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Oculus Rift available for preorder for $599.99, shipping in March

I'm going to be honest, I wasn't expecting that.

I've only really been following the PlayStation version, is this the one that has that whole room tracking thing? I can imagine that stuff is quite pricey to do with what I saw of it ages ago.

I'm pretty much in if the PlayStation VR headset is under £400, I know this one is only £100 over my limit but i just wouldn't be willing to pay any more. I'd be much at £300 to £350 but I'm expecting the worst and then anything else is just a nice surprise.
 
Going to be interesting to see if Amazon and other retailers just sell them for $599/£499/€699 and have free delivery. Won't be getting mine until November but I suspect it will be cheaper buying them from online retailers in your own country than from Oculus in the US when you take delivery and Customs into account.
 
Zafir said:
What normal people do you know that spends that much on a PC?

I don't know anyone who has spent that much on a PC in the UK, and that's including the fact that UK tech prices are really ridiculous.
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It's a rift + PC bundly for $1499. We have a thread on GAF with plenty of people spending $899 on their rig.
 
Caayn said:
What the actual fuck. First the product is more expensive in Europe ($600 + %20 tax != €700), next at that price shipping isn't even included (which is practically a standard in the Netherlands), and to top it off customs isn't even included.

This must be some major fuck-up mistake by Oculus.
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Expect customs add another 100 to 200 euro's because that is customs in the netherlands.
 
Can somebody photoshop an OR onto my friend here...
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KTallguy said:
That is not a mass market price.
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I don't think there are enough PCs that can run VR games for this to be mass market anyway. It was always going to start off for enthusiasts until a full VR + PC combo can make it to mass market price combined.

I'd guess in 3-5 years, you'll be able to get VR w/ a machine that can run it for ~500
 
bounchfx said:
loooooool

this is absolutely the money grab/early adapter price. i wouldn't expect it to stay this high for more than 3-6 months tops. but it's still ridiculous. I guess it was too be expected. It's a bit higher than I thought though.
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I'm sorry, but you don't know that this is a money grab. In fact, Oculus has repeatedly said that they are selling as low as they can without giving the thing away at cost.

I'm not sure why you assume that all the components, manufacturing, and design that goes into this headset is worth some lower imaginary number in your head.
 
dmr87 said:
He's not wrong, but he should stop typing before it gets worse.
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Actually, he is wrong. Customs specifically - and the global economy in general - doesn't work like he implies with this tone-deaf, back-handed comment. It makes him look stupid about how the real world works...and makes him sound like a dick. He should have just signed off and had a hired hand handle PR.
 
Occam said:
Conflicting messages. So the Euro price doesn't include import taxes after all?
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"Customs duty", sounds like he was talking about importing it. The VAT (i think Danemark has 25%) is not custsoms duty. If Oculus price it at €699 and has a shop in your country, they have to make sure that they're not shipping it like a normal package from another country, otherwise you might get hit with paying extra money.
 
diablos991 said:
There is a product for those unable or unwilling to get PC VR. It's called the PSVR. No need to shit on those with expendable income.
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The product hasn't even launched and I can already smell the stench of Oculus elitism...

Gee, this gen is going to be so fun. I'm really glad that VR adopters are going to focus on what their platforms have in common instead of the differences...
 
Pricing reminds me of the first iPhone, just without the massive consumer appeal. If the software is there that justifies the use of VR folks will be all about this.

I'm more waiting for how well PSVR performs as that to me seems like mass market pricing with general population awareness value.
 
test_account said:
"Customs duty", sounds like he was talking about importing it. The VAT (i think Danemark has 25%) is not custsoms duty. If Oculus price it at €699 and has a shop in your country, they have to make sure that they're not shipping it like a normal package from another country, otherwise you might get hit with paying extra money.
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Customs duty, at least in Canada, is usually the tax on what you spent (The cost of the product). So 13% in Canuckistan.

You're basically paying the tax you would have paid anyway.
 
diablos991 said:
There is a product for those unable or unwilling to get PC VR. It's called the PSVR. No need to shit on those with expendable income.
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I have plenty of expendable income. The issue here is you seem to have zero empathy for those who do not. Endlessly defending Luckey's obviously out-of-touch and dumb comments on Twitter isn't a good look.
 
wanderingprostheyltite said:
There's certainly an entitlement there. Do people really expect Oculus to eat their country's import costs?
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Yes. Normally a company selling internationally sets prices including import taxes.

I think there are some crossed wires going on.

Palmer first says that EU pricing isn't a straight exchange rate conversion because it includes local sales taxes and customs charges etc. Clearly to me implying that the price in the oculus store is the only price you'll pay (£499, €699 plus shipping). No additional duty to be paid. This is also in line with previous devices sold by oculus. My DK1 didn't have any import duties to pay - they shipped them all into Europe in one go, then shipped individual orders out from there. So they were shipped from within the EU therefore no duties to be paid, they would have been cleared by oculus on the initial delivery from China to their European shipping hub.

That second tweet in response to someone shouting that it'll be €900-1000 is just a bad reply. He should have just calmly said that the guy was wrong and the pricing on the oculus store is o further tax to pay.
 
Wait, so Europeans get to pay the taxes in the price of the product, and it's not even a guarantee that it'll go through customs without getting taxed a second time? That's not how it works! When I buy something from the USA I pay USA prices. And then get hit by customs (if over a certain amount). Amazon and eBay offer a service where you pay the taxes ahead of time, so you at least avoid the customs fees. I'm guessing Palmer does not know what he's talking about,
 
Its a realistic price and I wouldn't mind paying it if these things weren't going to be getting major upgrades every 6 months. Maybe if there was some kind of upgrade discount or something but I'd rather wait for the gen 2 consumer rift when theres much better hardware and way more VR support.
 
DoctorWho said:
It's a rift + PC bundly for $1499. We have a thread on GAF with plenty of people spending $899 on their rig.
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Yes, but in that scenario, the oculus is part of the costs of the "rig". Thus you're spending $1500 on a rig. I bet there's not many people spending $1500 on rigs in that thread.

Which is where my point comes from. Sure, you get a oculus in it, but that's still a massive entry price "normal people" probably aren't going to pay lol.
 
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