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Forums - PC Discussion - Oculus Rift.. $599 US - Ships in March.. UDPATE: Now MAY

May already hmm doesnt bother me much. Waiting for next gen GPUs before I buy a Rift. So I guess Summer or Fall 2016. Price is ok considering how much enjoyment I will get from it.



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Vasto said:
HTC Vive ftw

 

Vive has identical specs when it comes to the HMD Plus it has Lighthouse Controller and build in Cam. So I guess it will be 799-899. VR is a Premium game experience and at its beginning. Early adopters Pay an premium. 1000 Euro Bluray Player comes into mind which is why I bought the cheap PS3 Bluray Player.  



Vasto said:
HTC Vive ftw

Hope you dont expect it to be cheaper





Oh damn. Well, looks like I'm full of shit.

I mean, I guess people who have a PC capable of running it are the same kind of person who might be willing to spend that kind of money on one. But that might be a tough sell. It'll be interesting to see how well pre-orders go.

Oh, and I still don't think Sony can charge more for PSVR than they do the PS4. They might, but they can't if they want this to work.



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Zoombael said:

Oh noes! New Technology is expensive! Who could've forseen this?! Nobody i tells ya! Gasp!

 

"Players slowly trickled into other regions around the world. Prices for the first players in 1997 were $1000 and up."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_player

Cheap appeal to ridicule. Not to mention technologies are adopted on basis of cost-effectiveness and cost-utility analysis. Besides, you forgot to quote DVD prices dropped an order of magnitude three years later, and the market of home video entertainment often is more wealthy than one primarily focused on teen and young adult gamers.

Also, the cost of entry is higher than $599 given the required CPU/GPU hardware. Even PC harware matching the PS4/XOne is ultra high-end taking into account every PC used for gaming out there... not to mention hardware equal or above a GTX 970. A meager 13 million PCs worldwide according to Nvidia. Now imagine the percentage of users who actually care about VR, and among them, those who would bay $599 for a VR device.

So far VR seems nothing but a market-alienating premise.

Edit: lol @ the shameful display of Palmer Luckey on Twitter trying to justify its pricing and international taxes. That's why you hire a decent PR, dude...



 

 

 

 

 

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This tweet from Palmer Luckey seems to suggest that the price might not include Customs Duty in some countries



This is like them giveing up before hand.
PS VR is going to take up like 80% of the VR market.

At a 599$ price point this will never become a huge success story for them.
Oculus Rift lose the early adoption rate race.



I can't wait to try VR for the first time. In five years. Like many technologies, right now it's pretty much just for those with a lot of income or just a serious love for what's new.



OneKartVita said:
The ball is in your court Sony!


I hope that Sony acts in this situation as agressive as they have been with the "Console War", cutting throats left and right.

Sony cant have mercy with the Oculus Rift! The price is the fist step in this battle.

They have the advantage of being the last to announce the price.

It is all in your hands Kaz.



Good for them that they sold out so fast. But how many did they sell?
It sounds like the day one stock was VERY limited if they were able to sell out in under 14 minutes at that price.
I wonder if they are producing 10k, 100k or more every month.



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