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Nice!

Excited, playing Kiwami and loving it, if there's a special edition here I'll be all over it.

What if the additional 0.5 is a separate box you connect to your PS4 and TV, just like a unit you get with VR? That way you get an incremental upgrade but don't ask everyone to buy a new console altogether. Not sure if this is even possible, just a thought.

Excuse me? LOL

@Boerewors I get a strong Xenosaga vibe from it, for obvious reasons I think.

@Riririn I was thinking the same thing, including the rofl!

Dat GIF!

@Mergatro1d Really enjoying it so far. Be prepared for samey gameplay but mixing mitamas and weapon types provides variety, which I find is a lot better than other games of the genre (Soul Sacrifice, Freedom Wars, to name a couple I played). I'm enjoying the setting as well.
I wanted to get Trails of Cold Steel but went with this instead. Either way, will play and finish both games at some point. How are you finding it?

Bought Toukiden: Kiwami on PSN sale, couldn't resist as really enjoyed the demo. That one will keep me going for a while.

Oh, the drama!

Wow, now that's a way to kill enthusiasm they worked so hard on generating! It's actuallly a decent deal when it comes down to it but have two problems with it:
1) as mentioned above, why give a price of base unit if can't buy it? What about thos whoe already have the accessories?
2) bundling is ok, however, even though the camera is necessary for it work, move controllers are not. I myself am not planning to get those until I see it fit, DualShock will suit me just fine (I'm in the UK).

@get2sammyb You see, I'd be all for it if implemented right. If you have an online FPS shooter that can be played both in VR and on TV, that would give the former unfair advantage (I assume). That is not the right way to go about it.
I don't think it will happen, though, the 'first person' aspect of VR makes the majority of the most popular genres difficult to translate and some outside the box thinking is required to crack this. I think it's exciting and can't wait to see what's in store.

No point in taking sides on this, we will never know what happened. The game is progressing, got a bit of free PR out of it, all's good.

Presentation-wise looks kinda bare to me.

I do wonder how much scope is there for turning existing games into VR experiences? I totally get how technically challenging this could be, however assets are there so a patch for a game to make it VR-enabled to make use of 100 degree viewing angles could be a nice thing depending on the game (I am thinking Rocket League for example).

@JaxonH I get that completely and thought that myself, but suppose it's marketing done right: right price, revealed at the right time, with the right stats to support it (50 games, 230 developers). All of this is reassuring, fuelled by nostalgia to 'original' VR plus for another paradigm shift, everybody wants it, games are becoming more and more generic. I think VR will have influence on 'normal' games as well. Every time there's a paradigm shift everything's fluid, more creative e.g. that's how you get works of art that stay with you for a lifetime. As things mature genres are identified and we are being put in boxes more and more, until another shift etc.

@rjejr The pic which shows what's in the box has earbuds in them (and a ton of cables).

@Grawlog No, thank you, I will use my noise cancelling ones, why not completely immerse myself in CG worlds

@glassmusic Excellent idea, wouldn't have thought of this myself but it's exactly what I will do.

I doubt it will sold out on Amazon, still plenty of time to meet the demand. In fact, it might be beneficial to keep it open at this stage to give Sony a sense of demand; it's no coincidence you've got a half-year gap instead of a couple of months.

To add to that, it's an OLED screen, I like those. Also, I assume you will be able to adjust the size of the theatre screen to emulate distance?

Ordered mine off Amazon, encouraged by the fact it's charging on dispatch, plenty of time to get the money.

Ideal for roadshows, which I still hope will happen.

@LocalPenguin I agree, it's that one feature that tips me over the edge in favour of buying.

@DrClayman Forgot about that one!

Overall, I am impressed with Sony, now the tech needs to deliver but if what Sammy says is to be belived (and why not) it will.

@SonyInfinity My next questions exactly.

@adf86 NMS?

@get2sammyb Will do!

I'm in.

I think I'm in at that price point, waiting to see what other games will be available.

Star Wars Battlefront will be a VR game, with 50 more in pipeline.

October 2016, £349! ($399)

All I am missing is the remastered The Last Of Us (in the UK). If a similar deal came about in Europe I would snap it right up. Since I have enough games to play, I will wait patiently.

Started playing Uncharted 3 after finishing 2, which was wonderful.

@SkanetWasTaken My thoughts exactly.

Nice! I will also keep an eye on this one.

Pre-ordering, NOW.

Finished part 1 of Uncharted collection and well on my way to finish part 2, what an awesome game, now I know what the hype was about. Will finish all 3 well before Thief's End comes out. I can't believe I am saying this but I might preorder it...

It's called getting older.

I have that issue with other games, not this one mind you as I'm not thinking of getting it. One solution is get it now and play later when it's patched up, if you can help it. Applicable especially when buying special/limited editions.

Wow, that looks awesome, was not on my radar until just now!

All this sounds like a prettier version of Minecraft; if that's the case, I am out.

@Rudy_Manchego If there is a year to release it, though, it is 2016 if damages needed to be limited.

I think we are forgetting that consoles in their current state of affairs are still incredibly successful and as such are here to stay. Obviously there's case to be made for innovation, which has its place, but the concept is showing no signs of wear. Only then a real push for 'something else' could happen, again innovation 'complicating' things by trying to exploit (or create) our undiscovered needs. This may cause step change, may not. If anything, we are more likely to see a virtual PS[insert number] than a modular one. PS Now is already a thing after all. This would neatly solve the issue as the [number] would be nothing else but a subscription model/release if not abandoned completely.

@BAMozzy Clearly they can't even do that a couple of months before, so we would pretty much never see any release dates until a few weeks before! It comes back to how important building the hype is; to me personally it isn't but obviously marketing-wise it's a big deal.

No biggie.

Uncharted collection, in chronological order (haven't played any). First game is nowhere near as bad as people make it out, I'm enjoying it a lot but can't wait to play the second!

Uhm, not sure what to make of this...?

Persona 4 Dancing All Night - bought the special edition for the price of the standard and it's been great so far. Even the story is nowhere near as bad as I thought it was going to be for the kind of game it is.