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The first real 'killer app' game (Half Life Alyx) released coincident to GPU prices going nuts. People got interested in VR... then couldn't upgrade their PCs t

by swalls 5y ago

The first real 'killer app' game (Half Life Alyx) released coincident to GPU prices going nuts. People got interested in VR... then couldn't upgrade their PCs to run it.

dexterhaslem 5y ago
my 1080ti ran it fine so its not like you need bleeding edge gpus
- shados 5y ago
  no but you need a GPU, and your average person with a work lap-top can't run it and probably postponed buying a desktop computer, if they ever considered it.
- SamPatt 5y ago
  980ti here, also no issues.
scrollaway 5y ago
Alyx is wonderful but it is not the Killer App for VR; Beat Saber is. Beat saber’s popularity is absurd. Someone here on HN once mentioned it’s like if the most popular app on the App Store, ahead of WhatsApp, YouTube and all such free apps, was a game that costs 20 bucks.
- justinclift 5y ago
  Yeah, that was going to be my major driver for getting a VR rig. I used to do Arnis/Escrima (stick fighting martial art), so this appeals to me greatly. Then Facebook bought them. So, all plans for getting a VR rig have been permanently shelved. :(
  - scrollaway 5y ago
    Ah i understand. You still have the option of buying a non-Facebook rig such as a VIVE or Index and not buying any DLC (there is an extremely active modding scene). If you really don’t want to give Facebook any money, nobody will judge you for acquiring the game itself via other means, either. As a fellow player, it’s worth it. I have TWO VR rigs and both of them only have beat saber on them.