I don't know categorically, no, which is why I said IMHO.
Vive comes with 2 "lighthouse" things and hand controllers -
IMHO it will be more expensive. Not only that but HTC are not in good shape financially - they will possibly want a quick return on this for their investor reports. They've also been routinely talking about their product as being a "premium" option. Not so subtle way of telling people that it will not be as cheap as the opposition, again
IMHO.
You obviously don't follow VR news too closely, as Oculus have been hinting at the price increase from what they hoped it could be done for, for quite some time. People are still quoting the years old $300, despite the fact that CV1 is much, more than a rebadged DK1. I think some people were being unrealistic in their hopes.
4K sucks compared to VR, just saying.
I follow it close enough to know what Zuckerberg was saying fairly recently about its pricing structure, and although he was hinting at higher prices his recent musings in the press put its top end around the GBP400 mark not 500. Just because I don't own a DK1 or 2 don't extrapolate that out to make a veiled statement that when it comes to VR news I am talking out of my nether regions because your obviously wrong.
HTC not being in a strong financial position does not mean they could not beat the rifts latest hike. In fact from a business standpoint I would not be surprised to find HTC smiling a little especially if their offering, when and if it comes to market reasonably quickly, will now have wiggle room to be sold with it's more useful accessories at a similar or even a little more competitive price than Rift.
So you don't think then from your tone that Rift isn't offering itself at a premium price also. As for people hinting at $300 years old pricing, 2015 was a few days ago and it was being suggested in that same year earlier on that the pricing could be similar to the DK2's.
I get the impression from your postings on this subject that you seem to be almost pushing the Rift as some sort of fair deal to justify your own planned purchase of it to yourself, which you do not need to do. It isn't a fair deal in many peoples view and putting down others views as acidly as you seem to be doing is not respecting others views. Putting
IMHO does nothing to justify your view neither, nor does repeating and bolding it. It has been my experience that drawing attention in this way in no way bolsters your own view.
If in your view it is a fair price to pay then go ahead and I hope ED can work out the bugs for all, including you who do invest. But from a reasonably successful retired business woman, I still maintain that the high price required for a product that was, until recently, fully supported by this company, and now has the community manager putting out forum press releases, mentioning sadness at how things look between them and OR, with nebulous future possible solutions, and the switching to a different VR company to support their product, it would be a sign of hoping, and consumer madness to invest in the Occulus Rift until more is known.
Would you also stop making the, in your opinion, 4k sucks compared to VR, statement. How one person views that which is presented to them in certain different ways is a totally subjective view. To the person who feels sick, or suffers headaches and/or is very uncomfortable wearing a huge box strapped to their forehead, a 4K 2d version of ED is far superior to that of any VR headset.
Although I have admitted I was blown away by what I experienced when ED sat me down at EGX with an Occulus Rift on my head, for resolution and crispness the Rift headset doesn't hold a candle to the 4K monitor setup I use, to me. Only for immersion does it have the 4k monitor beaten, but I have a rich imagination and from also being a bookworm, and imagining my own scenarios as I read a well written novel, it is very easy for me to lose myself in ED on a 2d screen, and with 4K and trackir it gives me a wonderful experience. That is my subjective view and for me VR doesn't suck neither does my setup.
But my own view and business experience is telling me that the situation with the OR is decidedly not a good investment at this time. Premium prices should only be demanded from manufacturers when they have a stable, fully workable and compatible product for the market they are trying to penetrate, which at the moment none of the VR players do.
