For ikke så længe siden løftede Valve sløret for Half-Life: Alyx, et nyt VR-spil der langt om længe fortsætter Half-Life-fortællingen mange, mange år efter Valve lagde den i dvale. Spillet udkommer i løbet af marts måned, og ikke synderligt lang tid efter følger så et af de mest ventede spil - Cyberpunk 2077.
Så er CD Projekt RED nervøse over at have fået konkurrence fra Alyx? Nej, det mener de ikke de bør være. Ifølge en transkribering fra Yahoo Finance siger CD Projekt RED's Senior VP of Business Development, Michal Andrezej Nowakowski, at VR-markedet alligevel er så niche, at de ikke behøver at bekymre sig.
"So, of course, we've seen the Half-Life PR announcement. I think it was a surprise for everybody, but I think not in a way you are suggesting. VR remains an extremely nichey niche of the market, like it's very, very small. The only reason I can think of why has Valve has decided to actually put this title in the market is because they actually have a corporation on the hardware side of the things, and I assume that they actually are planning."
"This is probably a big effort for them to sort of try to expand that. That niche is very, very, very - and I could add a few verys here - small. So from the market perspective, are we afraid? No, because it's a very different niche. It's - this is an endeavor to sort of try to push the hardware while we are really targeting the mass markets where it is, which is major consoles and the PCs without the need to have the VR gear."
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