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Where the fuck are you getting this information from? We're playing pavlov every other day, there are rhythm autists who play beat saber constantly, the vrc meetups are perpetual changing between "hosts" if you can even call them that as people sleep or work, The Forest and Minecraft in VR had just as much autism as NMS, and Township Tale to a lesser degree.
>is there actually a fundamental issue with the effort it requires to play in VR
Yes, physical strain. You can be 6 billion tonnes of lard and still play CS at a competitive level but if you can't swing your arms for 20 minutes or even fucking stand up for an hour then you're fucked for vr. Enthusiast gamers have had a lifetime of sitting mostly still and now VR requires them to stand and move. Add to that being tired after work and what was once a sedentary hobby is now vaguely resembling exercise and you've got a barrier directly proportional to the size of your ass.