The CEO of Rockstar Games and 2K Games’ parent company recently spoke at the Cowen and Company Technology, Media & Telecom Conference, where he expressed his thoughts on how VR costs too much and how there’s no way most average American homes would dedicate entire rooms to VR gaming.
He had this to say about the problems in virtual reality being widely adopted:
He went on to say that these reservations don’t totally dampen his attitude on VR:
Zelnick had expressed similar views back in 2014 when he stated that VR devices such as the Oculus Rift are “anti-social,” adding that it can do great with core gamers but may stumble in the larger casual market.
This skepticism will be put to the test starting this year with the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive having been released earlier this year and the Sony PlayStation VR about to come out later this October. There are also rumors that the Xbox One will get one too in 2017.
