04-29-2016 06:33 AM
05-16-2016 11:58 PM
I think it comes down to return against investment for the software houses... as it does for everything in life that's purely commercial. They all have a finite developer resource so have to decide where that resource will generate the biggest return, and at the moment the biggest guaranteed return will be with non-VR for AAA games.
However, AAA developers want to know how well their games will sell to VR owners.... so they're dipping their toes into the market, either with titles that are aimed at all users but with VR support included... or with smaller dedicated VR titles that can't really be described as AAA because of the reduced size and scope.
I think that's the way it's going to be for a while.. until VR reaches a critical mass. I'd like to give a prediction of when that will be but it's tricky without knowing how many Rifts and Vives have been sold.
The other indicator will be when a dedicated VR title gets into the top 10 best seller list on Steam. Anyone care to guess when that will be?
In the mean time I'm ok as long as the non-dedicated VR titles, that have VR support included, keep coming... such as Assetto Corsa, Dirt Rally, Project CARS, Elite Dangerous etc. and as long as there are some non-AAA dedicated VR titles such as The Climb and Farlands.
A big change may come when Touch is here because Touch will encourage dedicated VR software... Vive has the controllers but I think that software houses need to know that such control is universal before forecasting higher return/investment figures.
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05-17-2016 01:01 AM
05-17-2016 01:50 AM
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