HTC Vive is $799/€899/£689, Ships ‘Early April’

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AlfredoTurkey said:

Yes, they are seperate markets, this is true. But at these prices, they're never going to take off or become viable business platforms. It all reminds me of the early 90's 3DO days when there was alot of new tech revolving around disc based and handheld gaming. They all rushed to market with these over priced devices that were "supperior" tech wise with heavy price tags and they all failed. The Lynx and Gamegear got wasted by four shades of grey and the 3DO barely made a ripple.

The thing is that PSVR will be aiming for it;s core audience on it's own branded platform, not everyone else from all other platforms, the idea that because PSVR is cheaper somehow meaning everyone will factucally stop what they are doing and go only for that device sounds like that of a folly, I say that because there are expensive premiums in this world that have founded and still survive on their expensive prices. Back in the day when new things or tech/businesses started out expensive, sure some faded but in the end enough stayed alive to still exist on asking for top dollar. At the end of the day the enthusiast market definitely exists and definitely makes some good money, same with lavish and very expensive sports cars/houses/hotels/gadgets/peripheral vendors.

There shouldn't be some golden rule where everyone has and must adhere to the lowest common denominator, I honestly don't believe every business should really, if we did that then we would simply never advance nor would those seeking higher qualities at premium prices being able to get what they desire, this of course if why different markets thrive and exist. What HTC vive is aiming for is definitely not the casual market, not those who don't game on PC (lets be real for some people here, they were never once the target) and not those who love sticking to hardware from the early to mid 2000's. There comes a point where you need to upgrade to use new hardware the same way the big 3 ask each gen for you to jump ship, all they are asking for is for you to upgrade and early adopt or wait till it becomes cheaper (and still upgrade because sticking to really old hw is your own fault really).