Sony's been keeping Project Morpheus under wraps somewhat since its unveiling at the Game Developers Conference last year, but it's still been busy beavering away on the device behind-the-scenes. And upon the headset's announcement anniversary, it's confirmed as part of a press conference in San Francisco that the unit will be commercially available in the first half of 2016.
There's no word on a price just yet, but we suspect that we'll learn about that later in the year. It also confirmed, as per a report by Polygon, that the PlayStation 4 was built to support 120 frames-per-second, which is becoming an increasingly important buzzword in the virtual reality space. Can you wait another 12 months for this ambitious piece of kit, or do you think that it'll take you that long to understand the peripheral's appeal? Enter the Fantasy Zone in the comments section below.
[source polygon.com]
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gonna buy the heck out of it
@Squiggle55 599 US DOLLARS.
120fps on a PS4? Right....
Just the line "change the way you play" makes me cringe. Hopefully it's more, but after last gen and the wiimote, kinect, move, rockband, 3D TV, etc fads.....I'm warry.
You know all of these companies have the penguins in the office calculating how they can capture the hearts and minds of non--gamers and quadruple the user base.
@get2sammyb More affordable, than I had anticipated. If true, of course.
@get2sammyb is this a legit number or are you messing with your poor members?
Now I have the Fantasy Zone music stuck in my head. Thanks.
All depends on the software (games) that comes out for it. Move was a huge disappointment, and there's no way I'm going to shell out major $ until I'm sure there will be a good return on investment.
@Cowboysfan-22 it was a joke based on the PS3 announcement price
@get2sammyb
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"the PlayStation 4 was built to support 120 frames-per-second"
well its not hard when you lower the quality of the visuals. heck, you could even do it on Wii U. Thats what im afraid of...120fps > lower resolution > less visual fluff.
Why would anyone trust Sony with this type of thing at this point?
First off, like someone else said, this reeks of a gaming fad.
Secondly, Sony has shown they will bail on support for a device (not named PlayStation) very quickly if things don't go perfect. The Move & Vita are great examples of this.
Anyone who pays big money for this deserves what will happen to their money.
@get2sammyb - I also think it's suprisingly affordable, still a lot of money but was expecting this to be shifting for a good few hundred more (if confirmed, of course). Knowing how pricing works in the UK it'll probably be £599...
I don't see this being cheap at all. And I hope it is a fad because I don't want everything to be first person from now on.
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