zero129 said:
Lafiel said:
zero129 said:
Better price then the Rift but still too expensive to hit the mainstream anytime soon. I cant really see them launching at that price. For me the perfect price would be €250-299 |
I think $/€400 is a realistic price
as the various sensors need to work quicker, the tech inside is not smartphone standard stuff and the screen is specifically designed aswell - there is no other 120Hz RGB OLED screen with that size and Sony said they even arranged pixels to have a slightly higher density in the middle of the fov to reduce pixel-visibility/increase perceived resolution
the whole mounting system doesn't exactly look "cheap" either
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Once it gets too far past 200 it starts to lose its impulse buy. Thats why i think 400 euro would be way to expensive for this, the same way i think the rift is just stupidly expensive. Imo 300 would be the golden price range for many people including myself. I really do see this failing harder then the rift if it cant be used on PC, since the is not that many console gamers that will spend 400 on an add on no matter what it does, however PC users are knowing to buy expensive stuff and if this works on PC its cheaper then the rift so id imagine it would do much better in that market..
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this 1st gen of VR is very likely not geared towards instant mass market appeal, but rather towards establishing an enthusiastic but viable enough niche and then slowly get the production costs down to penetrate some of the mass market
the big push imo won't happen until 2nd or 3rd VR gen with several integral improvements like eye tracking, foveated rendering, wireless, increased resolution and field of view
ofcourse Sony could prove me wrong with a $/€300 price tag, but after seeing how much the Rift costs I doubt even Sony can achieve that (without losing lots of money per unit)
