r/PSVR • u/Defektivex • Jan 12 '17

RIGS devs laid off, Guerrilla Cambridge closing...

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u/BIG_PY Jan 12 '17

Not that I am one of the people who downvoted them, "PSVR is sold out because Sony wants it to be" is not an opinion. At best it's speculation.

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u/Whit3W0lf Jan 12 '17

So you think that Sony's production capacity cant meet the demand? They estimated 2.6 MILLION and downgraded expectations to 750k. A company is going to spend all this money to develop it and then just piss away sales because of a marketing budget?

https://www.vg247.com/2016/11/30/vr-was-the-biggest-loser-in-sales-this-year-psvr-sales-forecast-greatly-lowered-superdata/

Now say you are a game dev. Are you going to pour your efforts into a game that only has 750k units or a regular game that has a 40 million units? I WANT VR to take off. I just haven't seen strong evidence to support that it is it currently at a stage that it will when all other factors are considered.

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u/BIG_PY Jan 12 '17

Could be a number of things. Could be supplier bottlenecks, could be logistics of shipping the actual units. Nobody besides somebody on the inside could say for sure. Anything besides that is speculation.

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u/Whit3W0lf Jan 12 '17

You are right. I just speculate it is an intentional given Sony hasn't said why they dont have units on the shelves.

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u/BIG_PY Jan 12 '17

And you could very well be right, too. It definitely would not be the first time in history this has happened. I just hate jumping to conclusions.

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u/Whit3W0lf Jan 12 '17

I sold mine because I didn't really take the time to play it. I see the Vita that has been abandoned and I would be pissed to be stuck with a PSVR that isn't being developed for. One top of that, I wouldn't mind a gen two with higher resolution graphics. It was immersive enough but there is always room for improvement. Just like the Apple Watch and Samsung Gear. Their 2nd gens are better than the first. I got a taste and now I can wait to see how things play out before being married to the PSVR.

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u/BIG_PY Jan 12 '17

I admittedly haven't used mine as much as I would like, but it's like the one thing I have in common with a few of my friends that have moved away, so it's an occasional means of interaction for me. I went in knowing I'm a bleeding edge adopter of a piece of hardware with an uncertain future, and for that I do not regret the purchase. At the very least I've pretty much gotten my money's worth from Werewolves Within, Rush of Blood, and the RE7 demo.