Graphics comparison showing the differences between 'full-fat' DriveClub on PS4 and the VR experience. What compromises were necessary to accommodate 60fps *and* a stereo 3D view? All VR footage taken on PS4 Pro.
The VR Games Showcase has come and gone.
So much stuff has been announced and revealed. We get our first look at games like Grim, Hitman 3 VR, Vendetta Forever and much more.
Here is everything that was announced.
Laundry, cleaning and classic arcade games all in glorious virtual reality
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.
Digital foundry does a pretty good job explaining technical things out. But this is ridiculous pointing out something we are all aware of if you have common sense. Like the fact that what you see in the share screen, is not what you really *SEE* in VR.But in comment threads, sometimes you really have to stretch your imagination that there are those with common sense.
In this video, he's pointing out that drive club had to be modified to be played in VR. Common sense would tell you that evolution was trying to push PS4 to it's limits making the game. Then, pushed again with weather added on. To expect that level of detail when PSVR would have to render that twice if I'm understanding VR, would be unrealistic expectations from PS4. But it doesn't mean further improvements can't be made on future games.
Two, drive club was made for PS4. Not for Pro. Only patched to run on Pro. Since evolution no longer exists at Sony, to expect a better version with more power when no one is "at the office," is unrealistic. Sony would need to spend more money updating an old game. Only future games will take advantage of Pro power. Then, downscaled for base PS4.
There are those that say PS4 is "holding back" Pro. Pro is NOT a next gen system. It's an extension to an existing system. To expect PS5 graphics is unrealistic. We are only 3 years in and there are gamers already ready for next gen before Detroit, Horizon, Spiderman,FF7 remake, GOW, etc have even come out. Stop being unrealistic. Consoles aren't PCs updated every couple of months. And even then, most PC games don't take advantage of new cards. Just brute forced. It's modders who spend all that time and energy going back. But they're not getting paid. Unless they're picked up for their outstanding mod work.
Lastly, PSVR benefits from Pro. It wasn't made for Pro. A whole year went by while we watched journalists, developers and gamers playing VR on base PS4 having no trouble and enjoying it with motion tracking. For those like....*expired loaf *... You know who I'm talking about.. Just because some developers are lazy with cash grabs like NBA2K VR with no VR motion control
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doesn't mean PSVR has trouble with forward tracking. If this exists on PSVR in Carnival games PSVR
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Then, there is no problem. They were lazy with NBA. Maybe they'll update that trash that only uses the controller and not 2 moves.
It's really a shame support for this game has widely stopped now. I would have loved to see an optimised version for the Pro on it with a lot of the visual effects retained. Bad mistake to let them go by Sony imho. That said they supported the game way more than other developers do usually.
I read first that DC VR was making many sick, due to the sharp foreground vs. distant blur, including DF, tested and many others.
Now its the best PSVR racer that stands toe to toe with the competition with no mention of the previous summation.
Alrighty then.
SO the vr version is running at 60fps??The difference in quality can't be that BIG.SOmething's off,it must have been rushed because that looks really bad.