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Have you tried VR yet?

Yes! 21 19.63%
 
Nope. 86 80.37%
 
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habam on 19 January 2018
DialgaMarine said:

 Yeah, but once again you’re talking a scenario that is almost exactly like the launch Xbone with Kinect. Clearly, gamers weren’t too happy about being told they had to have it; making it a mandatory way to play games is much worse in a way. You can’t force mass appeal; it has to be earned. I like PSVR, but I understand why so many aren’t making use of it yet. It’ll grow and make money for sure, and the device can still be a massive success without being mandatory. In other words, people don’t typically like being told they have to have something lol 

With the difference that kinect actually didnt really made gaming better in most cases nor wasnt a new way to play or the "future of gaming".

 

I dont think it has to happen. VR needs to grow very heavily the next 2 years to make sony even considering doing somthing like that and it can and most likely will be a success anyway. If sony will be a big part of the vr future? we will see. Maybe oculus, vive or somebody we dont even know that will be. 



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potato_hamster on 19 January 2018

What is wrong with all the people in this thread that act like the only reason people don't prefer VR is because they haven't tried it or haven't given it a chance?

I borrowed my friend's PSVR for a weekend. I played it for about 12-15 hours total on my PS4 Pro over that weekend. I personally couldn't care less if I ever put one on my head again. It did nothing for me. It didn't make the games more enjoyable at all.

Less than 3% of PS4 owners own a PS VR. Now you want to make that the only display option? My brother and I play games against each other regularly at my place. Am I supposed to buy a second VR headset with controller for a two player experience or some nonsense? How is the PS5 supposed to handle two VR headsets at once? Or is the PS5 supposed to be a local single player console only? I'm sure that'll go over well.

Never mind the hundreds of dollars you'd be adding to the console price out of the gate. Has the phrase "five hundred ninety ninety US Dollars" completely fallen out of your memory already?

This is completely ridiculous and definitely, definitely will not happen with the PS5.

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habam on 19 January 2018
Ka-pi96 said:

You may not need an iphone, but if you need a phone anyway you might as well get one you like/can use for other things/can show off with/other reasons. Just like cars, nobody needs a Porsche or anything like that, people could make do with a Mini, but if they can afford it then they'll go for a more preferable option. There is no "I need one anyway, so I might as well get a good one" thinking involved in VR.

Yeah thats why we talked about the future and how this might (or might not) change ;)



TallSilhouette on 19 January 2018
Ka-pi96 said:

Nobody will ever need a VR device. It's an entertainment device, those aren't necessary.

Clearly you're not familiar with VR's applications outside of entertainment.



habam on 19 January 2018
potato_hamster said:

What is wrong with all the people in this thread that act like the only reason people don't prefer VR is because they haven't tried it or haven't given it a chance?

I borrowed my friend's PSVR for a weekend. I played it for about 12-15 hours total on my PS4 Pro over that weekend. I personally couldn't care less if I ever put one on my head again. It did nothing for me. It didn't make the games more enjoyable at all.

Less than 3% of PS4 owners own a PS VR. Now you want to make that the only display option? My brother and I play games against each other regularly at my place. Am I supposed to buy a second VR headset with controller for a two player experience or some nonsense? How is the PS5 supposed to handle two VR headsets at once? Or is the PS5 supposed to be a local single player console only? I'm sure that'll go over well.

Never mind the hundreds of dollars you'd be adding to the console price out of the gate. Has the phrase "five hundred ninety ninety US Dollars" completely fallen out of your memory already?

This is completely ridiculous and definitely, definitely will not happen with the PS5.

are you sure you didnt just used the cinemativ mode? From your describtion it sounds lke that.

 

If definitly does alot of stuff actually. Weather you like that or not, i can not judge. But when it felt like it did "Nothing" for you this sounds pretty much like cinematic mode honestly.



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habam on 19 January 2018
TallSilhouette said:
Ka-pi96 said:

Nobody will ever need a VR device. It's an entertainment device, those aren't necessary.

Clearly you're not familiar with VR's applications outside of entertainment.

Yeah those entertainment devices often arnt selling well. Remember those "televisions" or "cameras"? Werent  necessary at all, so flop was inevitable



potato_hamster on 19 January 2018
habam said:
potato_hamster said:

What is wrong with all the people in this thread that act like the only reason people don't prefer VR is because they haven't tried it or haven't given it a chance?

