Petrae
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Most of us actually interested in purchasing this already have PCs that meet or exceed the recommended requirements.
Of course, and that brings the asking price down for the core enthusiast.
For the mass market, though, this won't be the case. It's asking for a substantial financial outlay that could very well wind up being the next Wii, in terms of adoption and quick throwaway. At least the Wii was a fraction of the price.
I'm not dissuading the existence of VR; I'm just thinking that it's got zero chance of penetrating the mass market in the short term and am not confident that development can continue long enough for the financial barrier to entry to come down enough to enable such penetration.
Enthusiasts will snag VR when it's available, casual players will think it's cool, but... when it comes to footing the bill for their own? Casual players will see the four-figure price tag and walk away.