVR, and either OR or Vive, so...yeah. Though, he does have a valid reason (testing for streams). But, he plans on getting the other VR thing he didn't manage to get his preorder in time for the first run.