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[Kaako]

Bueeeno. High end users keep buying this so I can pickup the second iteration in a year or two for the same price or cheaper. Thank you for being early adopters cause we need this. VR for everyone.

 

[iceatcs]

What're you talking about, RoadToVR?. HTC Vive US still taking the orders.

 

[RCSI]

Any chance they are pulling a Nintendo and artificially restricting the supply to increase hype?

Maybe not intentionally, but it may be that they were not expecting the demand for the headset to exceed their initial manufacturing capacity.

 

[UnrealEck]

I wonder how Palmer Luckey feels right now.

 

[DangerMouse]

Bueeeno. High end users keep buying this so I can pickup the second iteration in a year or two for the same price or cheaper. Thank you for being early adopters cause we need this. VR for everyone.

This. I hope all of these do really well so that they see the demand and keep improving these and the games we'll get on them.

 

[Kaako]

This. I hope all of these do really well so that they see the demand and keep improving these and the games we'll get on them.

Looking really forward to that 4th iteration if I'm fully honest: 16K native per each eye, 120fps minimum, fully matured foveated rendering/engine(s). Let's goooo!
I get giddy thinking about this stuff lmao.

 

[ForsakenLotus]

did nintendo actually do that

I'm not an economist so I certainly don't want my assumptions to be treated as gospel, but between the instances of game/hardware shortages and how they have traditionally happened in North America much more frequently, I don't think it's unfair to suggest that Nintendo may sometimes undership products to manufacture demand. Maybe they just want to be cautious and it's not to generate buzz, but I don't feel it's that simple.

 

[T.O.P]

Happy to hear that it's doing numbers, it's the most amazing piece of tech i've ever had my hands on

 

[Krappadizzle]

Hope this doesn't delay the early June release my email said. The Vive looks incredible. Full room and motion controls just seem to be the way to go moving forward.

 

[Manmademan]

did nintendo actually do that

"Chip shortages" in the 80s maybe?

 

[KatamariOnTheRocks]

Hope this doesn't delay the early June release my email said. The Vive looks incredible. Full room and motion controls just seem to be the way to go moving forward.

I can safely say after a few weeks with my Vive that VR is so damn cool that it's seriously been hard to go back to traditional gaming after experiencing it.

 

[Gaogaogao]

im having a hard time understanding why digital river still exists

 

[Durante]

That's what I'm hoping... But I'm not so sure...I think there's going to be a ton of competition in this space over the next few years.

I think the vive looks awesome but next to the cost the fact that HTC is the company making it makes me concerned for its future.

HTC has released some interesting hardware but none of it seems to catch.

It really doesn't matter whether HTC goes under or flourishes in the long term. The platform is OpenVR/SteamVR, not the HTC Vive.
Hardware manufacturing is exchangeable, building a lasting software platform is what counts (and Valve obviously know that).

 

[Kaako]

It really doesn't matter whether HTC goes under or flourishes in the long term. The platform is OpenVR/SteamVR, not the HTC Vive.
Hardware manufacturing is exchangeable, building a lasting software platform is what counts (and Valve obviously know that).

Great point. My concern is, will Valve start making quality VR games to support this OpenVR/SteamVR platform like they did with Steam back in the day? Will they pave the way?

 

[jroc74]

Guess they didn't price it high enough

Exactly.

I was told the Vive was DOA due to price. Seems not. Good for HTC, they needed it.

Not just the Vive but VR in general. From price to no one wanting it.

 

[AgeEighty]

I'm not an economist so I certainly don't want my assumptions to be treated as gospel, but between the instances of game/hardware shortages and how they have traditionally happened in North America much more frequently, I don't think it's unfair to suggest that Nintendo may sometimes undership products to manufacture demand. Maybe they just want to be cautious and it's not to generate buzz, but I don't feel it's that simple.

Even if they have done this (which I don't really buy), it isn't necessarily to create artificial demand (which doesn't happen in a vacuum: your product still has to be desirable). From a balance sheet standpoint there's a lot to be said for keeping your inventory levels as low as possible, not just for Nintendo but for retailers as well.

Anyway, this Vive thing seems to have been kind of a false alarm.

 

[The Spoony Hou]

did nintendo actually do that

Just because Sony supposedly did it with the PS2, some people think it's actually a good idea and Nintendo would copy it.

 

[Cipherr]

Was this actually proven to be true at any point?

Hell no, lol. They genuinely are shit at production. Remember, this is the company thats had a shortage of WiiUs in Japan in the last 2 months. Do we really think its them 'pumping demand'? Lol.

 

[MaybeBurger]

I find this to be bizarre. People actually want this?

 

[Defect]

I find this to be bizarre. People actually want this?

This post is bizarre.

 

[scitek]

That's a pretty big assumption. And it won't even be as great an experience as Vive.

You can't just walk into a store and just buy a Vive or a Rift. People will be able to do that with PSVR.

 

[magnumpy]

I just got an email from HTC/FedEx saying my order will be arriving next Tuesday, although I rescheduled it for next Thursday due to an unavoidable scheduling conflict. my order must have gone through just before they ran out of stock, phew!

also have an outstanding Oculus order, it's actually a few months old, although it still says on the website "Estimated Ship Date TBD"

I don't know what their order numbers are like (my order number is 61300009231966, I'm not sure how to interpret that?)

that can't be the literal order number, there aren't even that many human beings on planet Earth!

might even buy a PS4+NEO just for PSVR xD

I own both of the original devkits for oculus (DK1 and DK2) and they completely sold me on the whole idea of this new resurgence of VR. I've seen the YouTube videos from AVGN about all the old VR HMDs, (VirtualBoy, Victormaxx Stuntmaster, Tiger Electronics R-ZONE) and although I haven't tried any of the old ones myself it really did seem like they all sucked!

having said that, I'm really optimistic about the future! will report back next Thursday after my order arrives

 

[Bboy AJ]

You can't just walk into a store and just buy a Vive or a Rift. People will be able to do that with PSVR.

Doesn't matter when Vive is sold out. And you can walk into a store and buy them. Best Buy has Rift soon.