Hydroaddiction, I will say something: The way history is often taught in school makes it seem like there is a steady, step-by-step progress of invention and adoption of technology, making it seem like the "way of the future" is inevitably adopted once it comes around.
Reality is far different, and far more messy.
For example, indoor plumbing had to be discovered three times that I'm aware of before humanity had the technological progress to make it stick.
Computers and vending machines both had to be discovered twice.
The brassier had to be discovered twice.
The bikini had to be invented twice.
Electric cars are on their third or fourth attempt; I've lost track.
Iron and steel tools had to be discovered twice.
Brain surgery had to be discovered at least twice, if not more times.
Crop rotation had to be discovered twice (at least for the U.S.)
Vaccination had to be discovered twice.
The
iphone had to be invented twice.
Rocket launchers had to be invented twice.
Land mines had to be invented twice.
Sea mines had to be invented twice.
The battery had to be invented twice.
As a corollary to the above,
electricity had to be discovered twice.
The military tank had to be designed at least twice.
The submarine had to be invented at least twice.
Are you seeing a pattern here? The sheer amount of "this will be the future" technologies that existed, but failed due to technology limits that existed during prior attempts?
VR is the same way. We simply don't have the technology to do it properly yet.
Man, I really don't understand you.
You don't have to. You just have to understand that history is full of technology that simply wasn't ready yet due to technology limits that existed, and that VR is the exact same.
No, this doesn't imply a downgrade for all of you. Games have different settings (low, med, high, very high, ultra...). If your pc can handle it, go for the máximum. If, at the moment, vr is enough demanding to play on ultra, play on med on VR until the arrival of new graphics cards. But if you play on monitor you're going to watch the game without downgrade. And belive me, people who tried VR prefer play a game on med on VR than ultra on monitor.
Except this is not how it works in games with engines this complex. Yes, you can do that with something like Obduction or Myst because they have very simple engines. There is a very good reason why it is they had to release Skyrim VR as an entirely separate product; it's because attempting to merge VR with the base game's engine wasn't possible. You have to design a game that complex with VR in mind from the beginning, and with VR in mind
includes graphical limitations you're not going to see in PCs and consoles.
So, yes, it is a downgrade for everyone simply because of technological limitations if they make it DLC.
Also, I'm NOT asking for a FREE VR version. Bethesda solds their Skyrim and Fallout at a new game price. We would paid for that. If VR versión needs somethings to be cutted, this Will only be cutted down ON THAT specific version, not on 2D version.
No, you're just asking that development time that could be spent on making DLCs and other content to expand the game instead be spent on making an entirely new version of the game that is going to be sold on what is already a dying platform.
