Gadgetory

we just got home from the PlayStation press conference which is the final major press conference of III this year and it was really big one there's new Cod war there was naked Norman Reedus don't ask but of course the big thing is happening this year for Sony is PlayStation VR they gave us a firm release date October 13th it's got 400 ollars 500 Vignelli accessories so it's not too expensive we just feel like a lot of the launch lineup and you actually gonna see like the bigger games - what was that like right so I have to see a couple of the big games and they sort of show that two different tacks you can take with this the first one is an arc and VR game and the whole idea that it's sort of supplemental to the entire Arkham series it's a really short they said maybe an hour maybe two if you're looking for all the Easter eggs experience that's just sort of like the detective vision and you're solving a little crime and then there's Resident Evil which takes the total opposite tack and says that this is the entire game it's the same in VR or outside VR but inside VR it's kind of like the kitchen demo that everybody loved last year it's creepy and you just get to have this extra little thing on your horror experience and I felt the same way when I was doing final fantasy like it's an add-on that's a kind of shooter and then like a little riot it's really just a tech demo that they're adding to the game that's nice it's nice and additive I guess if you're buying the full game anyway but it didn't really justify why you'd spend even four hundred ollars to do the PlayStation VR I get that there are a couple games that did seem to like own up in a really wall way there was mostly the indie games soare was a nice like just fun experience I know how long it would be enjoyable I enjoyed it Psychonauts is a great point and click adventure I wouldn't pay four dollars to get a whole headset for it but I really did like it if I have it I'm definitely picking it up right and there's another game I played which is far point which theoretically is the middle ground for this it's sort of like a space shooter you have to buy a new peripheral that's a gun peripheral to use with it and it theoretically could be good but it also just feels sort of in tech demo stage it's not clear to me that it feels like a thing that I would wanna buy to whole new peripherals for but at least Sony can make the argument and this was I think it's like the best part about the place of GTR is I I think it's the most likely succeed a lot of people already have a place in sports you're not asking to invest a lot if the accessory works also if it doesn't fine but Sony can also it has the known franchises it can write those checks you know oculus you're starting fresh flawed new games ditto vibes a lot of tech demos sony could just write check and say hey give us a Batman thing you know it's exciting and if we can build a consumer base which i think is the most important part of this if they're building a consumer base the gamers and developers will probably just flock to it like I said shaking the egg problem I think something's got a better head start than most of them right and it doesn't take that much mental effort to buy a PlayStation VR and just plug it into your PlayStation it feels like plugging in a peripheral instead of setting up an entire operating system basically is what the rift and the vibe feel like the thing I'm worried about is that it's going to make Sony feel I don't know complacent that I think that's what I'm worried some of these games feel like is that they knew okay people are gonna get really excited about Final Fantasy or Batman we don't really have to make a game we just have to have a thing that has the properties of that franchise and I really hope that's not the case because they could do some really exciting stuff