Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Sets The Record Straight On His VR Feelings

I was hoping the new Xbox would support VR, disappointing. Will have to get a better PC at some point that can handle it.

What I don't get is these people who are like 'consoles have to support VR in order to succeed' but thought the Kinect was the Antichrist, when the situations are VERY similar. Just like with the Kinect, EVERYONE will have to have one in order to have game developers put in REAL support for it. Both peripherals would do great *if* everyone owns one AND you can get them over their fear of new technology.

Spencer was right from the start. VR is in it's infancy at best. I can really see it going away just like curved HDTVs have. Spencer is doing the right thing by focusing on gaming. I get motion sick, and most people can only play for 30 minutes maybe up to an hour before feeling sick. That itself doesn't sound like fun to me. I don't care how "amazing" the experience is. It's still early tech. Spencer/Microsoft/Xbox have plenty of time and the hardware will be there when the time comes, if it comes. He has had it right from the start. Like said below... media leave him alone. He doesn't need to make excuses or explain himself.

I mean to be honest, he wasn't wrong back in December and he's not wrong now. He shouldn't have to apologise when what he said is 110% true. Most gamers don't care for VR. A good example would be PlayStation. Over the 100+ million PS4 owners only 4-5% actually own the headset (if I remember correctly the last sales figures Sony told the media was 4 million PSVR sold). PSVR sold the most out of every other VR but is the weakest/cheapest of all the VRs.

The amount sold is more than enough to tell you that VR is a great piece of tech but most gamers don't want it nor do they care whether it be console or PC.

Phil Spencer not focusing on VR right now makes sense, since it would more of waste as of right now but they may look at it in the future again assume it takes off

That's one of the perks for PC Gaming - you don't have to ask any company for it. If It's the very latest tech, then it's there to use.

This chump sure apologizes a lot.

He said what he meant and meant what he said. Leave him be media

It's for the best, right now. I mean, I grabbed a PSVR to play Resident Evil 7's VR mode and while it was awesome, it left a lot to be desired... and then no other FULL AAA games seemed to materialize.

Everything is a sit/stand tech-demo or mini game with motion controls. I just want to move around like I always do with a controller, but with the added benefit of being able to look around like I'm "In the game". Just treat the VR headset like a special TV FFS and it would add SO much to our current games.

Phil Spencer has made some serious mis-steps as of late. Gambling on Streaming formats is IMO one of the biggest gambles. I have yet to ever see a service like that be good or not have lag issues. I still like Phil, but hes already starting to make some mistakes IMO. When he stated Sony is no longer a direct competitor, but Amazon and Stadia were I knew he has lost touch with the core gaming crowd. I am calling it now Sony has already one this new generation before it has even started yet. This coming from a fan of Xbox!

Meh, I do not care about VR. I cannot use it for more than 15 minutes so it is useless to me. If MS really wanted to have VR support, there are plenty of headsets already out there and they already have partnership with one of the companies. All it would take is an adapter for extra USB ports (assuming there isn't enough already) and an update and boom, Xbox Series X is VR ready. If a current gen console can run a headset, pretty sure a next gen will be capable as well.

Quite the turnaround from when the X box One was first revealed, huh?

I remember hearing the groans when it was announced that it would have Kinect built in and on always. It seems Microsoft is trying to correct the errors of their past and actually listen to gamers this time.

Love him or hate him, I think part of this focus is thanks to Phil. He really seems to want to propel the brand forward and I think he realizes doing so is based on the wants and needs of gamers.

I think Microsoft is positioning themselves in a good place this go around so we could be in for a battle like in the PS3/360 days.

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As things stand now I understand them not seeing it as something worth pursuing. Headsets are bulky, expensive, and take a lot more power to run than a flatscreen. It's not going to stay that way though. Eventually they'll be not much larger than a pair of glasses, more affordable, and easier to run games on. VR may never take off but it will eventually get to a point where it could. MS needs to keep a close eye on what's happening in VR in case it does.

When it comes to Cloud gaming, If they do not find a way to eliminate the lag often associated with these services from the controller to the game its dead! I am all for cloud gaming if they can get the game play to be as responsive as hardware based games. I do not ever see this happening so I always look at companies focused on this as beating the dead horse.