mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
So what's the problem with this? Like most consoles and better than smart phones after 3 years.
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Oculus Rift available for preorder for $599.99, shipping in March
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So what's the problem with this? Like most consoles and better than smart phones after 3 years.
So I am guessing you are interpreting this to mean it has to be under $200? LOWER cost, not LOW cost, and even then, it's all relative.
Sony actually sold PS3 well below average market value of Blu-ray players, and it was one of the most fully-featured Blu-ray players
I got a confirmation email (and an address correction email...Okay...) and it doesn't have the estimated delivery month in it.
Uno Venova
Banned
Maybe it was even more expensive
The HMD was priced as a high end luxury item. No doubt the mark up on it was high. If the manufacturing costs are so high for OR, it may just be the specific manufacturering arrangements they have are less than ideal. But I guess we'll know more when the other VR units are priced. In any case, will be interesting to see how it compares cost wise to the competition.
YianGaruga
Banned
I just said what I expect of them.
1) Stop being defensive and prove to people its worth the price.
2) CEO, start acting like a damn CEO
3) I'll add this one, if there's a price discrepancy that people are complaining about, tell people you will either work on it or you won't to fix it.
wanderingprostheyltite
Member
Nice try, from the store, not in general. It's still an open platform.
Mushroomer25
Member
They won't sell it on the storefront. Nothing stopping you from getting that content elsewhere. That's like saying the PC blocks porn because you can't buy it on Steam/iTunes.
That is bullshit, they will not allow porn on their shop, that's all.
When/where did Sony say they would sell PSVR below production cost?
This is false. They say no porn apps, but it's a PC peripheral so you could easily make something and put it out without ever touching the Oculus VR Store.
Yeah he should have added ...for people in the USA.
For Europe plebs is not faster, better, or a lower cost. And hes talking about mainstream VR launch there.
plagiarize
Banned
Aside from paid for exclusives, I think you can count on most PSVR titles also coming out on PC... and just as with PC ports of 2D games, I'm sure developers will leverage the extra horse power available. Most third party developers making VR exclusive games are targeting PSVR + Rift + Vive. I don't see why that would change. If they're using UE4 or Unity, it's almost push button to get it working on all of the above.
Father_Brain
Banned
A device that requires $700-800 worth of hardware to use outselling a device that requires twice that? You don't say.
Stiler
Member
They said time and again 350'ish was the target consumer launch price.
They backed off starting around this past October.
blastprocessor
The Amiga Brotherhood
Serious BS this. Crysis 3 barely sweats the CPU with 40% power left.
Trojita
Rapid Response Threadmaker
What's stopping you to use a non-oculus rift sanctioned vr application?
Lol, you should probably read what you post.
The Elite
BOSS
Microsoft are giving them a great deal on the controllers in order to associate VR (and Oculus) with the XBox brand, despite them not actually having VR for Xbox.
diablos991
Can’t stump the diablos
Won't be on Oculus App Store. Not surprised there.
It will still be available any other way you want to get it.
the-pi-guy
Member
EroticSushi
Member
Can't wait for the Reddit AMA tonight. It's going to be a mess.
Sigh.. fuck.. thank you.
I have a ticket in with support but I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to re-place the order and get one in may or whenever the fuck.
Mechanical Snowman
Member
It's not that shocking that people are surprised, if you consider that the company themselves said not even a year a go I think, that it would be in the ballpark of $350.
Most of the dissatisfaction comes from being fed expectations of low price, and then given a very high price.
That is only for stuff sold through the Oculus Store from the looks of it.
Betta Lines
Member
Mine showed the price and shipping costs on the confirmation screen, but on the order history it looks like Venfayth's screenshot. I know three other people with the same.
blazeuk
Member
I think Sony will surprise a lot of people and come in much cheaper than people are now expecting, would they really be stupid enough to attempt to go down the PS3 route again? Oculus will do just fine for preorders but the question is how long it can be sustained, at $599 either orders will plummet fairly quickly or the price will.
No I'm trying to jab at the Europe situation...he should have added to the quote "for people in the USA". He's talking about a mainstream VR launch there.
mangochutney
Member
Well... this clearly states they are covered and included in the price.
Some members have been worrying over country of origin in terms of shipping, so I was just pointing out how things can be shipped with duty paid by the seller, not the recipient at the door so they don't have to ship to you from within the EU for you not to get charged.
The Elite
BOSS
Yeah, my order history screen shows everything correctly. Could just be due to the mass of orders processing.
So if there's an "Oculus Rift Store" that you access content on for the Rift, but Luckey has said it's an open platform, I'm assuming that means you're not locked into the OR Store for the content you want to use on the headset? Or is it going to be a situation like the PSVR where you can only run content Sony sells/allows?
If the headset is locked to their own ecosystem, I'm 100% less interested in the pre-order I have in. I want the Wild West of VR to be wild, not some watered down iOS store where only content approved by The Man is available.
If the headset is locked to their own ecosystem, I'm 100% less interested in the pre-order I have in. I want the Wild West of VR to be wild, not some watered down iOS store where only content approved by The Man is available.
Considering HMDs have been traditionally at least $1200+, yeah, I'd say mission accomplished.
What is with you people?
Ninja Scooter
Member
Why would someone who is not into PC gaming be in the market for a $600 device that is for now geared towards PC gaming?
I was thinking this as well. I was wondering if it was possible MS might even be subsidizing the OR somewhat in exchange for OR allowing them to pack in the controller.
smartphones took a while to take off, samething with tablets, HDTV's, Bluray, DVD, VHS, etc
VR is going to like the early days of 3D accelerator/sound cards all over again. Alots of API lots of devices and lots of fast moving tech.
Also Oculus rift is cheaper then tack I use for my horse.
VR is going to like the early days of 3D accelerator/sound cards all over again. Alots of API lots of devices and lots of fast moving tech.
Also Oculus rift is cheaper then tack I use for my horse.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
plagiarize
Banned
Sony *should* be able to make a custom display (if they even need to) for cheaper than Oculus. And PSVR is only going to contain one display. I'm sure PSVR will be a good deal 'cheaper' than the Rift, but I'm also sure it'll be *cheaper*. If you get what I mean.
Also, as someone with a PS4 camera and move controllers, I really hope they have a SKU without all that stuff. I can see a SKU for around $300 with just the headset and breakout box. But then I was $100 off the Rift price too.
wanderingprostheyltite
Member
Serious BS this. Crysis 3 barely sweats the CPU with 40% power left.
Use the benchmark linked in this thread, better indication for compatiblity
GearVR is their low cost platform (which costs even more than a Rift if you don't own the handset) which appeals more to the masses the Rift is aimed at enthusiasts and companies.
I'm too disappointed for the price but its well in what I would expect for this type of hardware. I don't know how it could be cheaper without them cutting a lot of the tech, apart for maybe use much cheaper materials/fixed design and excluding controllers, games and remote. Even then I would guess that could only knock it down to $400.
I'm too disappointed for the price but its well in what I would expect for this type of hardware. I don't know how it could be cheaper without them cutting a lot of the tech, apart for maybe use much cheaper materials/fixed design and excluding controllers, games and remote. Even then I would guess that could only knock it down to $400.
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
Surprisingly expensive considering the pricing of the DK1 and DK2. Especially weird because people are generally used to the fact that the devkits are far more expensive than consumer products, and here's a consumer product 2x more expensive than its devkits used to be.
Not according to the latest SDK
Source? The terms I read in the latest SDK say nothing like that. Did they update them?