Topic: Nintendo Switch 2

@NeonPizza
Ya, I know how much you love VR and hope for your sake you get what you want, but I just don't buy that it's ever making a comeback. I think most people just don't want to game with a visor on their face, no matter how light weight or convenient. People couldn't even be bothered to wear glasses for 3D TVs.

My brother was into VR for a while and he used to always tell me how it was going to catch on, but after so many years passed he changed his mind, ultimately losing interest anyways.

But ya, we'll see I guess.

Am i the only one here who keeps rechecking the Nintendo eshop once a day just to see if Marvel Maximum Collection has made it on the 'Coming Soon' section? lol

Then again, I'm an idiot. LRG has a tendency of not releasing their digital versions of whatever game they're releasing until the day it actually releases. Maybe it's a way of getting as much people as possible to preorder the physical version through their website until the digital version launches?

I only go digital with LRG. Not waiting 7 months to over a year just receive plastic & cardboard in the mail. I get the appeal, and i would of 100% gone physical with this one in particular, but I'm not waiting that long to get my hands on a console port of the early 90's X-Men game. Gotta have that X-men Arcade Chuck E Cheese Nostalgia in full force, and I will by the 27nth...Minus Chuck E Cheese, and being 7-8 years old, with my past friends, The giant boxy Arcade itself with 5 other players, the early 90's(etc). lol Well, at least I'll get 5-10% there!

@JaxonH
Can't argue with that. But, I'd also make a case that it's even more annoying having to lay down and hold up a smart phone(which i no longer do), on a tiny screen using a cumbersome touch based keyboard to type messages on forums, or even to text and cruise the web. It feels prehistoric and pure torture for me personally. I always use a laptop, or maybe desktop PC even or Quest 3. And Yet I'm probably in the minority since millions of peoples are latched to their smart phones, I-pads and other handheld devices. Sacrificing much larger screens(And usually of higher quality), level of immersion thanks to a larger screen, and even comfort for the sake of portability in a nut shell, since you're still holding on to a heavier larger device vs a controller, looking almostt downwards.

But ya, stuff on the head will always be a draw back for many. But at 100g light, that winds up being a thick pair of glasses like the Pheonex. That's a massive difference coming from a 500g+ Quest 3 that's still technically a headset.

And thanks for the Joy-Con 2 upgrade list! It'll be fun to see whether the detached 'super/upgraded' Joy-Con 2(D-pad Mod, HAL sticks & Thumb stick caps), Hyperion3 or Mobapad 12S come out on top. HD Rumble 2 is still exclusive to the JCN2's obviously, for those that are adament on keeping that.

The only VR thing I've ever really wanted is the 2015 hololens which Microsoft worked on for a decade plus and then abandoned. You could play games in part of your vision while walking around and doing chores. Plus you could build with Minecraft blocks on your coffee table. Those both seem actually useful. Most VR is 'neat idea' for a couple hours and then you get over it.

The fact that virtual reality has been this weird niche seller which gies through periodic very brief periods of popularity and people assume surely will get more popular eventually for... 35 years... is kinda crazy.

@FishyS
What games have you played on PSVR1, PSVR2 & Quest 3?
I never once played Resident Evil 7 VR, RE Village VR, RE4 Remake VR, Astro Bot: Rescue Mission(100%'d it), others like Moss, Subside, PSVR World's Ocean Descent, Vacation Simulator, Compound and many others for 2 hours 'and got over it' I was hooked. Don't got me wrong, there are exceptions, but when VR lands, it lands man. But to each their own. When i try and play NS1 OLED in handheld, i get over it within 20 minutes and instantly have to play the same game on either a 55" or 65" QD-OLED. I don't enjoy gaming on 7-8" screens in the palm of my hands, unless the handheld device itself, like the DS Lite or 3DS are pushing unique features that aren't available on a TV. Dual Screens, 3D, Stylus controls(etc)

I'm currently playing Shadow Gate VR for PSVR2 and I'm having a blast. Giant VR Spiders have never been this terrifying. Although, I though Behemoth, Arken Age & Alien Rogue Incursion VR were all disappointing and didn't live up to the hype.

