D-Box Pro Gaming Series, Overpriced Failure or The Future of Gaming?

[EnSoR]

D-Box Site

I originally found this after looking at pictures from the most recent GDC(Game Developers Conference).

One like me can only imagine the fun that could be brought by having one of those gaming chairs. Probably one of the most real life gaming setups ever, and from looking at the site, the racing chair only supports one game.

But you have probably looked at the site by now and are wondering where is the price, well Defose and I spent some quality class time looking for one, and there simply isn't one.

EDIT: $16,425 for the racing setup

Also another great thing, D-Box only supports Flight Simulator X, rFactor, and Lunar Racing Championship. So for $16,425 you can beat 3 games in a matter of a couple months and have no other games to play with.

So I sent and email to the info crew from there site asking a price. Hopefully I can get one.

So would you be willing to pay the almost inevitable price tag or watch this crawl back into its hole?

Also, can I be nominated for longest thread title ever? Defose thinks I should be..

[StandardDamage]

Any peripheral that costs over $16,000, and is only good for three games, should crawl back into it's hole.  It's a waste of money.

If it were compatible with more games, then maybe I'd think twice (if I had $16,000 just laying around to toss at something like this).  You have admit that it would be pretty sick to feel more of the motions of flying or racing.

Also, can I be nominated for longest thread title ever? Defose thinks I should be..

No.  I've seen much longer.  I won't say on what site, though.   

[EnSoR]

Any peripheral that costs over $16,000, and is only good for three games, should crawl back into it's hole.  It's a waste of money.

If it were compatible with more games, then maybe I'd think twice (if I had $16,000 just laying around to toss at something like this).  You have admit that it would be pretty sick to feel more of the motions of flying or racing.

No.  I've seen much longer.  I won't say on what site, though.   

If I had the money and it was compatible with Need For Speed: Pro Street I would definitely buy it. To feel like your sitting in a real car drifting sideways would be so awesome, especially because there is no danger.

[Defose]

If I had that much money laying around, I would go buy a real car. Not some game controller I only use on a few games.

[EnSoR]

If I had that much money laying around, I would go buy a real car. Not some game controller I only use on a few games.

That is true, take this for example:

New Ford Mustang Coupe

That car starts at just over $19,000.

So the question is, $16k for a seat, hopes and dreams of good games, and awesome force feedback, or a real car that can last for 30+ years.

[Rosti LFC]

Well, people will still buy it. I mean, that is pretty much the exact same price it would cost me to get a TGM3 arcade machine. It probably works out cheaper actually, yet I am considering getting TGM3. There are quite a few people there who already have. And that's just one game. And it will only ever be one game. This at least has the potential to be a lot, lot more than the three games currently being offered.

[Defose]

ehhh give me a 2002 mustang over a new mustang any day.

[Rosti LFC]

If I had the money and it was compatible with Need For Speed: Pro Street I would definitely buy it.

You're going for a simulator and then play a NFS game?

I think something which is also potentially being missed is the fact that the price is most likely going to come down. It won't cost that much forever. Also, this might not be aimed at the home consumer, but more towards the likes of arcades, which are used to paying that sort of money for stuff.
I mean, why play a regular arcade racing game (for which there seem to be a lot around, even in England) when you can play something with force feedback and shit like that.
The arcade games in bowling alleys (only place I'd seem to find them) that attracted me were the ones with peripherals, like the motorbike ones, and I doubt they were cheap to buy.

[Cesium]

I think this would appeal only to the real realism fanatics. Personally, I don't see the point of paying $16,000 for a chair that moves with the game. I think I'd get motion sick, too.

[EnSoR]

You're going for a simulator and then play a NFS game?

I think something which is also potentially being missed is the fact that the price is most likely going to come down. It won't cost that much forever. Also, this might not be aimed at the home consumer, but more towards the likes of arcades, which are used to paying that sort of money for stuff.
I mean, why play a regular arcade racing game (for which there seem to be a lot around, even in England) when you can play something with force feedback and shit like that.
The arcade games in bowling alleys (only place I'd seem to find them) that attracted me were the ones with peripherals, like the motorbike ones, and I doubt they were cheap to buy.

