Maybe, Maybe Not, but the Rift will not be mainstream (Gaming)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Thursday, January 07, 2016, 13:06 (3041 days ago) @ narcogen

Price is a small part of it.

If VR were completely killer, and just flat out awesome, then a high price tag wouldn't mean much. People would buy it, love it, rave about it, and eventually the tech will get cheaper.

But it is very lacking right now. So even if it were cheap and got in to the hands of everyone, people would play it, realize it's not generally great, and write it off.

The genres where it kicks ass are genres without much wide appeal, so even though TIE fighter or GT on Oculus would rock so hard, the market isn't going to be wide enough. There's only so many people who are going to buy a capable PC, steering wheel, and a headset for a racing game.

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VR has failed - Cody Miller, 2016-01-06, 23:16
- VR has failed - General Vagueness, 2016-01-06, 23:44
- VR has failed - ObsidianKitteh, 2016-01-06, 23:44
- VR has failed - stabbim, 2016-01-06, 23:51
  - VR has failed - MacAddictXIV, 2016-01-07, 12:46
  - 3D in films - Kahzgul, 2016-01-07, 15:54
    - 3D in films - stabbim, 2016-01-07, 18:24
      - 3D in films - Kahzgul, 2016-01-07, 23:45
  - VR has failed - Claude Errera, 2016-01-07, 16:13
    - VR has failed - Ragashingo, 2016-01-07, 16:29
    - VR has failed - Cody Miller, 2016-01-07, 17:02
      - My problem with 3D movies is how dark they all look here - ZackDark, 2016-01-07, 17:43
      - VR has failed - Claude Errera, 2016-01-07, 19:06
        
        Good point. - MacAddictXIV, 2016-01-07, 19:20
        
        You know, the Rift does all of that pretty well - ZackDark, 2016-01-07, 19:50
        
        You know, the Rift does all of that pretty well - cheapLEY, 2016-01-07, 23:19
    - same here. - Kermit, 2016-01-07, 18:34
    - Agreed - Blackt1g3r, 2016-01-07, 20:09
      - Agreed - Cody Miller, 2016-01-07, 20:26
      - Agreed - dogcow, 2016-01-07, 21:32
      - Moral of the story - MacAddictXIV, 2016-01-08, 12:13
        
        My ADD says otherwise - Blackt1g3r, 2016-01-08, 13:28
- Agree to disagree. - cheapLEY, 2016-01-06, 23:52
- Already?! Glad I didn't buy... - Ragashingo, 2016-01-06, 23:53
- VR has failed - bluerunner, 2016-01-07, 00:57
  - So that's what Cody meant. :p - Ragashingo, 2016-01-07, 01:07
  - You're Wrong. - Morpheus, 2016-01-07, 02:05
- VR has failed - Kermit, 2016-01-07, 01:14
  - VR has failed - uberfoop, 2016-01-07, 01:38
    - Maybe, Maybe Not, but the Rift will not be mainstream - narcogen, 2016-01-07, 05:55
      - Maybe, Maybe Not, but the Rift will not be mainstream - Cody Miller, 2016-01-07, 13:06
        
        Maybe, Maybe Not, but the Rift will not be mainstream - MacAddictXIV, 2016-01-07, 13:09
        
        Maybe, Maybe Not, but the Rift will not be mainstream - cheapLEY, 2016-01-07, 13:22
      - Maybe, Maybe Not, but the Rift will not be mainstream - Funkmon, 2016-01-07, 19:40
  - VR has failed - cheapLEY, 2016-01-07, 01:44
- VR has failed - CruelLEGACEY, 2016-01-07, 01:30
  - VR has failed - Ragashingo, 2016-01-07, 01:48
  - VR has failed - Cody Miller, 2016-01-07, 02:36
    - VR has failed - cheapLEY, 2016-01-07, 03:00
      - VR has failed - Cody Miller, 2016-01-07, 03:10
        
        VR has failed - cheapLEY, 2016-01-07, 03:21
        
        VR has failed - MacAddictXIV, 2016-01-07, 13:03
- Palmer Luckey AMA on Reddit. - cheapLEY, 2016-01-07, 02:26
- Way off. - Funkmon, 2016-01-07, 03:52
  - Way off. - ProbablyLast, 2016-01-07, 16:17
    - Arguably VR's greatest feature. - Funkmon, 2016-01-07, 16:34
  - I don't know - Monochron, 2016-01-07, 17:03
    - I don't know - MacAddictXIV, 2016-01-07, 17:17
      - lol - Funkmon, 2016-01-07, 17:45
        
        That wasn't a joke... - MacAddictXIV, 2016-01-07, 17:50
        
        That wasn't a joke... - Cody Miller, 2016-01-07, 18:06
        
        ayyyyup. - Funkmon, 2016-01-07, 18:08
    - I don't know - Funkmon, 2016-01-07, 17:45
- Why do you 'get off' from making polarizing statements? - Pyromancy, 2016-01-07, 04:03
  - "It is a failure. Should've listened to me!" - Cody on forum - Funkmon, 2016-01-07, 04:13
- so does it have Mario tennis? - Schedonnardus, 2016-01-07, 12:31
- Wrapping my head around "VR Has Failed" makes my head hurt - kidtsunami, 2016-01-07, 16:31
- Thanks for the heads up! - TheeChaos, 2016-01-08, 13:32

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