If you have a VR capable PC already then a headset could only cost you $200-400 since you don't need to fish out $1000 for an Index to play SteamVR games. This is also 1 of 3 Valve VR games, so you'll have their other titles in the future including all the other great VR exclusives and ports.
Alright, well there's still the other VR games which are starting to heat up now with AAA releases.
Money. Unless it becomes dirt cheap I can justify it for one game
The game will allow teleportation, so shouldn't cause sickness if you wish to play that way.
"Only" $200-$400US is not an insignificant sum. I don't live in the US, and don't get paid in US, and would have to factor in shipping and customs fees as I mentioned. That's money I could put towards a new PC build or console or something else I'm likely to get more use out of. So for me personally, I don't know if it's worth it.
Despite what others are saying, the odds are a lot better than any of Oculus's games coming to PSVR. That doesn't mean the odds are good, but I'm saying there's a chance.
Would love this so much, but I'm personally expecting Valve to just reveal a trailer and say "Here, it releases next week/month!" - or "Here, it releases early 2020!" if delayed.
I'm going to echo:
^ this. For better or worse, Tyler (often, and in this case) does know what he's talking about.
That's a pretty backwards statement. The opposite is true. The FPS genre has stagnated so much lately that there is little room to push for innovation. In VR, you can break the genre wide open and allow for a myriad of groundbreaking mechanics not just for the FPS genre, but for gaming itself. This seems to be moreso a misconception on your part from not having used VR before. So actually, If this was a non-VR game, it would be severely limited for the FPS genre now that VR is here.
PSVR and PS4 specs probably prevent this port from happening anyway, tho 100M users should at least be somewhat tempting.
You're not wrong. But I think we could probably have said the same about The Orange Box, and Valve is also extremely interested in pushing VR in general as a platform/medium. Porting to PSVR would be more about that as opposed to making more money. Again, not saying it's likely they'll port to PSVR(2), just that there's a slight chance and I wouldn't immediately count it out like I would Oculus exclusives.
But can you imagine the backlash if this were Half-Life 3 and it were VR only?
