ReddishGUI
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That STELLAR launch lineup is certainly worth it!
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Canadian Gaming Deals and Discussion Thread 7: More Shipping Talk than Anime & TV GAF
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That STELLAR launch lineup is certainly worth it!
That's part 2 of my confusion. There's basically nothing to play, it's all tech demos and promises...
Yep, whoever is dead set on getting something will get one (eventually).
But the logic of that (the previous poster) is that people might not be able to justify or willing to pay the top dollar. I guess what I was saying is that the high price might deter or decrease people who might be dead set on getting one.
Well there's the novelty of it. The latest and greatest will definitely attract a lot of people to pick it up.
knacklover
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I mean, we're paying like 25$ (5%) more than our conversion rate. For a 549$ item, that should not stop anyone that wants it to go: "Wow, I'm paying an extra 25$ than if I were to buy it in the US, I will not buy it such that they fix that conversion rate scam!".
The PSVR at 400$USD I think is well priced, if you compare it to Vive and Occulus which are what, twice the price and require a >1000$ PC to function well?
The PSVR at 400$USD I think is well priced, if you compare it to Vive and Occulus which are what, twice the price and require a >1000$ PC to function well?
And REZ
But you can play it on your PS4 without VR, so we're right back to tech demos and promises.
I don't know about you, but Rez in VR looks like a nausea simulator to me
We take it on goods like iPhones because they are necessities. VR is the furthest thing from that. Sure there will be certain people jumping on board no matter what, but for it to really 'catch on' in a main stream sense up here it had to be affordable.
When the cost of games rose from $59.99 to $79.99... my salary stayed the same.
Quintin DM
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Holy shit $699.99 for that PSVR bundle, no thanks, no way am I paying that.
chrominance
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PSVR base @ $549 + 13% tax (Ontario) = $620
Oculus Rift @ $849 + shipping (no tax?) = $914
Assuming a $420 PS4 and a $1000 PC, you're looking at twice the price for a Rift IF you add in the costs of the gaming hardware to both, and 1.5x otherwise. Except that we're not counting the price of a camera, so add another $50 to the PSVR total. Doesn't make a huge difference either way. I'm not counting Move controllers since they're not strictly required.
PSVR bundle @ $699 + 13% tax = $789
Assuming you already own a PS4 (but no camera) and your PC is up to spec, the comparison looks a lot worse. There's only $125 or so between a PSVR bundle and a Rift.
There's a lot of ways to chop up and recombine the numbers, so I'll stop there. But if we're just talking the VR hardware, without taking into account the cost of the added equipment, the Rift isn't twice the price. The VIVE, on the other hand... yikes.
Vive @ $1149 + shipping + tax = ~$1350 (I think the way HTC calculates tax might be weird so this is an estimate)
We might be getting an Easter sale soon (either on Tuesday or next weekend in a flash sale) on PSN, so maybe wait a little bit. It was $49 back around or on Black Friday, so it should be that price again when it is on sale.
Yeah but now you can play your games in a theatre!
I know you said you don't want to chop up numbers further, which is fair, but that $125 difference isn't fair as you're talking about a 100% complete PSVR experience (meaning everything you'll ever need), and an incomplete Rift one (meaning no motion controllers, which haven't been released yet). When those motion controllers are released, expect to pay another $150 for them, easy.
What you can do is redeem the gift card on your amazon account and you will see an option on your pre-order where you can apply the gift card on it.
The Elite
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So you redeem the giftcard on your account and then you basically have a credit balance to use at your discretion?
chrominance
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That's true, a closer comparison would be a PSVR + camera bundle (which doesn't exist) since you do need the camera at least for a basic experience equivalent to the Rift. Buying them separately gets you $676 after tax, so the gap is $240.
The Elite
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In an alternate universe people are getting PSVR bundles for $100.
So Playstation 6 or 7?
I don't think I could do that.
Yeah. That's what showing on my account when I purchased and redeemed the $50 gift card last week.
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Deleted member 126221
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Is it possible to apply the amazon gift cards / 10$ bonus to existing preorders?
I mean for all VR. There's 0 compelling reasons to even touch it at the current prices.
