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Austrian Retailer Lists Project Morpheus for Q2 2016, 399
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BRocknRolla
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I could imagine a world where this isn't out of the realm of possibility, but I don't think consumers could possibly stomach that price. I vote "nein."
That isn't a very promising price. VR on consoles will be a very risky investment. The proprietary nature of it all plus the questionable ways corporations support products that don't sell well will put a lot of question marks in front of this stuff. I don't think many AAA devs are gonna jump aboard this vr train right away either. Probably won't be many killer apps. This stuff isn't easy to demo to the public as well. Sony is gonna have to do a good job convincing people its worth the money.
bmcphail2008
Member
Doesn't really seem crazy considering the target market is likely people that already own a PS4 and the minimum entry point for the Oculus Rift will be substantially more when you add in the required PC capabilities and headset. I think the HTC Vive will probably set the realistic pricing for consumer VR headsets and if that goes out at $300, Morpheus might as well. Personally, I don't see Sony aiming this at casual gamers and anyone thinking you're going to get a headset of the quality that Sony has already demonstrated at a bargain price are kidding themselves.
Neuromancer
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In my defense they are pretty close to one another.Australian lol.
KefkaPalazzo
Member
Given the success of the PS4, and after botching the PS3 launch and the Vita entirely, I like to think Sony now knows better.
Crayon
Member
Nah.
a. It shouldn't cost so much to make. It's a 1080 helmet with some lit up ping pong balls on it. It has that extra box and some think there's xbone sauce in it but i don't know bout all dat.
b.The bundle with a 299 ps3 would be 699. Too much. As we know... 599.99 is perfect lol.
Fun find, tho.
a. It shouldn't cost so much to make. It's a 1080 helmet with some lit up ping pong balls on it. It has that extra box and some think there's xbone sauce in it but i don't know bout all dat.
b.The bundle with a 299 ps3 would be 699. Too much. As we know... 599.99 is perfect lol.
Fun find, tho.
MikeE21286
Member
It's going to cost more money than the Oculus. I think that has to be the smart guess.
Australian lol.
lol perfect
Sidewinder
Member
Don't believe that's the real price but should be at least 100 cheaper, if not I'm out.
Halph n Halph
Member
Given the post launch support console peripherals usually get (Wonderbook,Kinnect,Move),I'll pass.
There's no reason it should.
$200 for headset.
$250 for headset+camera+two Move controllers
That is what Sony should be aiming for if they want to see good adoption rates.
Developers are actually excited about VR, unlike those technologies. Many devs are announcing VR support for their games without any manufacturer pressure at all. That should tell you all you need to know about the difference here.
John Bender
Banned
€/$399 would be dead on arrival.
I'm expecting €/$299. $199 or $249 would be perfect, but I doubt it.
Morpheus will cost less.
Sony is a hardware company. They can fix some things here and there to make it cheaper.
I'm expecting €/$299. $199 or $249 would be perfect, but I doubt it.
Nope. I highly, HIGHLY doubt that.
Morpheus will cost less.
Totally agree.
Sony is a hardware company. They can fix some things here and there to make it cheaper.
Americanmushroom
Banned
Lol, so people think you pay in euros in Australia now?
Anyway, definitely placeholder although if Morpheus needs Move + cam I dont think its gonna be far from that price actually
Anyway, definitely placeholder although if Morpheus needs Move + cam I dont think its gonna be far from that price actually
It might not be so expensive in the end, but I find it funny that people want premium experiences but expect to pay under $200 for that. It could be possible if Sony has money to burn, but I don't really see it as a good business decision as long as PS4 is selling well (and at above cost).
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DarkJak101
Member
It's European money, it's ~$1=1
Austrian here, this is my experience as well.
Take this listing with a huge grain of salt.
Thinking of VR as a 'premium experience' is probably not the right way to frame it.
I'd say VR and Project Morpheus is more of a new platform, or maybe a platform expansion, than a 'premium experience'. It is a whole new thing. This is not a 'peripheral' or just some 'add-on'. This is a new medium of entertainment.
