Virtual Reality-teknologi blev spået en lysende fremtid som fast bestanddel af populærkulturen, men i løbet af året er det blevet slået fast, at salgstallene ikke har været der hvor producenterne troede de ville være. Særligt Oculus Rift og HTC Vive har måtte sænke priserne flere gange. Grunden til dette er ganske enkel, i hvert fald ifølge Grand Theft Auto-skaberen Dave Jones. Han mener nemlig at teknologien stadig befinder sig i "stenalderen".
Jones er kommet ud med denne kontroversielle udtalelse i et preview til hans panel d. 25 november ved Abertay University. Panelet handler netop om VR, for Jones arbejder selv på et VR-spil kaldet They Came From Space.
"Initially all games were for kids and because of the technology people weren't thinking of the graphics and story. But then equilibrium was reached where games became like any other form of entertainment and we now we accept it. Games touch everybody's lives and even though we've been doing it for what seems like a lifetime I still think we are in the very early days - particularly in terms of technology."
"We like to think we create these stylised virtual worlds, but in some ways we are still in the stone-age and the limitations of technology can block the ideas we have. Virtual reality has been through a cycle and augmented reality is about to go through a cycle, then there's streaming and YouTubers."