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A Year Since Its Release, Sony Seems to Have Abandoned PlayStation VR2 (www.ign.com)
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[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 20 points 9 months ago (3 children)

There just isn’t enough games so there isn’t enough players so there isn’t enough games.

People want full AAA titles, not just 50 minute “experiences”. If PSVR had Skyrim VR, GTA VR, and a real FPS with a full length campaign I’d probably finally get it.

I’m not paying $600 for mini golf and horizon call of the mountain

[–] Gamoc@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

PSVR1 does have Skyrim VR funnily enough.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I'm in the Quest space and it's kind of barren on PC, too. There are not as many Skyrim VR level games as you'd think. And things like GTA in VR are done with mods and don't always work.

But the porn definitely makes it worth the $500.

[–] abraxas@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago

Which is why Quest is beating PSVR in terms of overall experience. Of course, it's still not doing as well as it seems to need to. ACNexus did reasonably well considering the audience size, but they're still pulling out.

I'm sure the corp interest rates issue is part of it all, but nobody seems to be able to overcome the "why would I buy VR with no games?" and "why would I research games for VR if I don't have VR?"

I mean, for me, I've powered through more solid VR games since jan-1 than I've played PC/PS/Xbox games in the last 3 or 4 years. But the games I've been playing are The Room and 7th Guest (OMG t7G remake is the GOAT). Popular among an older generation, but not great to build a critical-mass following.

There's a marketing challenge and nobody has solved it. Even when I got my headset it was more of a "shit, I have nothing else to ask my wife for for Christmas... The HELL do I pick?"