I borrowed my friend's PSVR for a weekend. I played it for about 12-15 hours total on my PS4 Pro over that weekend. I personally couldn't care less if I ever put one on my head again. It did nothing for me. It didn't make the games more enjoyable at all.

Less than 3% of PS4 owners own a PS VR. Now you want to make that the only display option? My brother and I play games against each other regularly at my place. Am I supposed to buy a second VR headset with controller for a two player experience or some nonsense? How is the PS5 supposed to handle two VR headsets at once? Or is the PS5 supposed to be a local single player console only? I'm sure that'll go over well.

Never mind the hundreds of dollars you'd be adding to the console price out of the gate. Has the phrase "five hundred ninety ninety US Dollars" completely fallen out of your memory already?

This is completely ridiculous and definitely, definitely will not happen with the PS5.

are you sure you didnt just used the cinemativ mode? From your describtion it sounds lke that.

 

If definitly does alot of stuff actually. Weather you like that or not, i can not judge. But when it felt like it did "Nothing" for you this sounds pretty much like cinematic mode honestly.

It 100% definitely was not cinematic mode. I tried RIGS, Job Simulator, Skyrim, GT Sport, Farpoint, this rhythm game, and the demo disc, with the PS Move motion controllers. It was the best possible PSVR experience Sony offers, and it was "meh". Skyrim, and GT Sport weren't any better of an experience than they are on my television.

I don't enjoy VR. It has no appeal to me. I've been trying VR in different implementations for over 20 years, and it has never once felt like it enhanced my video game experience.



Do you realize how arrogant and narcissistic you sound to keep acting like anyone who doesn't agree with you must have a) not experienced it, or b) not experienced it correctly?  It's incredibly rude and disrespectful. Your opinion is not an objective fact.

Stop it.



potato_hamster on 19 January 2018
habam said:
TallSilhouette said:

Clearly you're not familiar with VR's applications outside of entertainment.

Yeah those entertainment devices often arnt selling well. Remember those "televisions" or "cameras"? Werent  necessary at all, so flop was inevitable

Over two years, Sony has sold 2 million PS VR headsets. That means that less than 3% of PS4 owners have bought PSVR despite the headset selling for half the initial asking price during Black Friday. In a shorter time frame, people have bought millions more PS4 Pros.

How come more people chose to buy PS4 Pros over PSVRs if it's a much, much greater experience?



Errorist76 on 19 January 2018
LivingMetal said:
Errorist76 said:

No, most of you actually THINK that it is that way, when most of you lack the ability to even decide objectively, since you haven't extensively tried it out yet.

I've tried VR, and I've tried it enough.  You don't have to know what I've tried because chances are it's never going to be good enough for you unless I give you the response that you would agree with.  So if you cannot agree to disagree, than you are as intolerable and stubborn as the OP deeming self-righteousness for yourself over something as trivial as personal preference.  This is not the Way of the Gamer. 

I would definitely like to know what you have tried, but I'll leave it with that. It's ok, enjoy your "Real Gamer lifestyle" bro.




Normchacho on 19 January 2018
habam said:

Do you think the PS5 will still be capable of beeing connected to a TV to watch 2D content? Do you think Sony will still make flat games for the Ps5?

 

VR is expected to take of heavily on the near future (and sales are already increasing during the past months). Most people that got the chance to try VR were amazed, most think its the "future of gaming".

With todays problems (low resolution, wires) beeing sort out in the future, do you think many people would even care to play games on their tv anymore?

 

The Ps4 and Pro are pretty much capable of doing all kind of crazy flat games, could a possible PS5 even be a significant improvement or will it just be higher resolution/more frames for pancake games ?(most people dont even care about resolution/FPS => see sales of the PS4Pro in comparison to the slim).

 

 

I think flat gaming will most likely still be around in the future (like 2D games are still around now). But im not sure if they will be a thing you need to use your PS4 for to enjoy or if sony will bother to support that typ of gaming still in 2020/2021.

 

What do you think?

Absolutely not. I say this as a big VR fan myself, but VR isn't going to replace normal gaming. VR will be its own thing and gaming will play a big role in that, and I expect PSVR 2 will launch either with or around PS5. But there's a 0% chance that the PS5 is a VR only console or that PSVR 2 is a mandatory accessory for the system.



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