04-17-2017 02:12 AM
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04-17-2017 09:14 AM
KillCard said:
andyring said:
2nd gen, 2020 - they'll come out in 2019 but 2020 it will explode, i think.
I think this is about right.
You gotta remember, just gaming in general took about 10-15 years to become "mainstream". I suppose it really depends on what you consider to be mainstream though. Right now every jockey and his dad knows about something like Call of Duty or Fifa, but back in the 90's even though things like DooM/Quake or Mario/Zelda or Sonic the Hedgehog were well known gaming icons, gaming in general was nowhere near what is now considered "mainstream". Gamers were considered "outcasts" all the way through the until maybe the late 90's or early 2000's.
People want the entire fanbase to port over to the new flashy platform but in reality .. its more like starting again from scratch. There will be extremists and early adopters for several years before there is a VR device in every house hold. The wierd thing about being a VR user right now is it feels like I'm a kid again and I'm enjoying the thing that everyone else scoffs at ignorantly.
04-17-2017 09:25 AM
As for VR, the same might apply. It may only become very popular with the younger generation, and older may see it as just another techy entertainment thing. Until it reaches a point in which it is very effective at daily tasks will it become fully mainstream.
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