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SWORDF1SH on 06 November 2015
taus90 said:
i expect it to be between 350 to 400 as it comes with an external processing unit. It will be miracle if sony manages to sell at $299

The PS4 released for $400. PSVR surely carrying less tech than the PS4.



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Nautilus on 06 November 2015
SWORDF1SH said:
Nautilus said:

Well, I personally would rather a million times buy a XBox One with that price, which will come bundled with one game or two, than buy the PSVR.But I sure hope it has it degree of success.VR is potentially a great tech for new gaming experience.I just dont see it working now(in this gen i mean)

Yeah and a lot will think the same way. What are Sony's expectations do you think?

I honestly dont know.But as was stated before, Sony is probably seeing this as a long term investment.This is me just theorizing like a madman, but i think they are laying the groundwork for the PS5,to get people used to it, and which I think will come with a VR and use it as an necessary acessory, much like kinect was at the beggining of the XBoxOne.But again, wild assumptions.As for now, it depends on when it releases and how much it costs, but i think 500k for the first year seems reasonable, and I think Sony is expecting something on that line.They know they cant sell it like the ps4 with that price.



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Intrinsic on 06 November 2015
binary solo said:
Under $300. But the big question is how big of a loss they will take on it. Can they afford to sell it at more than a $50 loss? As long as it's fairly easy to implement VR as optional then I can't see why every FPS game can't be a VR compatible game, and with Sony having a CoD partnership I can see CoD being VR ready. I also assume every FPS that is also on PC will be VR compatible too.

people should come to terms with just how cheap the HMD is. A modern smartphone with all its bells and whistles still has a BOM of under $250. I think PSvr will probably have a BOM of less than $120. Then throw in the camera and the move controller and we are looking at around $180. No matter what I see it having a BOM of no higher than $250.

This all doesn't mean they sell it at that price though. I see Sony selling it for $300 and letting the enthusiasts buy it first and use them to iron out all the kinks. then when word of mouth grows they drop it to around $200 in 2017.



setsunatenshi on 06 November 2015

I give 0 fucks about the price, just release it and let me play some cool vr games in it.

let's get no man's sky, DC and GT in it, and who knows maybe a MMO trying to imitate SAO



taus90 on 06 November 2015
SWORDF1SH said:
Nautilus said:

Yeah, probably PSVR will be bundled with a game.But since we dont know much about how it will be priced or what it will come with, im assuming(probably wrong) that it will come with the hardware alone.

Even if Sony is directing it to the existing PS4 userbase,since people that dosent have one already will need to pay a fortune to get it, its still quite of a jump.You will need to spend another 300(around it) just to get an acessory, which library has just a few exclusives, and others that could be played with the ps4 normaly(like FF 14 for example).And without any killer app it will be a hard sell.Sure, there were some games shown that looks promissing, like Robinson, but even that showed only a "cutscene", not the actual gameplay, and that title is a timed exclusive.

I dont know, I dont see this succeding.Not with that price and games at least.At least I wont be buying it.

$300 is probably my limit. I wonder how much it will cost to make. I mean they've been experimenting with VR for a long time and if they can chuck out PS4's with a third party game for $350, it seems reasonable that the PSVR could be sold under $300. How much tech do they need? The PS4 will probably be doing all the grunt work so the PSVR might not need as much electronics. Not a tech guy but that's my trail of thought!

 

I dont see it @ $300, as it comes with an extra processing unit which will add to the cost. If it was just the headset then yeah 300 would have been ideal.. Although I do think PSvr will be the cheapest of all the VR headset out there



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Landguy on 06 November 2015

If it is over $200, it will sell a bunch to the die hards in the first month and then it will die a slow death...

Accessories priced over $100 usually struggle. Why does everybody think that $300 will work?



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Intrinsic on 06 November 2015
SWORDF1SH said:
Nautilus said:
SWORDF1SH said:

$300 is probably my limit. I wonder how much it will cost to make. I mean they've been experimenting with VR for a long time and if they can chuck out PS4's with a third party game for $350, it seems reasonable that the PSVR could be sold under $300. How much tech do they need? The PS4 will probably be doing all the grunt work so the PSVR might not need as much electronics. Not a tech guy but that's my trail of thought!

Well, I personally would rather a million times buy a XBox One with that price, which will come bundled with one game or two, than buy the PSVR.But I sure hope it has it degree of success.VR is potentially a great tech for new gaming experience.I just dont see it working now(in this gen i mean)

Yeah and a lot will think the same way. What are Sony's expectations do you think?

Whenever I see this kinda skepticism I actually chuckle a little to myself. I think VR is going to surprise a lot of people. I'm more convinced of this due to the fact that since no one knows whst to expect of it they just write it off. VR marks the single largest jump in gaming since when we went from 2d gaming to 3d.



Puppyroach on 06 November 2015

I´m expecting a pricetag between $349-$399 but below that would be quite fantastic of them.



only777 on 06 November 2015

Knowing Sony $250 which somehow will translate into £399 when it comes to England.



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Cloudman on 06 November 2015

Huh..? When did they price their goods at a loss while still being a good affordable price. The PS3 and Vita were still too pricy to buy, even at a loss, and the PS4 they still made money on that day 1... I guess he's talking about the PS1 and 2?

Anyways, to make a base, I'll say 200 USDs or less?



 

              

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