I've played this game before, 20 years ago when Virtual Reality was supposed to be the future of gaming, TV, the internet, and everything. That failed because it was ridiculously expensive and the technology wasn't anywhere near ready at the time.
Then 5 years ago 3D was the future. Of course most people weren't that interested once they saw the hoops required to make it happen - who wants to wear special headsets/glasses just to watch TV?
But I'm sure things will be different this time around. At least the technology is much closer to being ready than it was years ago.
While these are all legit comparisons, they fail to describe what people who are into VR want. A much deeper and more immersive experience. Yeah 20-30 years ago the tech was not ready, but at least people were trying it. But maybe the reason the tech wasn't ready was because the two companies that were working on it, Atari, and Sega, fell into dire financial straits and had to shift focus? If They both went forward with their VR plans and managed to get something workable then it might have evolved more naturally by now. Who knows? But we do know that it was expensive as hell back then, know what else was expensive as hell then? HD, and LCD screens. None of those are expensive these days, technology moves forward.
VR is not going to replace TV, I think people who think that are dumb. There I said it. I didn't want to but you are dumb if you think anyone is expecting VR to REPLACE TV. It is not going to do that, it is going to be there to compliment TV. VHS had a 30 year lifespan and it was a terrible product. DVD is going on 20 years right now, still not a perfect product and yet people still buy it.
The difference between 3D and VR is 3D nobody was asking for that, ever. People have been wanting VR for a long time its just been out of reach for a long time. 3D was bad, because they, the tech companies, were expecting it to replace HD. It didn't. VR is not going to replace HD, it is not going to replace TV, it is going to have a place in the market forever moving forward. While people don't hook boxes up to stream movies off cassette tapes anymore, they do still hook boxes up to stream content to their TV's. And while not everyone is going to want the individual and immersive experience of VR, enough people will want it not all the time, but enough of the time to keep it around. Pokepal fan **** off, I get it your a dick we all know it but you can't predict the future anymore than I can stop acting like you can dude. But I do think that the people who don't want VR, fine nobody is going to force you to, this is different entirely than 3D so stop comparing it to 3D.
But the people who do want it are going to keep asking for it and will enjoy it. Don't like it don't buy it but Jesus stop shitting on the people who do like it!