Manually? I don't think so. You need to contact a CSR to apply the $10 bonus and it could be YMMV based on what I read on RFD
Greatness awaits!
The Elite
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Yeah. That's what showing on my account when I purchased and redeemed the $50 gift card last week.
Thanks. Time to start building my VR chest with birthday gift cards.
socksfelloff
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I'll try and pre order it now and if things don't look any different by launch I'll cancel it.
Well, if earlier release promises haven't changed, the biggest motivation for me to try and day one PS VR is EVE: Valkyrie. It's the closest thing we have to Colony Wars until Sony finally gets around to making Colony Wars for PS VR and the early trailers look very promising.
yup, that's a good deal!
The Elite
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I would like to confirm that this deal is good.
Witcher 3 (combat sucks, greatly designed game with a terrible UI and way too much shit to do. Too dense for its own good)
The Witness (likely never coming to retail, can get really hard but a great puzzle game)
Axiom Verge (Metroid clone)
Journey (fun to play once, don't get the big deal about it)
Captain Toad (I liked this more than I anticipated I wOuld. Fun and charming.)
Until Dawn (really good interactive drama that outclassed Beyond and Heavy Rain imo)
Heavy Rain/Beyond (if you never played them, go for it. Not worth rebuying though)
Brief vent time. Best Buy's price match policy is kind of dumb for products only available online.
There's a printer I want - Staples has it for $150, no stock, and Canon (the manufacturer) also has it for $150, in stock. To get a price match/beat for a product through BB online, I you have to order it online and request it after the fact (you can do it in-store for in-store stuff - and maybe online too, I didn't actually try). They get back to you in four hours if you go the online route.
So I put the order in, immediately send the price match/price beat request. Get an answer about 45m ago (~5h after the initial request) saying it's an OEM price so they can't/won't match it (my bad for not reading the T&Cs), but apparently they can't cancel the order, so now I have to wait for it to ship to me and then either drag it to the post office and return it or haul it up to the store and get a refund.
Not the end of the world - not like they were taking money out of my bank account, and I just bought the damn thing through Canon instead - but kind of dumb that they don't approve/reject before the sale.
There's a printer I want - Staples has it for $150, no stock, and Canon (the manufacturer) also has it for $150, in stock. To get a price match/beat for a product through BB online, I you have to order it online and request it after the fact (you can do it in-store for in-store stuff - and maybe online too, I didn't actually try). They get back to you in four hours if you go the online route.
So I put the order in, immediately send the price match/price beat request. Get an answer about 45m ago (~5h after the initial request) saying it's an OEM price so they can't/won't match it (my bad for not reading the T&Cs), but apparently they can't cancel the order, so now I have to wait for it to ship to me and then either drag it to the post office and return it or haul it up to the store and get a refund.
Not the end of the world - not like they were taking money out of my bank account, and I just bought the damn thing through Canon instead - but kind of dumb that they don't approve/reject before the sale.
That's why I PM those physical items in store. I don't want to have to do that.
Can you do that for stuff that isn't available in-store? That could be useful in the future but I kind of assumed they would only be able to PM things that were in-stock in-store.
Sony's primary focus is people who already own a PS4.
There's over 35 million of them out there.
The Elite
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Prices will eventually come down on VR tech and even at a high price there is obviously demand for it. People are excited for new technology and new experiences in gaming.
It's not a very good game though but at least you aren't spending much to try it.
Bronetta
Ask me about the moon landing or the temperature at which jet fuel burns. You may be surprised at what you learn.
Idiots? Sorry if you're poor.
Well it's not unfair to call someone that looking at the lineup along side the cost of entry. I'd rather buy a new GPU tbh.
Lone_Prodigy
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VR is not a mainstream product yet. Most new technology isn't priced for the average consumer.
People can spend their money however they want.
People can spend their money however they want.
nah, it's idiotic to buy the thing at this price if you're not interested in anything at launch or near launch.
It isn't idiotic if you are interested in a bunch of things though (and if that dude's calling people who are legit interested in things coming out for this around launch, I do not agree with him).
knacklover
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Can you put that GPU on top of the PS4 to improve Bloodborne loading times?
I'm kidding, please don't start a console vs PC war
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