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Why would you name a gaming adjacent system “PortalVR”? I doubt you’ll get in trouble for it but you’re going to confuse so many Portal fans (and there are a lo

Why would you name a gaming adjacent system “PortalVR”? I doubt you’ll get in trouble for it but you’re going to confuse so many Portal fans (and there are a lot of them).

gfodor 1y ago
I was going to name it Portal, but I named it PortalVR to minimize confusion. It’s called PortalVR because there is no better name to describe what it’s like to play VR this way. It is like playing games by looking through a portal you hold in your hand.
- throwaway314155 1y ago
  Yeah please don't change this based on the thoughts of just one Portal fan. If you like the name, keep it.
bee_rider 1y ago
Portal is pretty old at this point. And realistically you can only expect to get dibs on a generic word for so long.
- throwaway314155 1y ago
  Sure it's just bizarre for me as a dedicated Portal fan. I just replayed Portal 2 a year ago so it's still fresh for me. If they're truly attached to it they shouldn't change now of course.
Dylan16807 1y ago
It's a pretty common word and the last real portal game was 14 years ago. I don't think it's that confusing. And there's already a VR headset named Portal that's not confusing those fans. Though uh that one has some potential for confusion.
- wkat4242 1y ago
  Nope the last was released 9 years ago and it was ironically a VR-only game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/446750/Portal_Stories_VR/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/446750/Portal_Stories_VR/
  - Dylan16807 1y ago
    That is at least officially a mod for portal 2, and also it's not by Valve. It doesn't count as a real portal game.
- 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 1y ago
  Three years ago in a very real sense https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aperture_Desk_Job https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aperture_Desk_Job
  - Dylan16807 1y ago
    I put "real" in my sentence explicitly to exclude these little control demos. Half an hour long, no portals, whatever sense it's a "very real" portal game is getting outvoted by the other senses.

Why would you name a gaming adjacent system “PortalVR”? I doubt you’ll get in trouble for it but you’re going to confuse so many Portal fans (and there are a lot of them).

gfodor 1y ago

I was going to name it Portal, but I named it PortalVR to minimize confusion. It’s called PortalVR because there is no better name to describe what it’s like to play VR this way. It is like playing games by looking through a portal you hold in your hand.

throwaway314155 1y ago
Yeah please don't change this based on the thoughts of just one Portal fan. If you like the name, keep it.

bee_rider 1y ago

Portal is pretty old at this point. And realistically you can only expect to get dibs on a generic word for so long.

throwaway314155 1y ago
Sure it's just bizarre for me as a dedicated Portal fan. I just replayed Portal 2 a year ago so it's still fresh for me. If they're truly attached to it they shouldn't change now of course.

Dylan16807 1y ago

It's a pretty common word and the last real portal game was 14 years ago. I don't think it's that confusing. And there's already a VR headset named Portal that's not confusing those fans. Though uh that one has some potential for confusion.

wkat4242 1y ago
Nope the last was released 9 years ago and it was ironically a VR-only game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/446750/Portal_Stories_VR/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/446750/Portal_Stories_VR/
- Dylan16807 1y ago
  That is at least officially a mod for portal 2, and also it's not by Valve. It doesn't count as a real portal game.
01HNNWZ0MV43FF 1y ago
Three years ago in a very real sense https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aperture_Desk_Job https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aperture_Desk_Job
- Dylan16807 1y ago
  I put "real" in my sentence explicitly to exclude these little control demos. Half an hour long, no portals, whatever sense it's a "very real" portal game is getting outvoted by the other senses.