How many people do you know who regret buying a headset?

I see a lot of people doomposting every so often on one of the VR subs here how there’s nothing to do in VR, how they can’t do this or that… or asking if they can run PCVR on laptops without doing the basic googling on what kind of rig they approximately need. It all gives me a weird impression considering how everyone I know personally has absolutely loved it. Not only hardcore gamers with a capital G, but more importantly maybe – people who aren’t gamers (like my current gf) who are slowly getting into gaming through VR. It’s not the usual pipeline, but all in all I’m always surprised by how many people I know grew attached to their headsets and were nothing but grateful for the uniqueness of the VR experience (the immersive dimension) compared to the run o the mill flatscreen grind.

As for me, I haven’t looked back since getting my first Meta Quest of course. From the moment I first put on those goggles and launched Into the Radius (first game I played) I knew it was the right thing to fresh up my stale gaming life that revolved mostly roud metadone-level games like League and the occasional RPG. I even rekindled that old love for classic shooter of the CS type through Vail VR, and it even helped me slowly get back into fitness through the dozen or so exercise games and especially boxing (Thrill of the Fight). It’s also a fun one trick pony at parties to just pass the headset around and watch people flail drunk trying to do stuff. In fact, probably the best way to get someone playing it – get 'em drunk, just makes that first hit of VR easier to stomach.

Now, maybe 1/10 of the people I hang out with have actually bought or borrowed a headset of their own but of those who did (not including the bro who got me mine), all of them have enjoyed it. I guess it’s also the loop of mutually hyping each other up that keeps us interested, playing multiplayer stuff over voice chat. But even if it weren’t, I honestly had so much fun solo in almost everything I touched so far that I can’t see what people are disappointed by when VR doesn’t “click” for them. Is it that the whole technology and major games in the industry just aren’t on the AAA scale? I for one actually like the whole half indie feel it has, almost like watching the early development of some classic PC games in the early 2000s. I know that anything is far from certain in this economy, but through trial and failure, I think VR will its own Golden Age somewhere down the line the future