Microsoft is still dodging questions about VR on Xbox One X

Microsoft is still dodging questions about VR on Xbox One X

By Andrew London

With Sony’s PlayStation VR having launched almost a year ago, questions are being asked about Microsoft’s own console virtual reality solution – but it seems the firm isn’t ready to talk about it just yet.

At a recent Xbox One X preview event, we asked Microsoft’s Xbox Marketing Manager, Albert Penello, about the status of virtual reality on the upcoming console.

“We’ll talk about VR when that happens,” Pinello said, “For us, we’re focussed this year on the X launch. There’s already so much we’re asking developers to do.

“We’ve said that we’re building for VR. Obviously Microsoft as a company is super invested in VR. For Xbox this year, it’s just not what we’re talking about. There’s always new things to talk about in the future.”

It’s reassuring to hear that virtual reality on an Xbox console is a question of when, not an if, but we wanted to know what we were talking about in terms of time frame. Was it going to be a next generation console or is that in the Xbox One X’s future?

A smile spread across Penello’s face, the air between us became a little thicker.

“That’s a great question.”

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Source:: techradar.com – Gaming

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