Think it's here to stay but not in its current form. Needs to be more user friendly. Only have experience of gear vr and psvr. Psvr did have the wow factor then its problems showed. Foging, bulky headset, cables from hell, sick factor (for me) was my biggest issue. Hopefully next jump in hardware will sort things out.

This 1st consumer of VR with PSVR/HTC/Vive a equal parallel to Blackberry "smart" phones.
It was the first consumer adaption of VR from the 90's "booth" VR found in internet cafes and colleges, etc.
The next PSVR2/Vive/HTC/Whoever will have 4K and be a plug & play or even wireless headset at a lower cost.
VR is not going anywhere it's here to stay.
If you don't believe... I have a square wheel to sell you.

Slow? VR was dead to me before it was even out. I'm already aware of the poor capabilities, and stiff requirements for VR.

The only conclusion is that it was going to be rather underwhelming. Well, here we are.

no. wtf people?

if we held Video games to the standards we hold VR the industry would have died after pong!

VR is more tech demanding than flat screen, so VR can never match current techs graphics, but it makes up for that in immersion. so what if right now it has PS3 level graphics? we lived with that for years.

there ia still alot of great experiences in VR, and next gen VR will be even better, if we allow it to have a next gen and don't rush to bury it.

Another article for the trolls to come out. I expect most of u haven’t got a VR unit anyway because mummy won’t buy you one lol. And yes you can play Res 7 without VR, but playing within VR nothing comes close same goes for Wipeout. I have a 4K tv no doubt it looks amazing but the immersive experience of VR takes it above and beyond.

For gaming, it will never be popular.

I hate the push for VR. Would have much preferred that dev/cost go into something like a 4k bluray drive for my PS4 Pro, rather than support for PS VR. Much like Kinect and Eye Toy before it, this gimick was absolutely DOA from the start

Imo I definitely think it is,no developer is making any lengthy AAA games for it,nor are there many AAA games out that are compatible with VR except RE7. I never bought into the VR hype & always thought it was 2017's gimmick that won't have a lasting appeal,there's nothing like relaxing on your couch or on your bed playing your favorite game on a large screen 4k hdr tv for several hours.

IDK about the Vive, but PSVR seems to be doing well enough. It's cheap...it's got games...and they are still supporting it with new releases.

If anything the VR gimmicks for phones and what not are dying, but I know for a fact PSVR is still getting releases. Vive, however, is something I don't know much on and couldn't say...maybe that is what is dying.

If it is. it's a shame and I really hope not, because Gen1 VR is pretty damned great. Absolutely love messing with the Vive in evenings.

But, I very much doubt it, it's fantastic, but occasionally flawed by movement, not the technology.

whats cooler than vr?everyone that tries it says wowwwww .far cooler than 3d tech and also u can go inside vr with ur friends thats the true cool thing

Well, I don't think it's dying, the next gen should rev it up. It needs a bit more power and less wires.

I dont think so. I think next gen holds some promise for VR

all the main stream media and idiots like this want you to believe VR is dying, i really don't know why.

more headsets are being sold every month, lots of games are coming out, many AAA devs are working on unnanounced VR projects. More and more headsets are being developed by, windows, acer, lg, google, even nintendo is going to get the cinema headset.
more and more of my friends ar buying PSVR.
i think the people that are toxic towards VR (especially in these comments) are either jealous, or have never even tried a DECENT headset, i'm not talking cardboard or gear vr here.
i'll just go enjoy my VR world some more and you can all jump on the hate bandwagon and keep missing out on the most amazing gaming experiences of your life.

Once the Oasis is built everything will be fine ;)

VR was a fad from the beginning. But it has some great experiences. The industry moved on very quick

Wow I didn't even realize there was no VR presence at E3! That's sad....

