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Re:Bitsummit 2023: Steam Decks Everywhere, No VR, and Impres... by jrm4 on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @10:04AM (#36862410)
Sure, but there's essentially nothing new or interesting about BeatSaber. It's the new DDR.

If anything, what's telling is that it's the only VR game I see getting significant traction*, which implies that VR might be a one off the way DDR was.

Anectodallish source, I teach at college where we have a public free "cool tech hub" with a bunch of VR headsets with a bunch of games that anyone can use. I'd say about 95% of the time anyone is doing vr, it's BeatSaber.

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Re:Bitsummit 2023: Steam Decks Everywhere, No VR, and Impres... by mrguyorama on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @03:54PM (#36868403)
>I'd say about 95% of the time anyone is doing vr, it's BeatSaber.

This has more to do with Beat Saber being really fun, and well, CASUAL. The majority of people who play any kind of "video game" play candy crush remember.

Nobody is going to do a run through of HL:A or a flight or driving simulator in that kind of public "tech hub".

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