Reggie: Current State of VR is not fun

the-pi-guy · Jun 18, 2015, 04:01 PM

Reggie Fils-Aime: Current state of VR isn't fun - NeoGAF

QuoteJust saw this article at Polygon:https://www.polygon.com/2015/6/18/88...of-vr-isnt-fun
QuoteEarlier this week, I had a chance to chat with Fils-Aime about his take on the industry, Nintendo and the state of things to come in gaming. In light of Microsoft's HoloLens, the Oculus Rift, the PlayStation's Project Morpheus, I wanted to know if Nintendo was reevaluating its take on virtual reality. Is there a Virtual Boy 2 in our future?
Probably not, at least not yet. Nintendo, it seems, remains pessimistic about the current state of the technology.
"We have knowledge of the technical space, and we've been experimenting with this for a long, long time," Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime. "What we believe is that, in order for this technology to move forward, you need to make it fun and you need to make it social."I haven't walked the floor, so I can't say in terms of what's on the floor today, but at least based on what I've seen to date, it's not fun, and it's not social. It's just tech."

What do you think? Do you agree with Reggie here?

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Mmm_fish_tacos · Jun 18, 2015, 04:10 PM

Don't agree. Did he ever Stop to think the game pad wasn't fun?

Legend · Jun 18, 2015, 04:15 PM

Lots of people are saying rigs is fun.

the-pi-guy · Jun 18, 2015, 04:16 PM

Quote from: Legend on Jun 18, 2015, 04:15 PMLots of people are saying rigs is fun.

They just haven't been told they were wrong yet, they will know soon enough.

Max King of the Wild · Jun 18, 2015, 04:23 PM

What an idiot. I'm not a fan of VR and hope it dies but if I were in his position I would be smart enough to say it's an interesting tech that has potential but nintendo has no plans to join that market yet

7H3 · Jun 18, 2015, 04:25 PM

Nintendo doesn't know how to do social so....

Dr. Pezus · Jun 18, 2015, 04:31 PM

So he hasn't tried it but calls it not fun lol. Meanwhile, Virtual Boy was the shame back in the day!

Mmm_fish_tacos · Jun 18, 2015, 04:55 PM

Quote from: Legend on Jun 18, 2015, 04:15 PMLots of people are saying rigs is fun.

Do you have links?

Legend · Jun 18, 2015, 05:10 PM

Quote from: Mmm_fish_tacos on Jun 18, 2015, 04:55 PMDo you have links?

Gametrailers twitch archive.

Cut and edited video will go up sometime today I bet.

Cute Pikachu · Jun 18, 2015, 07:41 PM

Miyamoto literally said the exact opposite when he tried oculus...

Dr. Pezus · Jun 18, 2015, 10:43 PM

Quote from: God-of-Sackboy on Jun 18, 2015, 07:41 PMMiyamoto literally said the exact opposite when he tried oculus...

Cause Miyamoto is a gamer, not a tool like Reggie

Legend · Jun 19, 2015, 12:26 AM

Quote from: Pezus on Jun 18, 2015, 10:43 PMCause Miyamoto is a gamer, not a tool like Reggie

I like reggie. just ignore his pr speak

Cute Pikachu · Jun 19, 2015, 01:43 AM

Quote from: Pezus on Jun 18, 2015, 10:43 PMCause Miyamoto is a gamer, not a tool like Reggie

Didnt he come from Pizza Hut.

BasilZero · Jun 19, 2015, 01:57 AM

Quote from: Max King of the Wild on Jun 18, 2015, 04:23 PMWhat an idiot. I'm not a fan of VR and hope it dies but if I were in his position I would be smart enough to say it's an interesting tech that has potential but nintendo has no plans to join that market yet

They have no plans of having a unified online account system, how is them not accepting VR surprising

Anyways, Reggie's a PR idiot so its no surprise there.

Cute Pikachu · Jun 19, 2015, 01:59 AM

Yeah Reggie is the opposite of Iwata.
Iwata doesn't sound like an dog with his responses and actually makes logical explanations.
Reggie's are just shame.