Is it lights out for VR gaming? Not exactly. Sony is set to launch its PlayStation VR peripheral next month. This VR add-on may not be as technologically impressive as the Vive or Rift, but it still gets the job done when it comes to delivering a true VR experience. Not only that, but it is priced much more reasonably than the aforementioned devices. PlayStation VR could inevitably meet the same fate as the Oculus and Vive, but it also has the best chance of giving this fledgling technology the mass market appeal it so desperately needs.
It's sometimes claimed that PC VR usage on Steam is shrinking, but here's why that isn't actually true.
The context in the article is kinda like the discussion of MAU metrics. Manipulation of figures to get it to say what you want it to.
I.e. "The proportion is shrinking, but there are more players so it's actually not shrinking!"
That's not like mau metrics ....
If there's 20,000 players and only 10% use it and then there's a jump to 40,000 and 10% are using still using it then....there's been an increase because 10% of 40k is higher than 20k.
That's an actual number increase of people using it. That's growth.
MAU is used to reference engagement or growth in a game. The conversation is muddied because people want to talk about sales instead of player count. How is this not like that?
Growth can mean and be two different things. Growth of quantity, or growth of proportion. People in finance and accounting will never look at 2% in one instant and look at 2% at a later instant and say "Hey look, growth!" That's a joke, to be frank. The 2% is more than the earlier 2% but that 98% remainder also grew.
I wish Sony would have given upgrades to many of their PSVR games for their VR2 system. Unfortunately for me their pcvr movement is not doing me any favors, hopefully there’s some kind of trickle down effect.
Sony would only be able to Patch its own games. Devs would have to go back and create their own patches. To be frank, whats gonna stop this from happening is money. Are they willing to pay to have a developer create the patch, QA to test...
@Eonjay totally agree with what you said about third party devs and the cost, Q&A etc, but Sony could have updated Astrobot, The Persistance, Blood and Truth, and Farpoint. Have a few in-house devs work on DriveClub vr, and pay for an update for Rush of Blood and maybe a Shadow of the Colossus VR. I would love to play Borderlands VR on PSVR2.
Sure Sony mightve been able to help but reality is most of those titles were from 3rd parties.
What he's saying is that Sony should have lead by example. Instead, they haven't done shit bringing them forward and expected 3rd parties to do it themselves in bringing their own games. If Sony's not going to do it, why should they?
It's like when they lead by example in the creation of their games. Or lead by example when they make their hardware.
Hate to say it, but for PS VR 2, they are lagging big time. GT is nice. But if you're tired of sims, then there's just Horizon. I'd rather have Blood and Truth remastered at that level or a sequel than what they currently released. No chance of that though as they killed London Studios. Another bullshit move they made. About as bad as killing Evolution Studios to keep GT as their only racing game. I like Sony's platform. But I'm not buying their headset if they're not going to put in the effort like they do with flat games.
Exactly. I almost bought vr2 but it's the games missing. Sure that horizon might be dope but I'd prefer the full horizon, or last of us, Spiderman, something. Pay some 3rd party devs. I was hoping to get that fallout 4 but that's not happening now lol
Vr is dope. Idk know why people wanna hate. It's definitely a dope next step. Even if it's a sidestep. I really wish more developers would throw down. Imagine a last of us with vr, or a final fantasy game, all kinds of stuff. It would be incredible.
Recent findings in the latest PSVR2 software update, indicates that PlayStation is already starting to implement support for PC.
I can finally watch pron, I mean watch pronouns be pronounced in PC VR games that were previously not available on Playstation.
I was lucky and held off on 4 until I played it in VR. It really is pretty awesome - you'll love it.
The icing on the cake would be if Sony / Valve allow for a Steam Link app much like it is for the Quest 3. Likely wishful thinking, though.
Viveport, the VR retail platform from HTC is now giving developers 90% of their game revenue, instead of a 70/30 spilt like Steam.
It could be free and it wouldn't matter at this point. There isn't really a PCVR Market and I say that as a PCVR user. It is modders and enthusiasts with a few retail products on Steam.
I would say the 1st not the last
the first real attempt at mass market deep VR experiences, this is only the start
Sloppy article through and through. The first paragraph is straight up garbage. And the back and forth "it might be cool but I might get pink eye."" It might be heavy but it's comfortable. "" I didn't want to stand in line but I tried it. "Make up your mind dude.
First, I believe Facebook and Valve thought Sony was going to launch earlier but Sony needed more games to be ready and more fleshed out for launch. The problem is not the quality of HTC vive or oculus headsets They're awesome. The problem is that they didn't back them with hard hitting games to support the platform. Most games seem like demos. And oculus not releasing their motion controllers to try and make it seem cheaper when PC gamers expected around $350 instead of $600 didn't help matters.
PSVR has the potential to support the platform of VR as a whole. But it's nothing like 3D.3D only supported movies and barely any games. VR is supported by games, music, movies, television, medical, educational, travel, sports. The list goes on. And the fact that VR headsets can give you 3D because of the two screens, it just trumps 3D. And with motion control for more immersion, it just blows 3D out the water.
Google, HTC, Valve, Sony, Microsoft, Star VR, Samsung, Apple, Facebook, etc are just SOME of the companies backing VR. And the fact that it works blows the old VR of years past away. And people need to stop with the Virtual Boy nonsense. There was nothing VR about it. You couldn't wear it, there was no motion control, no tracking,no immersion. It's basically the precursor to the 3DS.
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What is virtual about these games? NOTHING. It was 3D. Just like this
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If you enclosed the 3DS in the shape of a virtual boy, that is exactly what it is. And if you go back years before that, you get the Famicom 3D System
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Virtual boy is NOT virtual reality. It was a product in line with other Nintendo products that did 3D. Article writer, gets some history under your belt.
As for PSVR, it will only help VR grow. Just like PC VR ,mobile VR and arcade VR. And some time in the future, movie theater VR.
This is where all my dislike for Sony disappears. In my eyes they're the driving force behind the tech although not the most advanced. I've never really thought about it but this would be a good reason for me to get a pro.
Anyways, much props to them and hopefully this will be the push to finally get VR out there. Personally i dont like what Gear VR is offering with all the motion game crap. VR needs a controller but of course a day will come like the holodeck where we roam free in a world.