Would be cool if they released VR games on PSnow, and people could use that to stream the games onto their Morpheus. Because to use PSnow, you technically don't need a ps4, or even a PS platform.

The spin is incredibly by Sony. A standalone VR system with its own hardware CPU could be justify as its own platform. Heck, the Virtual Boy is that platform as it doesn't need a Nintendo console to play games. PROJECT Morpheus NEEDS the PS4 to run the software to work. So like the Kinect and PS Eye, it is an peripheral, there is no other definition for it.

Scary wording. It says something about their pricing direction.

But let's be honest: if Sony really believed that, they would definitely be giving Morpheus a larger stage presence.

I applaud Sony for innovating in this space, but they need to understand that Morpheus is no guaranteed success. PlayStation 4 is doing phenomenally, but it's also a PlayStation home platform. People just like to play games, it seems. Kinect? PS Eye? PS4 Camera? Heck, even PlayStation Vita? This probably won't help, but being built-to-order would at least save them some heavy losses. Or maybe I'm entirely wrong and Morpheus turns out amazing with a great adoption rate. Time will tell, but I think it'll be an uphill battle unquestionably. Good luck to them on this, especially when you call it a "new platform". How does that make consumers feel after just buying the PlayStation 4 less than two years ago?

If this is more than $200 it will flop.

Still too experimental to gain the footing Sony demands for it, I think.

a platform who need a PC or probably a PS4 sound like a peripheral to me.

I would like to try this but i think it will cost way too much for me, £250 is the most i would pay.

Sony like to confuse the use of peripheral and platform, they also called the ps move a platform. In reality these are peripherals, guess platform makes it sound like something totally new and worthy of premium price tagging though. Marketing mumbo jumbo

Now I'm interested. VR is extremely resource intensive and by the time this thing releases the PS4 would be halfway through its life cycle.

Some of you are cheap!

Do you want a crappy plastic thing to put on your head or a nice comfortable and easily fitted headset?

Anyways most things that are bing said about it have been very positive

Many of you apparently didn't read the article. Sony isn't claiming it's a new platform independent of the PS4. That's nothing more than the sensationalist headline to this article.

Internally Sony is viewing it as a "platform" because they think it's a game changer. Sony did not try to imply Morpheus doesn't need the PS4 to work.

SCE America CEO Shawn Layden said and I quote "VR for us, it’s not a peripheral.” “It’s not a, ‘here’s the latest way to interact with the game’ thing. It’s a platform. It has the ability to impact gaming the same way that smart phones [changed] cell phones."

Did you catch the "FOR US" part? If that how they are viewing it then that's how they view it. I find it interesting the Oculus Rift can get away with calling there "PC peripheral" a platform but Sony can't? Apparently the Oculus Rift doesn't need a PC? Wow, must be some killer tech. SMH.

wow
such marketing

Lifelnz you can interact with the person playing from outside the game with asymmetrical gaming. It doesn't have to be the guy withmore his is the only person playing. Sorta like the wiiu and other controllers

They said the same thing about PS Move and Project Morpheus won't be as successful

Well that doesn't bode well for an affordable price

Should've came with the PS4 then. It's going to be treated like a peripheral just like eye toy on PS2 and PS move on PS3.
....Truth

I do not see me getting it day one, but I am really interested to see how it develops. One question I have is with three gamers in the house will it tie up the ps4?

I can see why they're making the distinction. It makes the commitment more clear. It will need its own games that aren't just bolted on VR camera controls. I wouldn't be surprised if they have a slightly different box design for the games to make Morpheus-specific games clear. There should be a bunch of VR only games, as VR mechanics can liberate a game design in some ways - if they have to accommodate both it will harm some game concepts.

They'll want to reduce the ps4 unit price as much as possible so they can sell a Morpheus bundle geared at VR fans - who might not even be big gamers. They need a good VR cinema system that can rig up to their video store and the Netflix/plex apps etc. Devs that have been working on demos and VR tourism and science stuff should sell or give away their projects for Morpheus too. If they do all these things they're setting themselves apart as a decently powerful machine with a very easy UI/marketplace and content.. Like the middle point between the cheap samsungVR type mobile VR and the expensive and fiddly, currently more hobbyist focused PC headsets.

sony meant : new platform as this is a whole new ball game. they see this as a game changer. the only people who think vr will flop, didn't really experience the latest versions of vr devices or any vr device.