VR was just ahead of itself and the tech is close... But just not there yet. VR isn't dead imo it's just not moving forward

The only reason I didn't buy the PSVR was to get the best experience I needed to buy another PS4 for the pro version, plus $300 for the PSVR. I have a PS4 and just could'nt justify spending $600-$700 to play the same games on my 1080P with a few VR games mixed in. When the PS5 comes up and if it still supports VR, then it'll be different. By then maybe PSVR 2.0 will be out.

My only issue with VR is that it can make me really sick. No matter how much I play or what I do, I cet sick. There are games I can handle and others that takes 5 minutes to make me so sick I don't want to play anymore. Plus, it really strains my eyes to a point where it's painful. That is my experience. Other than that, I really love the emersion. I hopr they will fix these issues. I know not everyone has them but many do. All of my friends without exception have the same issues as well so most of them don't play as much VR because if this.

why they just dont give us old games in vr ?call of duties on vr would be awesome .vr is cryingggg for a great fps .they dont even need to make new games .they must do what bethesda did

VR is the future, like it or not.! the potential is beyond huge..

VR is the future, you like it or not.

When I'm feeling down and I'm a dark place I always come here to read some negative bias from some none site about any gaming platform. Since no new games were announced for vr at e3 just 1 month ago.

VR never really dies, it just goes dormant, comes out every few years with new tech demos or small games, then goes back into hiding again. The tech has a long way to go before it can become mainstream.

not on playstation lOl... That Bravo Team update was much needed done beat it twice looking to platinum, need an online partner for trophy if interested PM/DM me please

far from it.thats what morpheus said to neo when he asked am i dead .vr will show people how deep is rabbit hole .

Wireless VR with HD resolution or higher will kill the movie theaters and TVs.

I disagree. VR has elevated gaming to a whole new level for me. Elite: Dangerous alone is enough to sell the platforms if people would just sit down with it.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...
https://imgur.com/aiuJMdx

Now imagine from my perspective - when you're in the cockpit and the rest of the world is entirely blocked out, in that moment - you're in that asteroid field dog fighting. And performing evasive maneuvers so you don't slam into boosting Federal Corvette.

yes, because lets face it, peripherals for a console, are going to do about half the sales of the console it's self. This due to most people not wanting to spend a bunch of money for something that is not built into the system. I will tell you when VR will hold it's own...when consoles get small enough, while remaining powerful, and can be built into the VR device it'self. Till then it will always be a peripheral. AND there are people who are gamers, but just for whatever reason, cannot handle VR. be it due to motion sickness, or headsets being not comfortable enough. I have heard that people who wear glasses, most headsets fit funky, and is not really that enjoyable.

I hope it survives, unfortunately a lot of logic works against the grain for this tech. It's expensive, inconvenient to use, and has little support outside of what are essentially glorified tech demos. I bought it and don't regret it at all but don't use it very often either. The impractical nature of the device strapped to your head is very hard to get used to.

One thing I’ve learned since being a gamer for 30 years Is don’t buy into the fads that come along with the console. they always go out like 3d TVs , Sony motion controls and other peripherals. Stick with your console and the controller it came with and you’ll be just fine

Imo, the current form of vr was only ever meant to serve as a stepping stone towards something much better in the future.
This tech will be archived and remembered, and in the future when the tech baseline has advanced, be that near or far, it will be brought back in form, with far better function.

I sure hope anybody on here praising VR wearing their comical bias goggles, is less than 25 years old. Anyone who even vaguely remembers the "FMV" push of the 90s, has seen this pattern before. Flood market with hardware, then release pathetically unappealing "games", and see the result.

Alternatively, anyone who has any memory whatsoever of the past VR pushes, can see where this is going.

Ya, the compromise to achieve VR, is just too great. The motion sickness it causes in a, higher-than-noteworthy amount of the population, is just too great. Lastly, the fact you have to basically strap a TV to your face with a motion sensor to control the camera for the entirety of your gameplay? Ya, not sure this is going to achieve "mass appeal" anytime soon.