I know I'm kind of just discussing semantics here a bit, but I think the distinction is important in terms of marketing the product. It is not going to be cheap, whatever the price, and they will need to get across how revolutionary this is to convince consumers.
At Sony Malaysia website and at Sony Malaysia chain store, Vita 1K is still priced at $300. Believe. Guess who us buying those Vita? No one.
SprachBrooks
Member
Many phones also cost way less, it's different market and is more of a necessity than VR.
Not really a comparable set of products, where the phones have cheaper subsets and offer more options than this closed off accessory that will cost more than the console it's an accessory to!
Anyway, £150 is the most i'd pay for a VR headset, no way will I pay £249-300.
EDIT: Also forgot you need the PlayStation Camera for this to work as well, yeah I don't know about this to be honest, seems that you need too many accessories to make this a viable option.
dead monkey uk
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No they are not Austria is 14,000 km from Australia
It'll be worth it. Needing a few accessories didn't stop the Wii being popular, either.
Theonik
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Insert Eurovision joke here.
SprachBrooks
Member
For a limited time sure, but the market was different back then and the casual crowd have their phone, and Google Cardboard to get their VR novelty fix.
Considering the price of the move, console, camera and the VR itself it's a high point of entry.
I was thinking about how to formulate it. Your definition is better. Practically this is what I was thinking when talking about premium, not in terms of price, but in terms of novelty, revolutionary etc. These kind of things never came cheap until now (at least not in the first iteration). It's not just a "maybe I need it" accessory.
Some of the aspirational figures people are banding about.. £150. $200. That isn't happening.
It wouldn't surprise me if this was a coordinated leak to gauge price tolerances but it's going to be an expensive add on whatever way you shake it.
The VR wars are going to be interesting because experience tells me consumers go for a sweet spot of affordability and bang for buck. If anybody gets too gung ho on the spec and expects people to just pay up and take up in droves I think it could be an expensive misadventure for some companies.
It wouldn't surprise me if this was a coordinated leak to gauge price tolerances but it's going to be an expensive add on whatever way you shake it.
The VR wars are going to be interesting because experience tells me consumers go for a sweet spot of affordability and bang for buck. If anybody gets too gung ho on the spec and expects people to just pay up and take up in droves I think it could be an expensive misadventure for some companies.
Callibretto
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intentional leak so we expect that high price and later they'll announce the real cheaper price so people say "it's lower than expected" buzz.
nowadays, it seems like the way you perceive a price value is more important than the actual price. I remember when Vita price is announced and people say it's a great price, great value for what you get because the speculation of the price at that time is very expensive. but then when Nintendo lower their 3ds price, people turn on Vita now saying the price is now too expensive. not a good price etc.
nowadays, it seems like the way you perceive a price value is more important than the actual price. I remember when Vita price is announced and people say it's a great price, great value for what you get because the speculation of the price at that time is very expensive. but then when Nintendo lower their 3ds price, people turn on Vita now saying the price is now too expensive. not a good price etc.
Devilgunman
Member
Sorry I can't go higher than $299
Americanmushroom
Banned
The fuck? It's almost at the exact opposite of the globe.
Yea looking like that kinda of price (hopefully with a Game or 2 for free).
A DK2 is $350: https://www.oculus.com/order/
The PC you need for it is much more expensive than a PS4 tho...
Might have meant in spelling, not geography.
Well this will be primarily marketed towards existing PS4 owners. I'm sure there will be PS4+Morpheus bundles, but the sticker price is sure to scare off many.
A bundle for Morpheus with the camera and Move controllers will obviously do a lot to not make it seem like you're having to buy all these different things. The Wii example wasn't about the potential of VR as a mass appeal device like the Wii, just that requiring a camera and some motion control devices did not stop its popularity. You package these things in with the device and people wont think about it much.
Yea I understood what you were trying to say. Just saw an opportunity to ramble for a second!
$200 isn't impossible. There's some cool tech going on, but it is not necessarily hyper advanced hardware we're talking about here.
Placeholders tend to be BS.
Basically this. I don't get why they can't just say Price: TBA and be done with it until the reveal.