Sony: PlaystationVR to cost as much as a console

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Sony stated yesterday that PlaystationVR (Project Morpheus) will cost the same a regular priced console.

$400 for VR anyone (PS4 is needed to as well)?

http://www.vg247.com/2015/09/18/playsta ... sony-boss/

.....that much just for.... uuuugh.

I really hate this industry sometimes. Well, okay, MOST of the time.

Like the Rift I'm just going to pretend it doesnt exist.

I don't have the money to keep up with this current gen of technology

It sounds like it will be slightly overpriced compared to the cost of a Rift or a Vive, especially considering it has a comparatively weak resolution.

Silly question, but what is a PlaystationVR? I'm more of a Nintendo person myself so I don't know.

too pricy for a marginal benefit IMO.

VR/rift/whatever has its benefits, but mainly in building/ship design, where you can "walk" around inside of a digital mock-up. For gaming, it's not worth the money (yet).

I might consider getting one if the price drops and there is more content that make good use of the tech. for now (like with 3d movies), the tech is just shoe-horned into existing regular content, for no real benefit.

I'd suggest waiting till there is 3'rd party products that flood the marked with cheap, compatible VR hardware.

I got a DK2 myself and there are few things that give a good feeling or has a use. Only really cool thing i've played that keeps me playing more is "AirDrift" - the flight feeling is awesome and i feel as free as a bird.



There are some issues with VR today - that has been around and never gotten addressed until recently, i found that motion sickness are related to:

1. Low FPS.
2. Viewbobbing/Headbobbing.
3. Camera cutscenes where the computer controls the players viewpoint which conflicts with head movement.

These things has to become a thing of the past or VR won't make it this time either, regardless of pricing.