Playstation VR

[Mat]

I take it only the new PS4 camera will work, and not the one I bought for my PS3 when I initially bought my Move?

[Chontler]

Amazon sold out in the 10 mins I was in the car and couldn't get to it. Game have them for pre-order but their bad rep for orders puts me off.
I'll wait for Argos...

[Chontler]

I take it only the new PS4 camera will work, and not the one I bought for my PS3 when I initially bought my Move?

Yeah, only the ps4 camera will work with it

[skip]

The AU price of $549 for the PSVR + $450ish for PS4 puts the entire package at the roughly the same price as the Oculus or Vive alone sans PC.

Mass market VR here we come . I can't see the competitors getting much market share, not at least until the prices drop.

($549 AU roughly equals £270/280 at the moment)

[zip accident]

Still at that price it’s way more affordable than the other two. Even if you are a PC owner a PS4 + PS VR is very attractive, once you factor in the cost of upgrading or replacing your PC for the Vive or Rift.

Ps4, PSVR, TV + TV Licence? not a chance.

Who games on PCs and doesn't constantly upgrade? The people running XP aren't running it for games.

[venusian]

You don't need a new TV. Most monitors will accept HDMI. OTOH you do need one of the camera thingies.

I think it's going to depend on the software. Some good PS exclusives will really pay off.

[Deckard]

If a good keenly priced bundle comes with the whole lot then I'd be up for that later in the year as long as there are some show stopping "experiences" - I have zero interest in going the PC route. Presumably the Xbox has nothing on the immediate horizon for VR ?

[zip accident]

You don't need a new TV. Most monitors will accept HDMI.

Sure, at 30 FPS, or FHD.

I have zero interest in going the PC route.

That's fine, it is people saying that people who ARE going that route need to get a PS4 anyway that I am disagreeing with.

[Deckard]

You don't need a new TV. Most monitors will accept HDMI.

Sure, at 30 FPS, or FHD.

I have zero interest in going the PC route.

That's fine, it is people saying that people who ARE going that route need to get a PS4 anyway that I am disagreeing with.

I'm confused - isn't that me ? I don't have a ps4 currently ... I imagine an all in pack costing around 599 pounds or so which would be a tempter...

[pogo]

Ps4, PSVR, TV + TV Licence? not a chance.

Who games on PCs and doesn't constantly upgrade? The people running XP aren't running it for games.

TV License? You don’t need one to own a TV, certainly not to play games. We bought a TV a couple of years ago, even though we did not and do not have a licence. It has a couple of “set top boxes” plugged in, occasionally has a PC plugged into it. Does not get much use though as everyone watches video on their phone or tablet now.

The problem with Rift and Vive is their requirements are high, higher than the minimum for most PC games. PC games tend to support a pretty wide range of configurations, and usually let the user change settings to optimise their experience. You could invest in bleeding edge performance or buy second best/keep your old PC and dial down the frame rate and resolution.

But the resolution and frame rate in VR are fixed and high. Only a few graphics cards are supported and no cheap ones. Many people will need to buy a expensive new graphics card, which with the VR headset will easily push their investment over $1,000.

[zip accident]

You don't need a new TV. Most monitors will accept HDMI.

Sure, at 30 FPS, or FHD.

I have zero interest in going the PC route.

That's fine, it is people saying that people who ARE going that route need to get a PS4 anyway that I am disagreeing with.

I'm confused - isn't that me ? I don't have a ps4 currently ... I imagine an all in pack costing around 599 pounds or so which would be a tempter...

By "ARE going that route" I meant people who are going the PC route, which I understood you to say wasn't you.

Ps4, PSVR, TV + TV Licence? not a chance.

Who games on PCs and doesn't constantly upgrade? The people running XP aren't running it for games.

TV License? You don’t need one to own a TV, certainly not to play games.

There was certainly a time when TV licencing thought you did. Then again, maybe having a TV would get some people using it as a TV, which would need a licence.

The problem with Rift and Vive is their requirements are high, higher than the minimum for most PC games. PC games tend to support a pretty wide range of configurations, and usually let the user change settings to optimise their experience. You could invest in bleeding edge performance or buy second best/keep your old PC and dial down the frame rate and resolution.

But the resolution and frame rate in VR are fixed and high. Only a few graphics cards are supported and no cheap ones. Many people will need to buy a expensive new graphics card, which with the VR headset will easily push their investment over $1,000.

Some people try to play games on PCs that really aren't up to it. They tend to complain a lot about it too, but in the long run, that's not most of the PC gaming market.

[tenshi_alpha]

I wonder if you need a TV or monitor at all... I mean, could you just plug in your PS VR headset and use it as the main PS4 display device for ordinary 2D stuff like menus, games and films?

[zip accident]

I wonder if you need a TV or monitor at all... I mean, could you just plug in your PS VR headset and use it as the main PS4 display device for ordinary 2D stuff like menus, games and films?

That would be more like cost effective, but I wonder how comfortable it would be. I have some heavy headphones, they're good for an hour or two, but you can't wear them all day.

[pogo]

There was certainly a time when TV licencing thought you did. Then again, maybe having a TV would get some people using it as a TV, which would need a licence.

There was a time, a few decades ago, when the only thing you could do with a TV was watch broadcast TV. Perhaps then you would find it hard to argue that the expensive box in your living room did not need a license.

But then along came home computers which plugged into your TV, then VCRs, then DVDs. Now you can plug in one or more games consoles, a Blu-ray player, set top boxes, any PC. TVs are just monitors with a tuner, maybe more ports, maybe larger for watching at a distance. You have not needed a license for a TV for a very long time. The TV license lets you watch live TV, primarily the BBC. “TV license” though sounds better than “BBC tax” so they stuck with the old name.

[tenshi_alpha]

Llamasoft spotted: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016- ... n-vr-games

*_* extra excited now.