The VR gaming industry has seen a marked rise in pre-order titles arriving in 2023. Is this a good thing or merely a cash grab?
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Sorry but PSVR2 is dead and double dead at any sale price. It was dead before it launched as the "premium" VR scene lost all the AAA developers and now it is all indie mobile phone crap quality software.
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Im getting a bit of GotG vibes from Concord.
Ragnarok coming September 2024... that's just shy of 2 years since the PS5 release in November 2022.
I thought exactly the same. If they made it more like the GotG game and it wasn't online focused I'd have been sold instantly.
Yup, I was hyped up by the cinematic trailer and immediately put off the moment the gameplay trailer started, that was very high quality and great concept cinematic just for another Overwatch wannabe... Here's hoping they succeed so eventually someday they make an actual campaign focused entry for the franchise, but I'm not holding my breath and I'm definitely not falling for always online crap and FOMO just to follow drip fed cinematic "content".
EDIT: I'm still watching it as I comment... OMG they have another hero shooter, Marvel Rivals, seriously, they missed 2020 or something? For those not into online only and VR games, gotta say, poor show so far...
Gotg would of been a hit if it released before Avengers was my goty a few years back so I'm intrigued here
GotG is very underrated and had the unfortunate luck of releasing just after Avengers.
Its really good and more people should play it.
Concord didn't do anything for me personally just another Overwatch mash up with other fps stuff. I mostly popped for Dynasty Warriors for next year. That was my biggest reveal I was genuinely excited for.
No Ghost 2. It's very clear Sony will wait later to Announce the Big Aaa's they don't wanna announce stuff too early and rather announce it closer to release.
Most games appeared good.
Where Winds Meet and Monster Hunter seemed like those needed a bit more polish but that's ok as those aren't releasing anytime soon but I am still kinda worried regarding SH2Remake. Still looks rough and from rear view, James Sunderland looks nearly identical to Leon Kennedy's model from RE4Remake. Hope I am wrong though.
Other games were decent. Even Marvel Rivals.
Ballad of Antara was the highlight for me, followed by Infinity Nikki(purely on the art style alone).
And glad that, Path of Exile 2 is coming to PS5 and Ragnarok is coming to PC!
Behemoth for VR2 also looked really interesting.
Its not my type of game ...but the design and art style is really well thought out
Marvel Rivals had a PC invite alpha test a few weeks back and they love the hell out it saying it's an Overwatch killer. I'm definitely down to play and play as my favorite.
STORM. ❄️💨🌊⚡
There's a closed beta in July on consoles but I doubt I'll be able to get in.
they also gave out beta keys where you had to sign an nda not to say anything negative about the game, otherwise you could not play. Don't support stuff like that :) surprised they even showed it here cause it looks terrible and it will fail faster than Artifact
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Duh!
It's the inevitability of VR rising to the point of getting the same things flat games are getting.Small games, big games, RPGs, racing, puzzles, etc.
How they are sold would be no different. Expensive games, cheap games, in-house and indie games, third party games, digital and physical releases. DLC and micro transactions, updates and remasters and remakes. PRE-ORDERS.
How would VR be any different than regular gaming when VR is gaming too? I used to pre-order because sometimes it was the only way to get a copy without waiting. Now I don't as it's either in stock or not. I'm not allowing someone to hold my money when the game may turn out to be broken at launch. I love games but I don't need to rush out and get them. I've become more patient about when to buy. Sometimes waiting gets you more for your money with everything included for the same price or less.
As a store manager, I used to have to get pre-orders so that the company I worked for knew how many copies to buy. I understand that side as it made business sense. But pre-orders were inevitable. VR is growing.
Where??
I came close to pre-ordering Fireteam Ultra - glad I didn’t!
If HL Alyx came along I’d do it in a heartbeat. Realistically there’s a hand full of proper games. Even now. But Sony has killed PSVR2 already. I’ve come to the conclusion it was DOA. I wasted my money on it. I didn’t expect them produce tons of games for it but I expected them to support it with very basic features at least. Sony have failed it they just released and dumped it then moved on to the portal and they’ll do the same with that.
TLDR: preorders seem to be a key aspect to financing VR projects and we who are interested in upcoming games should embrace that aspect.