What the fuck is with some of you guys coming full defense force?
MS and Sony are different players with different markets. The only thing in common they have is gaming - for one is the most important brand, for the other is a small piece of the pie. When you own Windows, Azure, Office and all that crap that actually brings billions to your company, why lean into VR that hard? I told you already, AR is where MS is betting for now, and it has uses for the professional world - they own most of the professional stack of tools, so that's their main goal.
Should they create yet another VR headset that works with Xbox and Windows when they already have other companies there and can easily do a partnership with one of them to bring it to Xbox? Or just spends millions on R&D and become just another one, because of the high cost of entrance in this space for the average consumer?
Windows is open, it allows third parties to develop freely for the biggest platform in the world. Only recently Satya stated that Xbox is import for MS, but don't be fooled to think it's on the same level as Windows or Azure.
Will they create one? Maybe. In fact we might see one in the next few years, but god damn at your hate for MS. I don't give a fuck about MS, I'm just kind of open minded and don't think of them as a gaming company (because they're not). You being on the gaming side of the forum means jack shit.
Yeah, it's so trash that we've been actively using it in hospitals and doctors fucking love it because it helps them a lot.
But whatever floats your boat.
>What the fuck is with some of you guys coming full defense force?
lol one console is getting vr one isn’t. Here you have a guy making a mass defense post for a massive corporation standing to spend less money by not investing as if he’s a major stakeholder in the company. That guy then says I’m the defense force for saying it sucks for people with Xbox’s to not be able get vr. Hmm
>MS and Sony are different players with different markets. The only thing in common they have is gaming - for one is the most important brand, for the other is a small piece of the pie. When you own Windows, Azure, Office and all that crap that actually brings billions to your company, why lean into VR that hard? I told you already, AR is where MS is betting for now, and it has uses for the professional world - they own most of the professional stack of tools, so that's their main goal.
because I am the fucking consumer. I don’t own
hundreds of Microsoft’s stocks. Them making the most money possible in the easiest ways do not benefit me or any other of their consumers. They don’t have to build the damn headset. They can just partner with htc or Facebook for their headsets for fucks same and it’s a win win. I already see the future if vr takes off in a massive way. Microsoft realizes none of their studios can make a great vr game or keep up in that market, so they throw money at good vr devs or even just buy em outright to make them exclusive. Magically massive portions of the gaming community have no access to great vr games because as usual, the Xbox division of Microsoft sucks at the creative side of things
>Should they create yet another VR headset that works with Xbox and Windows when they already have other companies there and can easily do a partnership with one of them to bring it to Xbox? Or just spends millions on R&D and become just another one, because of the high cost of entrance in this space for the average consumer?
Where’s the vr headset via partnership then? Which of their devs are on a vr project?
>Windows is open, it allows third parties to develop freely for the biggest platform in the world. Only recently Satya stated that Xbox is import for MS, but don't be fooled to think it's on the same level as Windows or Azure.
why the fuck should any of this matter to gamers, who are consumers in essence, at all?
“Little Timmy with an Xbox can’t ask for a vr headset for Christmas after doing great at school and being allowed a more expensive Christmas present because well you see Microsoft is actually huge and investing in new tech in gaming early off actually won’t make them that much more money or any at all..... and anyway that’s how much they make off windows a year.... yea that’s a lot from azure.... Satya has been a great leader he really... but azure has actually been adopted in a big way so it’s taking off really.. I never liked macOS and a lot agree with me that’s why windows is the only real choice... and on and on.”
>Will they create one? Maybe. In fact we might see one in the next few years, but god damn at your hate for MS. I don't give a fuck about MS, I'm just kind of open minded and don't think of them as a gaming company (because they're not). You being on the gaming side of the forum means jack shit.
means jack shit? It means I’m on a forum where I can point out one gaming console maker having 0 options for vr to date and it be obvious I’m saying that from the perspective of a game industry consumer. And then you have a guy taking about the overarching workings of Microsoft as a business. It sucks for Xbox gamers not having a vr headset they can use because it’s usually not Xbox owners that also have a fairly high powered pc. It’s a simple statement. And I praise Sony for investing in an exciting very early stage market in gaming because next year I’ll have a dope new accessory to buy and show my girl and friends that have never had a chance to try vr and see what it’s about. There will also be good games there with it that weren’t exclusively money hatted. It’s a simple perspective. I don’t give a shit about what’s best for Sony or Microsoft as companies to make the most money possible. The reason I prefer playstation making money for example, is because they use that money to take chances on shit like a mature soft reboot of gow that became my favorite game off all time, or a robo Dino hunting simulator with a crazy ass storyline. Microsoft takes the money Xbox makes, which is actually next to nothing in profit, and then just adds a bunch of their own money to let them buy a shit load of studios and even a publisher whose games I will no longer be able to play on my preferred console.
I don’t understand why you think my feelings in situations like this have to first go through an American capitalism filter.