Sony Exec Admits PlayStation VR May Not Match Oculus Rift in Terms of Quality

@DuaneDog: It's the same thing I've noticed. VR is a cool thing to try at a convention for 5 mins, but actually using it to play games at home would probably turn me more paranoid than let me relax and immerse myself in the game. "Did I hear something? Did you say something?", "Is my food burning?"

But then again we have to remember that unfortunately, and by self-decision there are millions of people who don't have pets or people in same household, decide to live in isolation and so on. VR could net millions from those people alone. Successful business is usually aimed at someone, not trying to cater to everyone's needs.

@DuaneDog: wow. I just read a well thought out comment, I'm stunned. Mate I could not agree with you more I am already deeply concerned about the family unit as it is, and a world were VR is the norm is kinda scary in alot of ways.

I don't think it can fail either as there is far to much money invested from very wealthy people.

I am 30 very soon and I have just had a beautiful baby girl. I had saved money in the expectation that as my bday pressie I would buy the PSVR. But after doing my own thinking and reading your comments, I don't think I will.

I'm not going to be the start of an absent parent or have my girl watch me and think that's normal. I really hope people really consider this.

@scoobydoobydont: The idea of PS4 being "underpowered for VR" is utter nonsense that asserts there is some kind of "minimum requirement" for VR which too is nonsense as no such thing exists. If what you said were true, (and to be clear, it isn't), then Gear VR wouldn't exist, which even though it's the lowest end of VR is actually still really good at what it does.

Having tried all 4 major headsets, I can tell you that PSVR felt the smoothest, fastest, and had no screendoor effect while the other headsets did have very noticeable screendoor. PSVR also felt the most comfortable on my head. People need to realize that Sony has been developing visual headsets since 1989 so they have a far superior grasp on tech implementation than HTC and Oculus would, they simply have vastly more experience in this space. Hardware is not simply about the specs themselves but also how the technology is implemented and managed.

The only big advantage the PC headsets have is higher resolution, but I ask, what good is a better resolution when you're looking at a picture that looks like a porch screen is over it? I'm surprised the media isn't bringing this up, but this is a rude awakening that the "PC is God" crowd is about to get, a well-earned rude awakening.

@lukey52: that's the point infact, I think sony made quite the deal in this, for some high end pc owner VR or vive will probably do regardless, but for average ppl sony has made quite a deal, given the thought of how many people own a ps4 I got to say the thing will be quite tempting for many (=

@berserker66666: How do you know? do you work at Valve?

@berserker66666: Dont know how anyone can claim one is better than the other other than subjective reports by beta testers. Software will determine the winner and right now Rift sees to have the edge, especially given the crap software included with vive. Who ever gets the current big games (GTAV, Fallout, etc) to incorporate their tech well will be the real winner.

@berserker66666: The difference between Vive and Rift is even smaller than the difference between PS4 and Xbone, which is to say not even worth bringing up its so tiny. And Occulus has the content, content is king.

@flames325: XBOX One hasn't sold 24 Million units. There is a reason Microsoft stopped talking about unit sales a long time ago...

@kadaverhagga: Vive is more, and better.

@joshrmeyer: The problem is you can not expect the same PS4 graphics from VR, it will be much lower.

Also, "does it really matter?". Yes, it does and it will matter more and more when we go further into the life span of the consoles.

@blackamerica: so...when did they announce an official price? all they said is that it will cost the same amount of a brand new console which is around $250-$500

@blackamerica:

Do you know the cost? Enlighten us! You're so smart, tell us what the price will be! And please, feel free to use conjunctions properly to make complete sentences.

@Boddicker:

Sony has a pretty sound history for consumer products, dating back to the 80s.

@haze0986: It is so clear you have no idea what building an optimal VR PC rig would cost. The GPU and CPU alone with cost you around $550-600, the rest of the PC of course can't be cheap'd out on since VR like Oculus or Vive requires a decent load of hardware, so you're looking at at least 16GB RAM, power supply healthy enough to run everything, a case with proper cooling, and if you're looking for both an SSD to boot from (presumably 128-250GB range) and a 1TB HDD, you're looking at easily $140 right there, along with the monitor, which is useless with a VR capable rig if it's anywhere below 1080p (at least $150+) with all peripherals - but not even including peripherals, you're looking to spend no less than $1100 to run VR on a reasonable level of performance. Then stack on the price of the headset itself ($600-800) and you REALLY think it's cheaper than an $800 PS4/VR bundle? Get a hold of your mind man.

@haze0986: both the card and the processor you mentioned sells for around $280 a piece. Suppose you find one on a deal - $200. That's $400. There's no way you're buying everything else in under $350 ( A motherboard, power supply, RAM, hardrive, and case - each of those things average out around [roughly] $80 a piece, and that's on the cheap side). I don't know where you live, but making a average gaming rig (and starting from scratch) will take at least > $850 (excluding tax). You can build one for less, but it'll literally be only comparable to consoles.

Sure you can wait out for extreme deals and go bargain hunting, but that discounts the cost of searching.

And that still doesn't factor in all of the peripherals. Mouse, Keyboard, Sound, Monitor (presumably you're not building a rig solely for VR), and of course, the VR. And further suppose that prices for VR drops in a few (2-3) years - to say, $250. By that time. the specs of your rig will have been marginally outdated.

No, from a cost standpoint (not including software), there's no way that's cheaper.

@Darkangel2154: Looking at the reliability of most of their stuff there is no way i d buy vr from them.

@Darkangel2154:

They're almost going bust. No cash to take on a new venture