[QUOTE=Sam Za Nemesis;49886264]Fuck sake, I understand they want to push VR but can they release a game instead of [I]experiments [/I]for a niche that only a handful amount of developers can try?[/QUOTE]
What "only a handful of developers"? This thing is going to be released for free on steam.
[QUOTE=simkas;49887430]What "only a handful of developers"? This thing is going to be released for free on steam.[/QUOTE]
You still need a $799 piece of equipment to play it (and a powerful enough rig). Not everyone has that money to splash on technology that only has a handful of games to play it with.
[QUOTE=benbb;49887525]You still need a $799 piece of equipment to play it (and a powerful enough rig). Not everyone has that money to splash on technology that only has a handful of games to play it with.[/QUOTE]
They need to start somewhere. The whole VR industry is just barely learning to stand on its feet. Wait and see what happens.
[QUOTE=benbb;49887525]You still need a $799 piece of equipment to play it (and a powerful enough rig). Not everyone has that money to splash on technology that only has a handful of games to play it with.[/QUOTE]
You realise you most likely wont need any type of VR headset to be able to play? You just wont get the full experience without a VR headset
[QUOTE=Sam Za Nemesis;49886264]Fuck sake, I understand they want to push VR but can they release a game instead of [I]experiments [/I]for a niche that only a handful amount of developers can try?[/QUOTE]
would rather they withhold a free tech demo from everyone except those who own an $800 peripheral or withhold a full-priced game from everyone except those who own an $800 peripheral?
[QUOTE=benbb;49887525]You still need a $799 piece of equipment to play it (and a powerful enough rig). Not everyone has that money to splash on technology that only has a handful of games to play it with.[/QUOTE]
If that's true, then fuck that.
VR is in the same spot as videogames in the 70s-80s. Kind of gimmicky, doesn't know where it wants to go, requires overly expensive and unwieldy hardware to play, but it's still kinda awesome.
It has a chance if history repeats itself and VR arcades become mainstream.
[QUOTE=benbb;49887525]You still need a $799 piece of equipment to play it (and a powerful enough rig). Not everyone has that money to splash on technology that only has a handful of games to play it with.[/QUOTE]
You can't get an industry off its feet without using said industry, lol
The whole point of this is to help give developers ideas.
I don't understand why $800 is so expensive? Over in Australia you can get that from working a week or two depending on your job and if you're living paycheck to paycheck then you can't afford the High End PC that VR requires, meaning even cheaper VR models still won't be easily affordable
[QUOTE=Drury;49893992]VR is in the same spot as videogames in the 70s-80s. Kind of gimmicky, doesn't know where it wants to go, requires overly expensive and unwieldy hardware to play, but it's still kinda awesome.
It has a chance if history repeats itself and VR arcades become mainstream.[/QUOTE]
With a price tag like that, arcades are really the only way I can see VR picking back up again and keeping its foothold. I don't know how popular arcades are these days (I go to one semi-frequently in my town, but I feel like it's a special case) which may put a damper on the opportunity, possibly.
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