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Everyone who pledged for a Rift DK is getting a free Kickstarter Edition Oculus Rift
- Thread starter ashecitism
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thequickandthedead
Member
Even someone who donated $10?
RandomTiger
Member
Brilliant, I cant wait!
Only if you've backed for a DK1
No. It's for the people that donated enough to be sent a DK1.
RedAssedApe
Banned
Oye sounds like the msrp on this is gonna be pretty high
Why do you think that?
GreyOcelot
Member
awesome move. i love when companies do stuff like this
Reluctant-Hero
Member
What are your specs?
Just filled out the form, that's a very generous offer. I still wasn't sure If I would buy a retail version of the Rift right away, now I can't wait for the official launch. This is a really nice gesture of sharing some of that Facebook money with early supporters like me and also a great success story for Kickstarter.
Foldedpencil
Banned
Can you imagine if Nintendo offered a free NX to those that bought a Wii on launch! I'm not trolling, I just can't get my head around this kind of action. Does anyone remember a similar situation happening with hardware? All in all, is seems super aggressive in the best possible way. I am curious what the demographic is of the early Kickstarter supporters. How many are industry enthusiast and how many are just dreamers with money to burn?
Silent_Ocarina
Member
Okay, I'm immensely jealous! Great gesture by them.
Well, when Facebook bought Oculus, there was a lot of negative emotions regarding them just using Kickstarter as a pedestal to sell out -- basically, they used other people's money to make themselves very wealthy.
This is the right decision to make to reward those people for investing and making Lucky and his cohort multi-millionaires. The message it sends is "You guys made this possible with us, so you get rewarded, too."
It's definitely not something that they were required to do or were expected to do, but it speaks very well of their intent and that they were being honest with their Kickstarter investors.
They deserve a lot of positive press for this.
chromatic9
Member
Nice touch. I'm one of those filthy DK2 buyers though.
I know a few DK1 owners who will be doing cartwheels around the room when they hear the news.
I know a few DK1 owners who will be doing cartwheels around the room when they hear the news.
John Rabbit
Banned
free Oculus hat.
Fox_Mulder
Rockefellers. Skull and Bones. Microsoft. Al Qaeda. A Cabal of Bankers. The melting point of steel. What do these things have in common? Wake up sheeple, the landfill wasn't even REAL!
Damn
plagiarize
Banned
My pc is ready for my free Oculus. I think that was the best email I ever received. I'd booked tomorrow off to be ready to jump on the pre orders and follow the news and all that. Instead, Oculus already have my shipping information and they will be sending me one for free with two games, apparently amongst the first shipments.
Yup. That $300 I spent back in 2012 is the best $300 I think I ever spent on gaming.
Yup. That $300 I spent back in 2012 is the best $300 I think I ever spent on gaming.
GTX 670 and FX-8350. It was about time to replace both anyway.
How can they afford that when they're owned by Facebook?
Yep, now you can just buy the Vive.
Yep, now you can just buy the Vive.
It's the opposite. They're owned by Facebook so they can afford it.
chrominance
Member
I am so pissed about this. I mean, good move for all the Kickstarter backers, but I specifically didn't back the Kickstarter because Oculus were so adamant that it was really just for devs and you shouldn't have any expectations of a consumer-grade experience and anyways the consumer headset will be way better so you should hold out for that anyways.
So now not only did I have to wait two years for a headset, I'll now have to pay way more (possibly twice as much or more!) because a) it's almost certainly going to be more than the Kickstarter price and b) the Canadian dollar is in the shitter. Fuck.
So now not only did I have to wait two years for a headset, I'll now have to pay way more (possibly twice as much or more!) because a) it's almost certainly going to be more than the Kickstarter price and b) the Canadian dollar is in the shitter. Fuck.
Omegasquash
Member
Whoa, what?
I backed DK1, and was looking at it last night like "did I make a mistake?"
Clearly no, no I did not.
I backed DK1, and was looking at it last night like "did I make a mistake?"
Clearly no, no I did not.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Wow, amazing gesture. I wish I had backed it now.
wanderingprostheyltite
Member
Well this feels like pretty damn amazing news to wake up to. Might shift my oculus fund over to a Vive now once those pre-orders become available.
That's actually exactly what I'm going to do!
valkillmore
Member
Wow very cool! Lucky fucks!
Fried Food
Banned
Damn I should have backed. I got that DK2 action
Ok, I no longer need to worry about which headset to buy. Get free rift, buy Vive
Had to read the email 3 times before I believed that I parsed it correctly. "Small token" my ass.
This, exactly. I was just budgeting for the Rift preorder when I got the email. Guess I'll be getting a Vive, as well!
Seeding the world with missionaries is a smart move by Oculus. Easily worth a few million in hardware.
They weren't adamant during the campaign that it was only for devs. It was targeted at a hardcore audience willing to deal with a technology in its infancy and developers looking to design games for it. DK2 had a much bigger "devs only" push. I think it's kinda crappy to be bitter about them doing this.
Thank you oculus. What an incrediblely kind gesture. this is the kind of gesture that is almost unheard of. Major companies don't have to give a fuck about the original people who supported them because they probably know that all the early adopters will be there purchasing the new rift day one. Bravo Oculus and Facebook!
plagiarize
Banned
That matches my memory too. DK1 was for devs and enthusiasts.
This is only for Kickstarter backers.
ThatsMytrunks
Member
This is super cool. I ordered a DK1 after the kickstarter, and a DK2 when it launched, but if there's no discount for me for the CV1, that's fine. I'll be f5ing tomorrow morning to order like the rest of us.