If this one is PC compatible, then this is the one to get. It looks the most comfortable and is the only one compatible with PS4. If it doesn't become PC compatible then I would probably go with the Oculus or Valve's thing because you have to be able to use it on your PC first and foremost.

If Morpheous can run on its own and not need additional hardware to actually run games I will consider it it's own platform. But if it needs other hardware to function...then it's an accessory.

Of course it is going to need a system to drive it (ps4, PC) but it is its own platform as its going to need its own software programmed specifically to it to take advantage of its capabilities. I'm going with $499 for the headset, PS Move 2 and camera. If it works well then it's worth every penny. New tech isn't cheap, this isn't dollar days at Kmart. Pay up and enjoy getting in on the ground floor of agar regardless of if your choice is Morpheus or Oculus.

Believe it's both - a peripheral and a platform.

Will definitely get these at a later date ( hopefully discounted as well ) once I have gathered all the positives/negatives from first-time buyers'.

I really want to experience VR-tech.

some grade A damage controlling going on. It will be a failed venture at the end of the day. Someone nailed it up top,it's not being called an add on to justify the price. It is only an add on,it doesnt have a untethered pc like hololense which will make sense to cost a lot. Morpheuos will cost about $299 and the sony faithful will buy it but mainstream america isnt ready for it. That gaming line up for it is atrocious lol. This will go down as a huge meltdown for sony. Same people on board for move are hyped again and you saw sonys support for that..... i love my kinect enough to pack it with me when i travel. Just got the gf kinectimals on 360 and see why it was a wii killer.Anyways this will be fun to watch,no games,trying to promote tv more, terrible customer service,VR fluff,delays smoke and mirrors hidden between cgi trailers and 3rd party deals,sony needs to be careful. 15 years ago every one only wanted there tv's never thought they would be almost non existent now, keep charging more for less and people will catch on....eventually.

A platform? Isn't that what MS called Kinect 1.0?

A little worrisome, since that it implies that, like Kinect, games will need to be designed specifically for it, and that it may not have the numbers to justify great games.

Sony REALLY needs to let the Morpheus run under the Windows 10 Holographic API, so that PC gamers can choose it as an alternative to Oculus, HTC, etc... that will allow PS4 devs to justify putting more money into developing PS4 Morpheus games.

Sadly, just as they never bothered to make Windows drivers for the DS3 or DS4... I suspect they're going to try and pull an Apple (and make it proprietary)... and Morpheus will bomb as an expensive toy, where it could have been a spectacular, successful option for more than just PS4.

Poof just like that I have no more interest in this. They cannot even support a handheld.....

Marketing talk: As a "peripheral" it's just hard to sell, since it will be quiet expensive for a peripheral. So marketing names it a new "platform".
In fact I can't use it on its own, so it's per definition an output device = peripheral.

Another reason could be, that they do not make it PS4 exclusive, so you could propably use it on your PC as well. Was there any statement about that? I didn't really follow the diffrent VR devices lately.

"Compatible videogames are able to be ‘reprojected’ in 120fps on the device without actually running at this frame rate on the console."

How the bleep are they going to pull this off? first I've heard it..

Edit: interesting! http://ps4daily.com/2015/03...

Really a nice device and probably ahead of its time.
Unfortunately, It will fail miserably.

Sony has perhaps the worst ratio of support for peripheral and new thing and are quick to let it go.

- PSP go
- Move
- ps EYE
- the ps3 3dTV
- Vita
- Wonderbook.

So.... "What we're basically saying is its going to be a damnsite more expensive than we assured you it would be"

I hope I can connect ps Morpheus to my sony experia z3 would be very cool

So everyone willing to give $400 ps4, x1 $500 to $349... Then games..on top of it all $300,$400 maybe more for VR???? I don't think so for me!!! I think VR is a waste of money one will flop from start n other will hang on couple yrs

it's compatible with the PlayStation 4 and Vita (both of which I already own, conveniently). Putting aside the comparisons to Oculus Rift, Project Morpheus delivers a great VR experience with solid hardware; it's just going to take the right games to sell it.

http://www.escapistmagazine...

Well interesting to say the least, cheaper entry point and usable with PSVita, maybe even playstation TV also..