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Paul said:
WHAT IF YOUR HOUSE CATCHES FIRE. What then? You will burn to death thinking it's part of the vr experience.

What if your house catches fire while you are asleep? Or are you staying awake just in case?

A VR headset also doesn't mute all your senses. You would smell the smoke, feel the heat and also hear the smoke alarm.

 



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Conina said:
Paul said:
WHAT IF YOUR HOUSE CATCHES FIRE. What then? You will burn to death thinking it's part of the vr experience.

What if your house catches fire while you are asleep? Or are you staying awake just in case?

I have a fire alarm.



Paul said:
Conina said:

What if your house catches fire while you are asleep? Or are you staying awake just in case?

I have a fire alarm.

Which you can also hear with headphones... these smoke alarms are loud.



Conina said:
Paul said:

I have a fire alarm.

Which you can also hear with headphones... these smoke alarms are loud.

Ok,good to know.



Machiavellian said:
Dallinor said:

They don't take a hit on hardware. Why even take a hit in the first place if there was no competition? That doesn't make sense.

They're not using a razor blade model, haven't been for a while.  Also, why would they not make money on their exclusive games?

Advantages? Price, distribution, marketing, content?

I said they can take a hit or just break even on the PS4 they cannot do either on the PC.  On the PC side neither will be the case so the price point may not be the same either way.  As for their exclusive games, are any of them made to play on the PC.  

They do not have the price advantage, they are already struggling to meet demand on the PS4 so why would distribution be an advantage on the PC.  Marketing want?  Content ?  Does GT Sport, DriveClub or any of Sony games have a PC version.  If they add these games to the PC space, how will they only lock it to the PSVR or will it just be pirated and broke just like OR games have for the Vive.  Going to the PC has more risk and absolutly no reward for Sony.  They would have to increase development cost for their own games to support the PC where they have not done ever.

Yeah, so we've established your orignial point is still wrong or at the very least utterly redundant, given we know they profit on the hardware.

What won't be the case on the PC side? The price would be the exact same. We're talking about a product that's already on sale at a set price point.

Are any of them made to play on PC? Considering we're talking strictly in hypotheticals here, I think you can make the leap there. It's an obvious one ,and certainly feasible. 

It has a price advantage in Europe and the UK over Occuls Rift, and is cheaper than the Hive by a significant amount. I would definitely call that a price advantage.

I'm not even sure why you're arguing these points, when the real question is simply is it worth their time and resources. Probably not, when they could be better used elsewhere.



 

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I'm totally saving this thread for when Nintendo and Microsoft finally release their VR Headsets.  I have a feeling that some users here that "don't see the appeal in VR" will start magically seeing its appeal when Nintendo or Ms put theirs in the market.



chakkra said:

I'm totally saving this thread for when Nintendo and Microsoft finally release their VR Headsets.  I have a feeling that some users here that "don't see the appeal in VR" will start magically seeing its appeal when Nintendo or Ms put theirs in the market.

Yes, because we all know it's impossibly to genuinely change your mind about something. Human minds changing over time? Nope! Just flip floppers!



chakkra said:

I'm totally saving this thread for when Nintendo and Microsoft finally release their VR Headsets.  I have a feeling that some users here that "don't see the appeal in VR" will start magically seeing its appeal when Nintendo or Ms put theirs in the market.

We heard the same crap about 3D TV with the vendors and fans of 3D TV spruiking the same crap, the reality is VR (in its current form and current content) is not appealing to the majority beyond a brief gimmick. Unless MS or Nintendo release something significantly different/improved I can't see that changing, the buy in cost vs the benefit just isn't their and doesn't look like it will be their this gen of technology.



AngryLittleAlchemist said:
chakkra said:

I'm totally saving this thread for when Nintendo and Microsoft finally release their VR Headsets.  I have a feeling that some users here that "don't see the appeal in VR" will start magically seeing its appeal when Nintendo or Ms put theirs in the market.

Yes, because we all know it's impossibly to genuinely change your mind about something. Human minds changing over time? Nope! Just flip floppers!

hehehe, Of course people can change their minds.  We are humans after all.   It's just that, when you watch carefully, after a while it becomes easy to predict when and where some people are gonna have one of those change of hearts.  



chakkra said:
AngryLittleAlchemist said:

Yes, because we all know it's impossibly to genuinely change your mind about something. Human minds changing over time? Nope! Just flip floppers!

hehehe, Of course people can change their minds.  We are humans after all.   It's just that, when you watch carefully, after a while it becomes easy to predict when and where some people are gonna have one of those change of hearts.  

Yep. Of course I was being a bit cheeky. There are definitely some people who flip flop based on loyalty. I think it's just easier to imagine, say a Nintendo fan, genuinely not being intersted in VR. Not because loyalty, but because it's such a niche device that they haven't experienced yet. Of course, experiencing it makes you more likely to care. And conicidentally only Playstation has a VR mode.