[kmkemp]

I think the experience just isn't mainstream enough. I think there are a lot of people that would drop $200-$300 to get a beat sabre experience if they were aware of the option. Is there any reason it should be less compelling than the "Wii as exercise" craze, for example?

[YurgenJurgensen]

The Wii was heavily marketed as a family entertainment system. A 'Family Computer', if you will. It's even in the name. People were buying it because it's something your grandmother could play alongside your five year old son. VR is still marketed as ages 13 and up, gives some people nausea and can only be used by one person at a time. There's also extra hygiene concerns that make them awkward to use at parties as you have the extra step of wiping the headset down between users. The controllers are also pretty intimidating for new users because you can't see them. I was showing PSVR2 to my dad and told him "Push R2 to select" before realising that if you didn't know where the R2 button was already, you had no hope of finding it because you're physically incapable of seeing the controller.

It's a long way from the ultra-casual Wii experience.

[vrc]

Fun fact about wiping the headset down —- there’s a study at Yale to determine whether the Oculus mask can be sufficiently sanitized for safe use in pediatric cancer wings (a high bar) because of it’s form factor and immersive experience. Turns out it absolutely cannot. Sanitizing that mask is practically impossible.

[seanmcdirmid]

Is this with or without a silicon cover on the foam face guard? Silicon has worked really well for me from a cleanliness perspective.

[EatingWithForks]

Yeah I highly doubt you could sanitize to medical needs levels but the casual user should be fine.

[nirvdrum]

In case you didn't know, the PSVR2 has a button on the front right side that switches the display to that of a camera coming out the front face of the unit so you can see around. It's a huge improvement over the previous generation. However, the resolution isn't great. While you certainly can see the controller, you wouldn't be able to read the "R2" imprint on it.

[spaceman_2020]

VR just seems too intense. I legitimately don't want to immerse myself in a new world. I'm perfectly fine sitting in front of the TV for an hour and mashing buttons from a distance and walking away after I'm done.

[riversflow]

> you have the extra step of wiping the headset down between users

You wipe it down? Is that normal?

[Clubber]

For germaphobes. If you have people at a party, the higher likelihood one will be.

I'm old; I ate dirt, swam in lakes and drank from a garden hose! My immune system is superman.

[riversflow]

Huh. Wild. I'm unaware that I have ever even associated with anyone even close to that level of germaphobe.

[oarsinsync]

People that are that level of germaphobe tend to avoid people that are obviously the opposite way. It’s easier than explaining and getting them to do it your way (because there’s no meeting in the middle in these scenarios, it’s either clean enough, or it’s not)