Nearly 10 Percent of Resident Evil 7 Players Play in VR

That's a lot of soiled undies.

By Alysia Judge

A respectable slice of Resident Evil 7: Biohazard's player base is choosing to play the game in VR.

According to official figures on ResidentEvil.net, 9.48 percent of players are choosing to play eyeball-to-eyeball with the Baker family, rather than from the relative safety of traditional sofa gaming.

At the time of writing 87,463 users are logged as having played the survival horror in VR, out of a total 922,904 players across all platforms.

Given that PlayStation 4 is currently the only platform that offers VR support for Resident Evil 7 - and considering that the nascent VR market still has a relatively small audience - the fact that 87,000 players have used VR for Resident Evil is a significant milestone for the technology's adoption.

It's also worth noting that these figures have been pulled only from players who enabled the in-game data transmission option, meaning that the actual total could be higher.

Meanwhile, the site reveals that the combined total of hours played adds up to 884 years, while 77 percent of players destroy enemies by shooting them in the head.

We called Resident Evil 7's VR option "a good example of how to do AAA VR right," saying that it's more than just a gimmick. You can read our full review of the game here, whose version 1.01 patch now comes with a teaser for upcoming free DLC.

Alysia Judge is video host at IGN UK, and is concerned by the fact that Capcom says 87% of doors in-game have been left open. No Resident Evil players are allowed on her zombie apocalypse team. Follow her on Twitter.

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