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SvennoJ on 20 February 2023
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twintail said:
Machiavellian said:

Sony would not be able to sell at that same price on the PC.  It would be a total loss.  I doubt we see this on the PC unless modders are able to make it work.  If Sony does come to the PC, that unit will probably be around the same cost as all the other high end cost VR headsets and the advantages there is not that great.

What PCVR are we talking about for $549?

Machiavellian probably means Sony will have to price it a lot higher for PC to sell the headset at a profit instead of banking on software sales to pay for the development and likely slight loss (at launch) on selling the headset. Selling it at launch on PC for $550 would be throwing money away on Sony's part.

Now there is a lot of wiggle room, a HTC Vive pro 2 kit still costs more than double that. Even used kits are listed for $1000+ on Ebay. So it would likely do fine at a $800 price point on PC and still give good value. But then of course you also expect more than just a driver for PC. Full support with help desk etc.

I imagine Sony wants to have a bigger presence on PC first and work on porting VR games to PC before bringing the headset there. Separate headsets for PC and PS5 (to price them differently) will be a headache. What if I bought it for PS5 and now want to play HL: Alyx but it's only available for the more expensive PC version of PSVR2... Plus on PC, why can't I use my Oculus touch controllers with the headset etc.

Hence let modders sort it out first.