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Oculus Rift pre-orders to open on January 6 8am pacific time
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GuitarAtomik
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Gemüsepizza;191402480 said:
You really think dropping the controller would lop off $100? lol
thiscoldblack
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Facebook didn't fund for the servers, I see.
blackdevil
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Sony wins 
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Did you take this screen?
WhateverItTakes
Banned
Over 400 pounds sterling
blackMamba1187
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I was maybe willing to push for $500, but $600 is out of my price range. Perhaps later, once all VR headsets have prices.
jabberwocker
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lol 599. puts wallet away. good luck.
JimJamJones
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TRIGGERED
Compsiox
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includes wireless adapter
battousai11
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Nothing is loading for me either.
Content with the price point. I'm focusing on saving up for a powerful PC by year's end, and added 800 to the total cost to accomodate the Rift.
Totally understand people abandoning ship, but I'm not awestruck by the price.
Now I just need to know how much PSVR and NX are gonna be. Pricey year.
[EDIT] And I suppose to contribute to the actual topic at hand, I can't add it to my cart yet either.
Totally understand people abandoning ship, but I'm not awestruck by the price.
Now I just need to know how much PSVR and NX are gonna be. Pricey year.
[EDIT] And I suppose to contribute to the actual topic at hand, I can't add it to my cart yet either.
linkandzelda
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lol. Far, far too much. I doubt I'll be getting a VR machine any time soon.
I'll think about it again when it has some good exclusive software and is <£300.
I'll think about it again when it has some good exclusive software and is <£300.
Megatron
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Maybe not single reason, exclusive AAA software (to vr at least) will be a factor.
Prices for brand new tech are always expensive, I don't know what people were expecting.
Hell, DVD players and blu ray players were both insane at launch - not sure why anyone expected anything different :/
It'll get cheaper as time goes by and demand goes up and more competition enters the space, just like all new entertainment tech. Consoles are the exception, usually, because they expect to make money back on software down the line.
Hell, DVD players and blu ray players were both insane at launch - not sure why anyone expected anything different :/
It'll get cheaper as time goes by and demand goes up and more competition enters the space, just like all new entertainment tech. Consoles are the exception, usually, because they expect to make money back on software down the line.
Zepp Twofist
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Just white for me as well.
plagiarize
Banned
Well that explains the pack ins.
It's $100 more than I was expecting. I mean, given how updated it is from the DK2 I can understand it, but yeah, that's on the higher end of expectations so there's going to be some upset.
It's $100 more than I was expecting. I mean, given how updated it is from the DK2 I can understand it, but yeah, that's on the higher end of expectations so there's going to be some upset.
doctorcdcs
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no idea, the count down was still going down for me by the time prices were being shown
WarMacheen
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Meh, page won't load and I don't feel like fucking around with it for the privilege of paying $599.
Compsiox
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To be fair it has a very long cord.
Gemüsepizza
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No, but it would help reach that $499 price. I think they massively overestimated the hype around Oculus VR. $599 is not a good price. PS VR will be considerably cheaper.
It costs them very little to bundle it according to oculus. If you sold it to gamestop you'd make a profit.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
I had unexpected bonus money this past holiday, so I'm in even at $600. Wheeee.
It's a conspiracy. Everyone is lying.
LumpOfCole
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$600 is too much for me without enough dedicated games yet. I know I'm feeding into the chicken-and-egg scenario but I don't want to pay that much for something I'll use for three-four days and then shelf, only to occasionally use it for a trickle of demos for months to come.
The Elite
BOSS
Same. I was f5ing the page too and it was never up.
No idea where people are getting the price.
Well, the shop was showing a white page before the counter went down.
I doubt it. The PSVR looks like more of a finished consumer product and Sony has never been known for charging low prices for its hardware outside of the PS4.
friskykillface
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I'd rather spend an extra $100 and buy a ticket to E3 tbh
i bet PS VR will be $299 or at most $349 , cant be more than the system
i bet PS VR will be $299 or at most $349 , cant be more than the system
plagiarize
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Because two wires going to different places is more annoying. Even going from wired headphones to wireless ones on my DK2 made a difference.
blackdevil
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AllIsOneIsNone
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Gemüsepizza;191402480 said:
They probably decided they had to make money off the hardware when they realized the software side of things wasn't panning out as intended. Or maybe they are just really confident in their product. Either way, I think it's a bad move.
PodcastFips
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Sony wins
Depends, but with Oculus having a 600 fucking-dollar price tag, the game is in Sony's hands for now.
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