Keep wearing those bias goggle those, fools. When you have $1000+ collecting dust in your closet within a couple years, we'll be here to say "Told you so!".

VR is a long term thing

Yes, by the way, too slow, it should be faster.

nope lol

This is a little silly.

We're still in Gen 1 of VR and many companies are working on new VR technology as we speak. Ultimately, VR is the future of gaming, because the goal is to bridge the gap between the medium that generates the experience for our brains and the brain itself, i.e. the most immersive experience possible; literally, the only reason we use controllers, TV screens and consoles is because we don't have the technology to directly inject experiences into our heads and control them with our brains.

Vr "gaming" is still too expensive for most... (Not counting mobile gaming)... Even with the price cuts from all the major players it's still not enough and the technology is too cumbersome having wires running all over the place... Sure, there are wireless options out there but then you're looking at spending big bucks again. Once they get it down to to the size of regular glasses and a price of less than $60, only then will the mass audience embrace it like they have these virtual assistants like Alexa & siri.

VR is dying? Where? I see new games every week on PS Store and some of them are very good.
Oh, wait... This has been approved because of "PSVR is failing and it's DOOOOMED!".
I guess the Xboys that are polluting here wouldn't say the same thing if suddenly MS pulls out a $499 VR helmet from the hat.

no, it's in that in between period where it was popular cause it was a new idea, but now it has to become more economically viable. whic actually seems to be going well with the spring on these new standalone cheap models coming out like oculous go

I purchased an HTC Vive but if I could go back in time I wouldn't do it again. The lack of FULL games and the screen door effect is what hurts it. There are some cool games like Alien:Isolation that will scare the crap out of you in VR but for the most part the games are these early access shovelware games. Time after time there are new games that would be ideal for VR but the developers don't add it. For example, "House Flipper" or "Bus Simulator 18", both would have been ideal for VR but know, the developers couldn't be bothered.

VR is just too expensive and it is not for every game so it becomes an optional accessory. Most accessories that are successful long term are below $200. VR has to find a way to become a lot cheaper.

Love my psvr but I have noticed the releases for it slow down as of late hope it picks back up

even if it is, those who have it still have access to vr prons lol who needs vr gaming when you have that?

I dont understand why people want VR to fail so badly. Im loving the Vive. Have a shit tone of fun games for it and bought some more this past summer sale. With the upcoming release of Valve Knuckles, this shit is going to get way more immersive and awesome.

shitty/mediocre games (the 98% of them), nice but useless gimmick and, aside of psvr, overpriced as hell.
beat saber is awesome, and that's the only thing good about VR that i can say

I hope not. I'd love to be able to afford to get VR. It's something I wanted to try since gaming first started in the 70's

I'd say no. More and more people are buying into VR and seeing how amazing it is. It's definitely the future of gaming, but it's still very early in it's life. Too big, too pricey, too complicated for the average person. Advancements are being made all the time though. I'd say in 10 years VR will represent a significant chunk of the gaming market.

I said early on this VR is a total gimmick. It's not ready yet.

It's getting better but it needs much more time.

It'll do better if they make more triple a. To take less risk, they should do like Capcom with one of the best VR games, resident evil 7, and make the entire game playable in or out of VR.

Lol it was already born on life support

It's expensive. But being expensive or overpriced is a different thing.

The title of the article should be 'Is VR slowly coming alive?'.

VR can't be dying when it hasn't even lived yet. It's a slow growing market, not a slow dying one. It's too expensive and hasn't had enough AAA support at the moment, that's all. With time though, these things will sort themselves out. It's an experience like no other so it'll only get stronger with time. Even other things people point to as criticisms will change too. The headsets will be less cumbersome, the nausea will be reduced.

Imho, they'll be a tipping point where the price is reduced enough to allow a larger customer base to exist, so developers will put more time and money into the games. Some of those games will be great, make good profit and then even more people will buy VR in order to play them. It'll continue to gather momentum, bit by bit, until the real AAA games start getting made and then it'll become a commonplace accessory. How long will this take? No idea.

