Silent Chief
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It's completely expected since they've been selling that camera for years now.
I always found it funny that the camera was always selling out early on.
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PSVR Price: $399/399/£349/¥44,980, no camera/move, launching October
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It's completely expected since they've been selling that camera for years now.
I always found it funny that the camera was always selling out early on.
Quote
Member
Weird assumption. It's probably off because Flower might not support positional tracking.
Why the front headset LEDs off?
Will be annoyed if one of the LED broken.
Ghost Slayer
Member
Guess I have to buy 2 anyways. Al least I need that for Dreams, bonus for some VR games
Guess I have to buy 2 anyways. Al least I need that for Dreams, bonus for some VR games
You don't need them for all VR games. A ton seem like they work fine with just the dualshock 4.
Movalpolos
Banned
That share feature and making streaming easy for everyone had a huge impact.
MADGAME
Member
I already own 4 move controllers, 2 nav controllers, and the PS4 camera. I'd like to pull the trigger on this, but for me it's all about the games. Is there a video compendium of PSVR games so far? The Ubi Werewolf announcement today was thoroughly unimpressive; if that represents the general caliber of launch titles I will wait.
Tripolygon
Banned
It does the HDMI split to tv/Headset and creates the 3D audio.
vivftp
Member
Why the front headset LEDs off?
Will be annoyed if one of the LED broken.
He's playing it in cinema mode, so there's no need for the LEDs as there's no positional tracking there. It's just treating it like a giant-ass TV screen on your face.
I will cry myself to sleep
ethomaz
Banned
That is not true.
PSVR doesn't have interpolation and PS4 can render native 60, 90 or 120hz.
60hz is the minimum and not up to.
Dreamwriter
Member
I dunno about completely expected, the camera sold amazingly well for the first few months, but sales obviously dropped off after that (since Sony stopped crowing about it). With 36 million PS4's, and possibly between 1 and 2 million cameras, to me not including the camera/Moves is a cash grab, a way to advertise a $399 price for a $499 device.
PSVR does indeed have a form of interpolation. If a game renders at 60hz, the software can then show that image twice at 120hz, adjusting the positioning of the image every other 120hz frame based on how the head moves.
civilstrife
Member
Why the front headset LEDs off?
Will be annoyed if one of the LED broken.
Guessing the VR cinema mode doesn't have translational tracking and thus doesn't use the camera or LEDs...Which actually kind of sucks.
Glorified G
Member
And with the bundled version that has the camera & move it will be at least $649 CDN and maybe even more.
Canada to Sony is probably just a write off at this point.
Dr_Boris_Goltz
Banned
Can you play normal games in the VR cinema?
half a moon
Banned
Yeah. From what I'm reading they'll be a lower resolution tho
spazchicken
Member
Have the mentioned if replacement bands for the face will be available? I imagine I will be demoing this to everyone I know and the sweat will be incredible.
Canadian dollar has been slowly crawling back up lately. A lot could happen until October, could be for the best, or for the worst too. If we get closer back to parity, I would assume they would change the launch price in CAD to match.
Yes, that is like... the point? Also movies/videos/porn of course.
Specialmias
Member
So awesome it has better specs than the vive/rift
Tee-hee.
It's just the currency. Oil and natural resources are tanked because world manufacturing is down as well as a oil glut due to Iranian sanctions being lifted and OPEC maintaining productions and the US bringing a lot of reserve online.
half a moon
Banned
399 usd is 533 cad. Am I'm missing something or are y'all sour over 16 cad?
DangerMouse
Member
No. Shu has just hinted that there will be one so they haven't said anything about when.
half a moon
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lowhighkang_LHK
Member
Guess I have to buy 2 anyways. Al least I need that for Dreams, bonus for some VR games
I've seen the developers demo Dreams with PSVR using the DualShock4.
Thewonandonly
Junior Member
Just announce when I can pre order already. I want to give you money Sony!!!!!!!!
That's the kind of headlines that are going to confuse and scare people away. The way Sony handled this is terrible. They should have been upfront and say $399 for just the headset and whatever for the full kit.
I suspect that the list of games using 2 moves is going to be very very small.
I've got at least one Move from when they first launched, but I'm not sure I've got two. May need to buy another one regardless, and if they'll actually see use now I suppose I should invest in a charger. Luckily I already have a PS4 camera that I've basically made no use of so at least it finally has a real use-case.
Preorders open anywhere yet?
Preorders open anywhere yet?
Schrade
Member
Why the front headset LEDs off?
Will be annoyed if one of the LED broken.
Going to guess that that person is playing in Cinematic mode.
No need for the tracking lights if you're just playing with what's on the screen. Notice that the screen in the background is fullscreen, too. All the other demos in VR you'll notice there's black bars on the side.
awesomegamername
Banned
I was unimpressed too. Unfortunately, I think that's going to be about the best we get in terms of non-cockpit games. It's important to remember this is new grounds when it comes to gaming though. I bet we see some amazing stuff next fall and into 2018.
I was pumped for vr but I might actually hold off until some heavy hitters drop. I guess there could be some amazing announcements at E3 but I'll probably just hold off and pick up the NX this fall.
boredandlazy
Member
I wonder if in Cinema mode it still just outputs normal fullscreen to the TV.
Sure, but you'd have trouble seeing whats on the screen unless you propped your head up afterwards
I'm getting tired... headless mode??
CarbonFire
Member
No TV, just the PSVR. Basically output to the headset, and then play all your games in there, either in cinema mode or in VR.
And....maybe? Can't see why the secondary screen would be required for this to work (unless a game has a specific social screen experience of course)
Looking like my decision to buy Move controllers back when they were a PS3 peripheral is paying off!
I remember talking to one of the guys showing off the PSVR at PAX and he said he was one of the guys who worked on the Move controllers. Told him I owned a pair and he literally didn't believe me.
I remember talking to one of the guys showing off the PSVR at PAX and he said he was one of the guys who worked on the Move controllers. Told him I owned a pair and he literally didn't believe me.
The_Inquisitor
Member
Poor guy. If it makes him feel any better I now own 2 myself.
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Hmm, what do I need to play No Man Sky and potentially Trackmania? $499. I'll jump in (pun intended) there.
GAFmeansLIFE
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I just picked up the official Move charging station on eBay for $6.25 with free shipping. New and sealed in box. I have owned this one before and it is quality. The price is a steal.
Get em here:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/400958190790?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
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Get em here:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/400958190790?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
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