Well from all the newest video games I have seen, Need for Speed Pro Street is closest to being real.

I think this would appeal only to the real realism fanatics. Personally, I don't see the point of paying $16,000 for a chair that moves with the game. I think I'd get motion sick, too.

I would buy this if I had the money, but I need a degree and a good job before I think about that. Haha

[Rosti LFC]

Well from all the newest video games I have seen, Need for Speed Pro Street is closest to being real.

Look harder, because none of the NFS games are realistic. They're not even really trying to be. Powersliding is not how real racing works at all, aside from rallying. Compared to the likes of Forza and Gran Turismo, the racing in NFS is about as realistic as the health is in Quake. Heck, both Gamespot and IGN both list a major complaint with how horribly unrealistic the handling is in NFS:ProStreet.
Not that the game gets good reviews anyway. In my opinion it's gone horribly downhill since  Hot Pursuit 2. EA have completely screwed up beyond recognition what was once an excellent series of games. NFS Underground was awful, and none of the annual releases since then have done anything to change that. If anything, they've got worse, and I don't see why anyone would buy them when there are games out there that do the exact same thing, just a lot better.

[GracefulDave]

I think this would appeal only to the real realism fanatics. Personally, I don't see the point of paying $16,000 for a chair that moves with the game. I think I'd get motion sick, too.

You know what's realistic? A REAL CAR! Defose had it right.

I wouldn't even consider it, I don't play any of those types of games. And the ones I do don't really have a realism factor... If you're going to shell out that much for something realistic, get something VR.

I also like how it's got seatbelts.

[Rosti LFC]

You know what's realistic? A REAL CAR! Defose had it right.

I wouldn't even consider it, I don't play any of those types of games. And the ones I do don't really have a realism factor... If you're going to shell out that much for something realistic, get something VR.

I also like how it's got seatbelts.

But you can't drive a real car around racetracks unless you're even more well-off than you'd need to be to afford this.

[Dan1136]

Look harder, because none of the NFS games are realistic.

What does it matter if games are realistic you just want something that thrashes you around and feels awesome while you play it, But I will admit when games constantly defy the laws of physics they can get pretty annoying.

[Fluffy Cocaine]

I would have to say that this is both. It's a standalone overpriced failure, but I think it's also a tacky implementation of the future of gaming. Look at classic cell phones. Those were bulky and ridiculously overpriced. They were ridiculous failures as products, but they ushered in the next generation of telecommunications. I think a similar thing will happen here.

[Number 38]

It's a standalone overpriced failure, but I think it's also a tacky implementation of the future of gaming. Look at classic cell phones. Those were bulky and ridiculously overpriced. They were ridiculous failures as products, but they ushered in the next generation of telecommunications.

True, but cellphones are incredibly useful, whereas this thing provides pleasure for the rich and the bored.

That being said, there are countless people who happen to BE rich and bored, and videogames in general are dramatically increasing in popularity. I doubt something like this will escape the arcade scene anytime soon, however. I simply don't think they'll sell enough to make other people interested in following their idea. No doubt when VR becomes more commonplace these things will start popping up everywhere.

[Fluffy Cocaine]

Although cell phones are tremendously useful, their primary use is a cure for boredom. That's why texting is so popular. There's nothing really monumental about texting and often it's just used as a new way to tell people how bored you are and say "what's up".

I realize that nothing about this is necessity, but still. It could be an early bird to the next generation of gaming.

[Number 38]

The name "Virtual Boy" comes to mind, but I have NO IDEA WHY.

[Fluffy Cocaine]

The name "Virtual Boy" comes to mind, but I have NO IDEA WHY.

Haha. Case-in-point.

[Rosti LFC]

The name "Virtual Boy" comes to mind, but I have NO IDEA WHY.

Yeah, both the Virtual Boy, Neo-Geo and the Sega Game Gear were well ahead of their time, but had some massive flaws that basically eradicated any chance that they might be a success.
It doesn't matter how advanced something is compared to the competition, if people can't afford it they won't buy it.