But they did ship already... (Destiny)

by RC , UK, Saturday, March 22, 2014, 19:58 (3697 days ago) @ Cody Miller

It would be hilarious if Sony beat Oculus to market with a superior product.

IMO, it'd be very sad and soul-crushing for small hardware developers all over. The Pebble smartwatch almost suffered a fate like that and I'm sure it was very scary for them.

Oculus should have shipped something. It's their own fault. Get it out there and make money. The prototypes were pretty good. Completely playable and fun. They keep delaying because they want the perfect product, not knowing that technology advances all the time, so they will forever be revising. You put it out and keep innovating. Meanwhile, Sony's headset will be connected to every PS4 because they actually get it.

You could buy an Oculus Rift DK1 for yourself online up until recently - they shipped something like 50,000 units. You can pre-order DK2 right now. It'll start shipping in July - less than 4 months away.

Sure, it's still labeled as a 'Dev Kit' but anyone can buy the hardware and try to the experiences that have already been built for it; such that they are. That is not even remotely true of any other device close to the category. If you got a problem with that then thats a comment on the marketing rather than their ability to ship.

Hardware isn't the issue though. The main issue is lack of content: the killer app. Supporting software and services is also one of Oculus' concerns before releasing a device they want to call 'Consumer Version 1.'

Sony isn't really going to be able to pull that stuff out of their butts any quicker than Oculus and the interested PC developers can. The software demos they showed were extremely basic. They'll be able to piggy-back on existing efforts for the Oculus Rift but they'll still have OS-side problems and no-one (unlike Valve's Steam VR mode) to help them with that. I have a PS4 and the OS is the worst thing about it.

If Project Morpheus isn't PC compatible then isn't that because Sony is too afraid to compete directly with Oculus?

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        Destiny & "Oculus" - Cody Miller, 2014-03-21, 19:19
      - But they did ship already... - RC, 2014-03-22, 19:58
        
        But they did ship already... - Cody Miller, 2014-03-23, 09:53
        
        But they did ship already... - RC, 2014-03-23, 15:07
- Aaaaaand Sony wins - Cody Miller, 2014-03-25, 16:44
  - Worst April Fools EVER - RC, 2014-03-25, 18:17
  - Aaaaaand Sony wins - Kermit, 2014-03-25, 18:55
  - WhatisthisIdon'teven...? - stabbim, 2014-03-25, 21:14
  - Aaaaaand Sony wins - Phoenix_9286, 2014-03-25, 23:00
    - South Park Wasn't kidding - Cody Miller, 2014-03-26, 09:32
      - But that's Simpsons. - UnrealCh13f, 2014-03-26, 19:44
        
        That's what he said...? - ZackDark, 2014-03-26, 20:07
  - Mixed feelings - SonofMacPhisto, 2014-03-26, 08:39

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