I don't quite get the hype for this Summer Lesson game..... I watched a few youtube video about the game and didn't manage to sit thru half of the videos.... it bored me right from the start, conversation with virtual character, sitting inside a room..... what's the gameplay about? If it's "pawn" one is after I don't think it will ever appear on Sony platform...... If it's for some nerdy desire I guess Dead or Alive may have more to offer..... So what is it????

Too bad, I'm also from Penang and would love to try out the VR set if they ever demo it here

If I'm going to spend RM2k-4k for a toy, I expect full satisfaction from it. The current PSVR's low resolution make the proposition a little unattractive to me Even if couple with PRO the low resolution of the VR set will still remain due to the display limitation, that would be RM4k spent for half gen hardwares, not true next gen, probably with shorter product lifespan as well. Yes the initial VR novelty will be quite impressive, but what happened after initial novelty is that consumer wants "better" resolution/fidelity with display.

Microsoft Project Scorpio has already confirmed to be the most powerful console with true native 4k support and high fidelity VR support. So instead of getting a PS PRO with PSVR, getting the Xbox alternative seems to offer more when it launched (most probably will cost more than PRO+PSVR but the high end hardware seems more worthwhile). If not mistaken the Xbox will support Oculus Rift instead of Microsoft releasing its own VR headset. If so, that's really attractive selling point. A true next gen console with a VR headset that will have longer life span (can continued to be used with PC even when console stop supporting it).

How long will Sony continue to support PS Pro and 1st gen VR if the Scorpio with much higher end hardware and PC grade VR eats into Sony's market share? Microsoft basically declared the next round of next-gen war, will Sony remained idle to be butchered? I don't think so, PS5 will have to come out earlier than Sony planned.

PS>Xbox>Xbox 360>PS4>which console will I choose next?

Edit: What XboxOne has done with Xbox 360 backward compatibility is also admirable, if that continues on the next gen console it would means tonnes of great games will live on beyond a console generation, instead of the poor fate suffered by PS3 games.

This post has been edited by iGamer: Oct 25 2016, 09:42 AM

I don't think Microsoft would be silly enough to produce a console with a big price tag, aside from ease of set up and use, the advantage of console has always been about affordable price to the "general consumers". If I'm not mistaken, Xbox360 outsold PS3 in the last gen war because PS3 was too pricey for its own good, surely Microsoft has learned something from there.....

As for warranty, so far I have never claim warranty services for all my consoles (perhaps due to the fact that I never rushed in for pilot model and always wait the later revised/improved model which iron out initial design flaws).

From what I read the VR craze on PC has practical come to a halt, the VR adoption rate on PC has practically ceased to growth after the initial launch of Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. It would be interesting to see whether Microsoft could pull it off with a well priced VR alternative with respectable performance. Lets hope lower prices and innovation from console competition may keep the VR from premature death..... Just my 2 cents

If you're referring to the Wii success, that was a surprising success with "casual gamers" that have very low technical expectation, whether in terms of graphic or motion controller accuracy (these people won't complaint about "drifting control" or low resolution texture). Not to mention Wii was a super cheap device aimed at general market, these market segment would deem a normal PS4 too expensive, least to say the VR set that is even pricier than the console. They would also deem the games to be too serious.

VR at the current stage definitely is only for the "tech hardcore" and "veteran gamers", totally different market segment compared to those Wii casual gamers...... Just my 2 cents

But piracy on console is a thing of the past gen console, I'm not aware that there's piracy game on either PS4 or Xbox One.

Windows piracy never stop Microsoft from selling Windows and Office package here....

I never paid much attention to the handheld market.... Big boys play on big screen TV Is the 3DS a success only in Japan or globally? I only knew Vita has failed in the handheld market for Sony

Yeah..... as an adult in Msia whom always drive, there's never spare time for a handheld, I guess handheld is great for kids waiting for pickup or adult in cities with advance public commute e.g. Japan, Singapore, HK.....

Most of the online review said the VR World is not worth buying at its current price, given the fact that they are merely expensive tech demo. There's barely any replay value.

The absence of bundle VR set clearly discriminate local consumers. Hence the more reason not to immediately jump on the PSVR bandwagon. Buying each component and the game clearly make it even more expensive than it should be. I was tempted to buy when others said Gemfive.com have great discount coupon, the moment I see there was no full bundle on sale my purchasing urge immediately come to a halt

PSN free games for Nov announced, the rumored possibility of free game for PSVR was nowhere to be seen......

For HD quality, the VR display would need to be 4k-8k resolution. The tech/price ratio is not there yet.

Why 8k per eye is not enough for perfect VR
Talks with Oculus Rift creators

I agree there many other important aspect besides resolution, but resolution and sharpness of VR picture will be one of the major concern in creating the perfect VR.

My thinking is like this, if a person expects the VR to look like the sharpness of their current TV display (based on their reasonable sitting distance), they would have to fill up every inch of their sight that is not occupied by the said TV set with a few more TV sets. Meaning if a person has a FHD TV that fills up 20% of his view, he will needs 5 same size TVs to fill up his whole view, he would require a VR headset with 5 times his TV resolution to provide him with the same "sharpness" he currently get from his TV. Just my 2 cents

Edit: So 5 times the TV resolution for EACH eye (the VR would have either a single display of 10 times resolution split to 2 eyes, or 2 display of 5 times resolution for each eye, to arrive at the same sharpness he normally gets from his TV. Of course here we are also ignoring the further aspect of pixel distance and such.....

This post has been edited by iGamer: Oct 27 2016, 01:17 PM

That sounds bad, couple with earlier comment saying sleeping/napping does not ease the VR sickness...

Microsoft just announced their own VR headset, with built in tracking, expected to start from USD299. The headset will not require external camera to track it.
Even if one is not interested in Microsoft platform, it still benefit us when Sony lower its headset price to stay competitive.
If the Microsoft vr headset can be used on both console and PC, it will be a super value buy

This post has been edited by iGamer: Oct 31 2016, 12:22 AM

HDR is all about superior contrast if I'm not mistaken, the real concern is how many people have such high end TV with true HDR capability? If I'm not mistaken there's very few truly top of the range TV with such features, at price tags that most would not even consider.

Thanks for the update, but my next purchase/upgrade would be targeted at 65" and above, having wall size screen is always my fancy. Perhaps VR when the screen is crisp enough will be a good alternative solution for the urge to go ever bigger

Just curious, how about 8k tv. I've read before that making 4K tv is actually the easier route for manufacturer than pushing other display fidelity, hence I would assume 8k tv isn't that difficult or costly to make, perhaps the manufacturer are saving it for the next wave so consumer will have upgrade again from 4K to 8k.

I think logistic is really not a big problem when we consider that bulky appliances like refrigerator, washing machine, dryer etc can be shipped and sold at reasonable price after including logistic. Agreed that many of the cheap and big size Sharps TV are really hideous low quality display, resolution alone cannot make a tv look nice