You are one of the blessed few. But yeah, I know some people have consistently liked the genre or liked certain devices. I admit to being one of the larger group who occasionally jumps on the bandwagon when it's hip and then quickly leaves again. I've always wanted to like one of them consistently, I just... haven't. Which is why I wanted hololens to succeed since it seemed more useful.

Also, 35 years of in and out (mostly out) popularity is kind of conservative. I would kind of count 3D movies as part of the same general phenomenon which also goes in and out of popularity so virtual reality has sort of been trying to be the next big thing for 104 years 😆

@FishyS
So you haven't played any of the games i listed? I don't care about chasing trends or what's popular. Handheld gaming is all the rage these days and I just don't enjoy nor care for it. I can't game on 7-8" displays when i can play the same exact game on a 55" - 65" QD-OLED. Plus, i don't enjoy gaming on a handheld when I'm out and about, not even on a lunch break. maybe If I'm stuck on a plane. But again, we all have our preferences. We all love what we love. But I just find it hyseterical how so many people write VR off as 'niche, gimmick' blah blah, when they've played next to nothing on it. You hear it all the time.

There's even people that cant fathom the idea of bouncing out of a traditional controller or TV/handheld screen. That's where it ends. I would hate to be that close minded, when VR currently offers some of the most next level experiences, where as console gaming, no matter how great it can be(I love me some NewWave Retro and what nintendo usually has cooking) has really hit a state of diminishing returns in terms of graphics. We've come so far that the wow factor has pretty much left the building. That resides in VR, and continues to get greater and greater. I'm so envious of those who have the latest Pimax Dream Air(4K per eye, Micro-OLED, pancake lenses) with a PC(5090). That's a $1200+(cad) set up when all said and done. Big investment, but the image clarity supposedly is near photo realistic.

@NeonPizza I wouldn't even get near normal resident evil, much less VR resident evil. I've never owned a PSVR because I don't own a PlayStation, but I played a few games at a friend's house.

I'm reading the history now after commenting on it. I forgot actual VR devices were made in the 1960s.

@FishyS
The last time a flat horror game actually scared me(Putting aside jump scares which can still funk anybody up when the volume is loud enough) was Ju-On/The Grudge Back on Wii when I was about 28. But at nearly 42, RE7 even on a 65" feels like peanuts compared to experiencing it in VR. It's one thing to play it on a TV, but to be in that world. ya.

I'm not hardcore into VR just yet, but I bought PSVR1 back in 2019, PSVR2 at launch in 2023, than Quest 3 also at launch. Haven't messed wtih anything else, or PCVR just yet. But i plan on to. I need my stereoscopic 3D, best in class motion controls etc.

I gaurantee you if you experienced RE Village VR's 'VR' cutscenes on PSVR2 you'd be absolutely blown away. Even the great white shark encounter from PSVR World's 'Ocean Descent holds up really well minus the lower resolution, and screen door effect. Astro Bot RM has some wonderful moments in VR that are simply magical. I could go on and on.

I still get scared by rpgmaker horror games 😝

@FishyS
haha. Wish Flat horror could still scare me.
If anything Resident Evil 2 Remake(PS5 version, running on High frame rate mode, which runs at an inconsistent 80 - 120fps, or locked 120fps for PS5 Pro.) was a survival horror masterpiece. I couldn't shake the opressive haunting gloomy vibe of the tight corridored' police station and the nightmare-gauntlet that was the sewers...Good lordy I couldn't wait to get out of that place. lol Overall, RE2R Is so incredibly well done and perfectly encapsulates in modern form what classic RE should be. I even enjoyed RE2Remake even more than the original back in 98. The 1996 OG is still my favourite though, at least for it's time.

The only downside ultimately was that i pretty much knew were the story was heading since it's technically a remake. Plus the story itself is nowhear near as engaging, compelling, twisted or interesting compared to what we got in RE7, RE8, and probably RE9 which i still haven't touched yet, which in my eyes looks to be the most inetersting yet!

But ya, i rarely play flat games on my PS5...I only use it for PSVR2. My NS1 gets 95% of my gaming time. I'm a sucker for faux retro stuff. Bomb Chicken, Freddy Farmer, Shovel Knight, Donut Dodo, Super Cyborg, just to name a few. Mario Odyssey is pure magic, DOOM + DOOM II is fanfrikkintastic, DKC Tropical Freeze is ridicuously charming, and more.