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Oculus Rift available for preorder for $599.99, shipping in March
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DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Simple. Just get a second job.
I tried all my cards and am getting the same problem. I tried will PayPal as well.
ashecitism
Member
r/oculus isn't happy haha
yeah but sony said PSVR was going to be priced like a console. people are still making fun of $599 a decade later - no way they cross that line again. People even scoffed at the $499 Xbone. so, i'm thinking it's going to be priced around where the PS4 is now.
Katana_Strikes
Member
OUYA
It has already changed to April.
gundamkyoukai
Member
Was expecting $500 more expensive than i though .
Still i can see it doing okay even at that price .
Still i can see it doing okay even at that price .
PetriP-TNT
Member
It's Rift Racer! Riiift Racer.
I am pretty tempted, but I don't think my 970 is enough so getting a another card and the glasses is a bit hefty.
I am pretty tempted, but I don't think my 970 is enough so getting a another card and the glasses is a bit hefty.
So, NeoGAF in a nutshell?
Pretty much.
The thing is, I was all set to pay $500 for this thing - it was the upper end of what I thought was reasonable for an early adopter piece of tech without any killer apps.
For the price, you could buy a nice g-sync monitor or something else that would have a much broader use.
OMG, please save your money. It's not worth it.
UnrealEck
Member
Seems it comes from Ireland.
Future PhaZe
Member
it might not even last 1 year before its proven to be inferior to competing solutions lol
Just realized a rather scary possibility.
The price isn't coming down. They may pull an Apple. The new one always costs $600. CV2 - $600. Oh but now that CV2 is out, don't worry you can buy a CV1 for $400. What a deal! Sure the tracking isn't as good, the screens aren't as good, the whatever isn't as good.
I'm calling it now.
The price isn't coming down. They may pull an Apple. The new one always costs $600. CV2 - $600. Oh but now that CV2 is out, don't worry you can buy a CV1 for $400. What a deal! Sure the tracking isn't as good, the screens aren't as good, the whatever isn't as good.
I'm calling it now.
People keep saying No or goodbye VR. Do you not remember the first smartphone Iphone was like over a grand at ATT and Blu Ray was over a grand....600 is expected I was more expecting 500 NOT 400 but its around my range so im fine. Plus this is the first HIGH end VR system. People will buy this
keltickennedy
Member
Meanwhile at the Sony and Valve offices...
1.21Gigawatts
Banned
Yes, I think most people mistake VR for a gaming peripheral and therefore think about it in gaming terms, but its not.
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Deleted member 47027
Unconfirmed Member
It's not supposed to be mainstream yet. This isn't for the poor masses.
The Illiterati
Member
I would expect your phone, console and PC to be usable 2-3 years from now, even if not top of the line. These headsets? All with differing specs and arbitrary features/controllers? You're still paying for a public beta. You may be buying HD-DVD 1.0 here.
Do I expect there to be tons of fools and their money? Sure. I also expect tons of whining and crying a year from now.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Jason Schrier's reply to fake Kaz is funny as shit too! Lol
Dr. Black Jack
Member
did you
chrominance
Member
Did some math because I'm a masochist. As a Canadian, if you had bought into the Oculus Rift Kickstarter back in August 2012, you could've gotten a DK1 kit and a CV1 for $275 USD ($300 if it's pre-built). Add $30 USD for international shipping. That $330 USD would've translated into roughly $330 CAD, as the Canadian dollar was at par.
Three years later, that same CV1 now costs you $914 CAD, and you haven't had a DK1 to play with in the meantime. That's almost three times the price. A lot of that is due to the Canadian dollar losing 30% of its value versus the US dollar. The CV1 doubling in price doesn't help either.
Three years later, that same CV1 now costs you $914 CAD, and you haven't had a DK1 to play with in the meantime. That's almost three times the price. A lot of that is due to the Canadian dollar losing 30% of its value versus the US dollar. The CV1 doubling in price doesn't help either.
People paid $800 for blu-ray players when it came out. There's apparently market for $100 plain white t-shirts.
I'm sure the device will sell as well as it needs to, and the next version at a lower price will sell a lot better.
Visualante2
Member
20% VAT. To bail out the banks and other such things.
MatrixMan.EXE
Member
Ayyyyyyyy
I don't understand were people are getting the idea that Vive will be better price. That thing comes with hardware you place around your actual room. No way in hell can Sony take a loss on their headset either. You'll be paying for everything. They need pure profit off this thing. Last time I checked the PlayStation division was still the one part of the company making the most. It can't be held up by something else while they go into the red on their device.
mightynine
Member
God damn, I lost it
Wrestlemania
Banned
The thread in which the reality of early adoption costs for VR finally hit people.
Ordered mine. Excited.
Ordered mine. Excited.