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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Captaincroutons" data-source="post: 291873" data-attributes="member: 6865">I guess ultimately it’s wishful thinking. The community is amazing, and the people who put in so much of their personal time to create these awesome tools many of us use(like NoEX, DDH, Tom, and many others I couldn’t possibly name in one post), but I still think a unified solution would be best. You’re right, they’ve created a lot of goodwill(for the most part) in the community, and a big money grab could undo that. The $20 price point I threw out was just a random low number, I’d be willing to pay a lot more for a unified solution from zen, but I get that a lot of people wouldn’t. And yeah, it’s hard to gauge how many real users there are. It seems like a solid user base when you look at all the different sites, creators, projects, etc., and from my point of view, I don’t know how anyone can play on a desktop or console period. I occasionally play on my phone when I have downtime at work, but after playing on a pin cab, I can’t even imagine going back to desktop or console play. The cost of entry is actually quite low for someone who is willing to build their own cab, I’d argue. Especially if you build a mini(still far better than desktop or console play, imo).Ultimately, Zen is going to do what makes the most sense for them. I have yet to see one of their cabs on location, but I don’t live in an area with lots of barcades. I just can’t imagine they’ve sold many of those either though. From reading around, I’ve only seen them reported at a handful of locations. For the time being, I guess the thing to hope for is them to work on perfecting the physics and updating the older volumes.As far as VR goes, I’m interested in it, but the cost of entry is just too high for what you get right now, imo. I think you definitely need a pedestal type setup to solidify the experience, and hopefully in the next few years, you’ll be able to get a Quest-like device with better specs at a similar price point. Just seems like a bad time to get into it, while the tech is still improving fairly quickly.</blockquote>

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