At worst, VR gets put on hiatus and then makes a resurgence when it's a smaller device with a smaller price. Immersion and escape into a fantasy world is a huge deal for many gamers and nothing does it like VR.

VR is alive and well and will stay just like 3D. Projectors are what’s keeping it strong. I know 3 mainstreams that watch 3D all the time on there home theatre projector. VR is here to stay just look who’s all trying to grab a corner of the market.... everyone.

The idea of VR dying is complete nonsense. The Library of available VR content is a huge leap up from what it was a couple years ago (all applicable platforms). additionally...um has anyone been paying attention to the several, SEVERAL new VR divisions being established by different companies for various purposes (games and more). I don't know what rock some people are living under, but if you were paying attention to tech sites, E3, new patents and Oh I dunno, news....you'd know that you have nothing to worry about. Folks that have not adopted, typically are the ones that seem more worried about the failure of VR that those using it. Get a grip already and do some research before you shi7 out a tall tale on the internetz.

Too Pricey, Partially gimmicky. You need more fully fledged games that support it and add another level of gaming. Graphics quality drops from non VR quite abit.

3D was better imo.

On another note.

Footballs not coming home.

It's 10 years away from being even close to being mainstream.

VR is awesome. It opens up gameplay possibilities we've never had before. It's worth it almost for Beat Saber alone really.

It depends we need more powerful hardware for VR I think to make worthwhile experiences though I don’t know if consumers would be willing to wait or pay for it.

Next gen vr starts only when Sony says so.

August 28th 2018...….Firewall Zero Hour, the first PSVR shooter game …..4vs4 multiplayer or AI.....also has a training mode.

I've already ordered the bundle (includes the AIM controller and extra goodies for preordering etc..)

No research or sales numbers from SONY VR. She did not talk about her own experience with VR in this article.

I have 3 friends that have VR, 2 on the PS and one with OR and I have tried them all multiple times. None of those 3 people play it anymore and it just sits there next to their console or PC. The reasons are wearing a hot helmet on your head which fogs up at the slightest humidity and completely cuts you off from the outside world is not fun for more than 5 minutes, motion sickness unless you 'teleport" every few metres in a clumsy unintuitive way is not fun and apart from a handful of AAA experiences which are more hamstrung than helped by VR there are not many good games out there for VR.
In the future VR may end up being good but in the meantime imo it's a waste of money except for the most passionate.

Ummm no. There's titles constantly being released on vr. Where the hell do people get these ideas. Are you paying attention to gaming at all?

In my opinion, we are still in the early days of VR and i honestly do believe that one day it will be a mainstream product, it is just waiting for that killer, must have app.

Something the scale of runescape, some huge mmorpg. Its a shame home isn't still running .

But once one company masters it and breaks that wall, hundreds and thousands will follow.

Not sure about that, considering one of my most anticipated PSVR titles is launching in a month and a half.

https://www.playstation.com...

I had such a blast trying out VR Siege at E3, I ended up purchasing the Aim controller during the Days of Play sale. Of course, they announced a bundle for $80 along with the release date, but honestly I don't think I could've waited. I feel the Aim is usually the best way to play any game that supports it. There just needs to be more.

Now if they would just update the Moves... Give us analog sticks at least.

Vr is only giving its first steps, but its here to stay.

The people who comment here only get upvoted if a comment is polar to the point of the article. In my view, VR is utter fucking shite and I’ll be glad to see it fade out. Fuck you if you like it, and fuck vr in general. Heavy, messy and the games stink. The immersion is very low. I have top of line gaming laptop and oculus. The oculus sits on my shelf now, doing nothing.

It was expected. Same garbage as 3D glasses etc. Gimmicks. Just like Gamepass and consoles that only stream. Terrible.

I'm not sure I like the idea of it but I believe VR is the future of home entertainment and won't be going anywhere.

