The VR thread. U R Not red(e) PSVR2 is legitimate!

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Started by Mmm_fish_tacos, Sep 05, 2015, 06:10 PM

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How sick of Pi's VR hype are you?

the-pi-guy

Don't think I've seen this before.  

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I can add a tiny bit of credibility to that. I work for a AAA game company and am a big VR evangelist there, things changed recently with our attitude to VR, something I am not happy about.
It's a long story and many reasons for it but the result is PSVR is now our primary VR platform and VR has a lot less focus than it had. So expect console ports to PC for VR also. :/
Some background, we already know from Sony the PSVR should have a street price at $299, tops is $349. I recall part of a meeting for me fighting for PC VR that went like this:
Me: We know console peripherals don't sell well and the price of the PSVR is very close to price of the Rift.
Snr Man: PSVR is Half
Me: All indications say the Rift is at most $100 more and PC gamers will pay it.
Snr Man: Those indications are wrong, Rift is at least $600 and could be more.
The senior management here are in a position to know far more than me, but I hope this is wrong still and it will be under $500.
secretlyacutekitten comments on Palmer Luckey tweetstorm: VR is expensive today, will be more affordable in the future