Rift Higher Price than Expected? $600
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If the straw pool at http://strawpoll.me/6465775/r is anywhere close (small sample and internet based to boot), then you are correct in that a lot of people are waiting.
And *that's* a problem. By the time the rivals launch the oculus will be "the old one", and no longer the latest thing. If it's an established competitor, then that's fine, but if people haven't been buying, waiting to see what the competition is like... Big problem.
It's all a bit like "Spectrum/Oric 1". Or "Xbox/Playstation" or "HDVD/BluRay".. "TCP/IP/IPX/SPX "Or the perennial example "VHS/Betamax". Notice that in many cases of this kind of thing, no format is successful and the whole thing is given up as a bad job quite quickly. In other cases it's often something unexpected that gives one format and advantage over the other (like a "killer application") or just clever marketing. In many ways, the VHS standard is inferior to the Betamax standard as far an quality is concerned and the tapes are much more bulky. But the requirement to turn the tape over half-way through a movie was a killer - despite the fact that people already did this with audio tapes, and the process could be automated in some machines.
People are cannily waiting to see which Format "takes off" before committing themselves. Unfortunately if nobody DOES commit themselves, the whole thing is likely to fail. LOL.
I think people have not pre-ordered because the price is higher than they were expecting, not because they are waiting i.e. for the Vive.
Yet it looks like demand has outstripped supply, as the ship dates keep slipping. So I'm guessing the bottle-neck is the hardware, so we're already at the maximum initial player base on launch.
Facebook (and other major corps) like to put their payment transactions through Ireland for tax reasons. I'll bet they are distributed from the UK, when available.
The official ISO 3166 codes for countries, list Canada as CA. The vast majority of the world support this standard. Only one country tends to ignore it for their own convenience.
http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/ctycodes.htm
Why are so many people surprised at the price tag for the CV1? This isn't a cardboard box you stick your phone in after all, this is all high tech toys, cutting edge high tech toys at that. The DK1 and DK2 were cheap as hell because they aren't consumer ready, they were developer kits after all, early prototypes, with a big difference between the 1 and 2 according to all the people who have both, so what did you expect with the actual final consumer version?
They've stated many times that the price wasn't going to be as low as they'd hoped, that it would be higher than the DKs, that it was going up, it was costing more than they wanted...no one noticed any of that? Hell, I don't have a DK and I was keeping up with all of that, why weren't you folks who are already invested keeping up with it?
And the Vive, cheaper than the CV1? Excuse me, I've got some GREAT stock investment advice for you, just send me your CC info, I'll get you all set up!
Whatever you folks are drinking/smoking/imbibing, stop, now, please. The Vive should be $200-400 USD more than the CV1, HTC has been pushing it as the PREMIUM VR set, not the cheap VR set. It ships with 2 position trackers, not 1, and it will include the 2 controllers, custom made for the Vive, as well. And lets not forget that super special high tech camera in the front that pushed back release for months! And some of you think it will be LESS than the CV1? The Premium VR set, yeah, I'm sure it'll be a lot cheaper than the CV1...uh huh....and yes, you can take that A spec'd combatConda with your stock Sidey, no problemo boss!
They've stated many times that the price wasn't going to be as low as they'd hoped, that it would be higher than the DKs, that it was going up, it was costing more than they wanted...no one noticed any of that? Hell, I don't have a DK and I was keeping up with all of that, why weren't you folks who are already invested keeping up with it?
And the Vive, cheaper than the CV1? Excuse me, I've got some GREAT stock investment advice for you, just send me your CC info, I'll get you all set up!
Whatever you folks are drinking/smoking/imbibing, stop, now, please. The Vive should be $200-400 USD more than the CV1, HTC has been pushing it as the PREMIUM VR set, not the cheap VR set. It ships with 2 position trackers, not 1, and it will include the 2 controllers, custom made for the Vive, as well. And lets not forget that super special high tech camera in the front that pushed back release for months! And some of you think it will be LESS than the CV1? The Premium VR set, yeah, I'm sure it'll be a lot cheaper than the CV1...uh huh....and yes, you can take that A spec'd combatConda with your stock Sidey, no problemo boss!
I'm not surprised at the price at all, but I won't be paying anymore than £299 or maybe £350 at a push for whichever VR implementation I decide on.
When I consider how often I'm likely to use it, it's simply not worth anymore than that for me; I'm in no rush either.
If none are available at that price, I won't be investing
Edit: Also, are we all sure that this is supported in ED?
When I consider how often I'm likely to use it, it's simply not worth anymore than that for me; I'm in no rush either.
If none are available at that price, I won't be investing
Edit: Also, are we all sure that this is supported in ED?
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741,- €... man... my stomach... but i ordered. I built a PC to play Elite in VR, stopping now would be like death on the finish-line.
But if you look closely, the Rift is a premium high end gaming device, edge technology. The price is ok for that. I have paid more for a cell phone or 2 weeks of vacation.
You get an XBox Controller and a pretty good headset too. When my aching stomach has recovered, i am sure, i will enjoy every minute of gaming with that device.
Now its 4 months of waiting... day 1... and counting...
But if you look closely, the Rift is a premium high end gaming device, edge technology. The price is ok for that. I have paid more for a cell phone or 2 weeks of vacation.
You get an XBox Controller and a pretty good headset too. When my aching stomach has recovered, i am sure, i will enjoy every minute of gaming with that device.
Now its 4 months of waiting... day 1... and counting...
According to Palmer Luckey on Twitter the international prices are based on a direct currency conversion plus all applicable taxes, hence why the UK is 499 and not 410, I guess.
https://twitter.com/PalmerLuckey/status/684774549766803456
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Palmer Lucky said they had missed the $350 price target but he said it was in the ball park and not far off.
Not sure what you have been reading but the above was fromPL himself.
Can't speak for others, but I'm surprised for several reasons:
Palmer Luckey said they were aiming for $200-$400.
Palmer Luckey said that it would be more than $350 but it was in the ball park.
The DK2 was only $350 and I haven't heard anything about the CV1 that to me justifies nearly doubling the price (which is subsidized).
We have different definitions of 'should'.
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Slopey
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If it includes VAT/duty, then it's a pretty good price imho if it's £410 ex.
Reliably informed that when you checkout it says "You'll be charged when your order ships. Tax is included in order total." So yeah, the UK doesn't actually seem to be getting ripped off with currency exchange! I seem to remember that Oculus swallowed the taxes on DK1, but charged it for DK2? Like you, my memory of those is hazy.
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The VAT is suppose to be included in the price when you order I have read.
I think for the tech its cheap, I'm all ready in. Waiting to check out HTC's to.