No mention of VR arcades which are operational here in LA.

Vive is just too expensive to go mainstream on a tech that still needs a lot of work. One company losing money is not an end all situation. Psvr is still doing well, and last I checked so is rift.
However it is true that VR needs to continue improving at a faster rate and finally become the perfect immersion device. But it's likely that it may never become a mainstream device no matter what. But even so it's not going anywhere it has shown what can be possible and iam sure one day those possibilities will become reality.

Especially as long as the porn industry keeps doing what it can with the tech.

I remember a time when the Wii popularized motion control and the big 2 jumped on board and the story was that motion controls was the future of gaming... Fast forward a couple of years later and 3d also became the future of gaming... We all know how those ended. Now we have VR...Do you see a pattern here? I sure do.

People expect things to work and meet expectations immediately in today's world.There is no waiting for the technology. VR doesn't meet hardly anyones expectations. When people think VR, I know from the people in my circle who aren't gamers atleast, thought VR would be like the movies version of VR. It would make something like the ocean look like the ocean not a videogame ocean. VR just looks like bad videogames. It doesn't look real. Even something well done like resident evil, still looked liked a videogame.

I havent tried VR yet, but I hope the doom and gloom spelt out in the headline is not the case. Im holding out till the released a revised model with less wires, so as its new I hope they carry on perfecting it

You no when dreams comes out day one you can create your own vr games

Gimme PSVR with camera and RE7 for $150 and I'll bite.

If that’s the case it’s really a shame. The potential for the most immersive experience is there they just need to catch up to running high end games.

It was never alive anyways ..

It did better and got further than most gimmicky stuff, but I think it's out of steam now.

This article is about as stupid as the "PC games are dying" click-bait BS.

ummm..oculus go anyone?

It looks like a cool piece of tech, but ultimately it's too expensive for most. The PSVR Elder Scrolls bundle is 350 bucks which is the price of a new console. You can't expect me to drop that kind of money and I've never even got a chance to demo the PSVR in a Gamestop/Bestbuy store.

theres always games coming out on vr. its just not mainstream.

I bought an Oculus Rift a few months ago. Here is the response that I get from EVERYONE who tries it.

Me: "Hey, you want to check out my VR headset?"
Friend/Family Member: "Sure." **Puts on headset. Removes it after about 3 minutes**
Friend/Family Member: "Wow, that was pretty cool!"
Me: **Later on** "Do you want to try it again?"
Friend/Family Member: "No."

The screen resolution needs to improve. The console hardware needs to catch up to enable full experiences especially in the racing genre. The wires also need to go. I think the ps5 and the psvr 2 will be the leap that's required. It's just not quite there yet but when it's good it's unbeatable just from the immersion alone.

Can we look at facts lovely people? Gaming VR is around 2 years old. It's first gen meaning gaming devs are still exploring ways to play and there's no clear winner on standardisation yet. Similar to 3D TV its a great experience for early adopters (ie. People who are always first to try out new tech). Most people with 3D tvs are unlikely to upgrade anytime soon. TV is one of those things which consumers just don't update regular it's not see as a must upgrade. However, like the first smartphones eg. IPhone 1 or Samsung 1, early adopters loved them and could see next gen upgrades get faster, better resolution, better form factor, software support, etc. Back to VR, owners who love VR can also see the potential of VR after tech improvements again eg. Faster, better resolution, form factor and software support. It can't fail because early adopters will most likely upgrade VR... I love it and know I will upgrade as soon as PS5 VR pops out! Unlike 3D TV, big tech companies, commercial companies (cars, architect, historians, sports, etc) , advertising studios are all jumping on board experimenting and exploring VR. Now why would these guys spend gazillions on a gimmick tech! (who are also investing gazillions on R&D)

Im willing to bet that everyone that said VR is dying has never watched VR porn.

It's just not practical and the fact that you're completely helpless in the case of a home invasion is a no go for me in the land of guns.

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau