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VR is a flop

1 points by quadcore ↗ HN
If you look at http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/ we can see that VR headsets are 1) far from widespread amongst steam players 2) not growing.

If steam players dont want VR headsets, who does?

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sirrele
Have you been to a VR gaming center yet? IMAX (http://imaxvr.imax.com/) is one of them in LA. I thought it was fun and could see this as an area of growth for VR.
[dead] codevark
The problem with VR's lack of popularity is temporary. Besides the fact that the current hardware is somewhat clunky, there just isn't enough VR content available. Only a handful of AAA games have been ported. And non-game VR is siloed within niche markets. Wait a couple of years.. You'll have so much VR you'll be longing for 8-bit platformers.

While you're waiting, maybe ask "What's wrong with Steam?".