Morpheus won't get much backing according to dev LOL

It doesn't matter. Consumer see a VR headset as a type of device. The popularity of the trend builds the market. Having one do okay and the others fail and/or receive negative press can be detrimental to the actual concept under the eyes of the consumer. For example, if some ingredient in a food is publicized as having some kind of possible health risk, then any other competitor also using the same ingredient is affected as well.

yep... This thread is the biggest pc only and (one masquerading lembot) circle jerk I have seen around here in a long time. That Valkyrie demo looked great, and will be fine for a new experience on consoles. What some of these guys who spend thousands of dollars on hardware don't get is that many people don't have the disposable income to invest in a setup that can play star citizen with VR. The Morpheus will, most likley (if sony is smart on price), release a vr headset that is affordable for everyone. That is the difference, and plug and play. Am I saying it will be successful? Who knows... but you guys are all just trolling fools to write something off...oh wait it supports your agenda.... lol...

Why do I get the feeling that if it was on XB1 you would be all for it....

Because you can't use rational thought and take my post exactly as it is. VR on a closed ecosystem of any kind is dumb and without future, not to mention it's on a weak console...

Forgive me if I disagree. VR isn't close to being mainstream and anyone who is interested in VR or more specifically the occulus is already going to be more educated than your average consumer on why it is or is not a good purchase.

That is my point. The goal of all these manufacturers is to bring it to the masses--make it a mainstream "normal" device. Negativity around it will hinder any product in the category.

Sonys failings aren't going to slow the VR fad anymore than they slowed down motion controls with their garbage PS move. It will get so little recognition that the mainstream isn't going to know it existed let alone that it failed.

I see GS is populated entirely by console game developers who seem to know better than the makers of the headset and console, how about you all wait and see what they have instore before jumping on board the hate bandwagon.

Personally im hyped for the morpheus and the possibilities and games, i'll laugh even harder when everyone here who talked bad about it suddenly runs out and buys one declaring it the 'best thing ever!!'.

Kids these days, when will you learn....

1.6Ghz CPU, HD7850 in a box with no user created content of any kind, come back down to reality.

Not really. On PC? Sure. But failure of Morpheus won't do anything negative to a potential success or failure of VR on PC. In fact, it's weakness might strenghten people's desire to try VR on PC, too see how it will look when it's pulled off properly.

Morpheus being bad will do as much damage to Oculous as LG Prada's suckiness did to iPhone.

No they are not tied together, Occulus can run on some seriously powerful hardware which means you can Take virtually any Game and Make it VR, you Will NOT see games on the same graphics Level as Killzone, Uncharted or Bloodborne on the Ps4 because it would require nearly twice the amount of power to run the game and these games already push Consoles to there limits.

theres a huge difference between being able to play high end AAA titles on VR and only being able to play Mediocre Kinect style games on VR.

I don't think Naughty Dog is working on any VR games. They are too busy trying to get Uncharter 4 to look as good as it's reveal. Sony will probably release a couple 1st party games for it, but I'm not expecting many games for this thing right out of the gate. Every game made will need to be a homerun for anyone to be interested in spending the extra $200+ to buy the device.

Didn't even need to read to already know why VR would not survive. Most developers are kinda lazy to be honest. I mean seriously the best idea there ever was for the Kinect was a dancing game. No one could make a decent fighting game or even something like an on rails shooter (I don't count Fable Legends) So yeah VR like the eye toy, Kinect, power glove, DDR dance pads, Rock Band and Guitar Hero equipment, duck hunt gun, and any other accessory will be sitting in the corner collecting dust.

I bet you people would have scoffed when the NES was announced. "What? It's not got HD graphics and isn't even capable of real 3D LOL!"

As I said... The more competition the better.

Valves, Facebooks, and Sony. Samsung is using Facebook's tech.

As far as developers have been saying from 2014, sony's device is on par with OR. If they can keep competing, then a VR war would only help consumers.

I love how all people on forums are suddenly experts. I highly doubt the device won't work. companies spend tons of money in R&D and advertising and planning. You think they wake up one day and say lets make a VR device? Of course the device will work, the issue is will there be anything good for it. it's the same thing with kinect, it's a great device, but it lacks any meaningful software support because people weren't buying the games for it and most of them sucked. If sony wants it to be successful they need to make games for it themselves, and a lot of them. Of course that means funding them and throwing lots of money around but 3rd party devs aren't going to support it until they see people will buy games for it.

Well, not a total bust, someone maybe can swoop in and buy its patents cheap in the end.

I'm telling you, whoever creates their VR in tandem with the first virtual strip club and adult erotic entertainment is going to make bank on this. Porn will crown the king of VR, just as it did during the Blu-ray and VHS format wars.

Well shit I wish you told Sony that before they bothered investing into it.