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Wired Morpheus Pre-E3 preview - mentions new Guerrilla game, Trackmania VR, Harmonix
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IAmRandom31
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Yeah if somehow Sony is able to pull it off and release Morpheus at $299 that would be INSANE.
ashecitism
Member
Yeah, you seem to be right. It hit me afterwards that 20 seems to be low.
...aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand I'm out. As much as I'm hyped for VR, especially because I already have experience with Oculus DK2, I don't see spending several hundred euro for Morpheus. Especially since it's an peripheral.
I've been expecting $299 for ages. It seems like it'll absolutely be worth it.
A $150/$199 headset could end up being a half-measure, and $299 isn't terribly expensive in 2015. I've got a job and don't expect my phone, computer, game console, television, hell- even my monitor to cost less than $300 at launch.
A $150/$199 headset could end up being a half-measure, and $299 isn't terribly expensive in 2015. I've got a job and don't expect my phone, computer, game console, television, hell- even my monitor to cost less than $300 at launch.
But then he would have to say a couple of hundred if it were less and that would just be giving the price away.
Several means more than one in this case imo.
SEGAvangelist
Member
VR looks cool, but photos like this don't inspire much confidence.
I don't want more Kinect/Wii gimmicks.
I don't want more Kinect/Wii gimmicks.
gunslikewhoa
Member
Trackmania 2 is amazing in VR. I can't wait.
If Morpheus was $199, he wouldn't have had to worry about how to sell the price to customers.
Gimmick? You need a means to control VR gaming... Move is pretty much perfect for it.
Of course not, but the price reveal will be on a big stage and not some interview.
Yeah this is the thing, people seem to be okay with the $299 base price but if you factor in the camera and Move on top of that then the price doesn't seem so hot.
Seems they have nailed the tech, let's see if they do so with the price as well.
Will be doa at that price.
They have to balance power and price, like they did with the PS4.
Scott Rhode reweeted this so I doubt that.
A healthy estimate. I think $299-$399 is where it'll fall, but $399 is where it starts to push mainstream consumers away. A $599 bundle with a PS4 is what I keep imagining on a shelf next Christmas.
SolidSnakex
Member
They might as well not even bother if it's that much. You aren't going to convince a large amount of people to pay as much as a console for a peripheral that'll only be usable for a few games on that console. It'll be a hardcore device like racing wheels or fighting sticks.
fastford58
Member
Why would they pack in a game that has no hope of running in VR?
Neuromancer
Member
Several hundred could be $200 which is my hope for the HMD alone, since I already have the camera and a couple of Moves.
THe_DeiCiDe
Member
$249 is the sweet spot imo, make it happen Sony.
Then it will be doa. This isn't a console where you can just lower the amount of RAM or use a cheaper processor. The LCD screens and sensors and gyroscopes have a pretty fixed cost.
Of course it's several hundred dollars. Did anyone expect anything less that $200-300 range?
Edit: I guess several can mean more than $200 technically. I'm just going to wait for an official price announcement. But I think $200-300 range is reasonable and realistic. Below $199 is crazy.
Edit: I guess several can mean more than $200 technically. I'm just going to wait for an official price announcement. But I think $200-300 range is reasonable and realistic. Below $199 is crazy.
Oh right, that would make sense yeah, especially if Ubisoft is trying to figure out wtf they can do with the TR license.
DarkConfidant
Member
Am I the only one who is disappointed that Luisi didn't announce a new non VR SOCOM?
Callibretto
Member
just wondering, what is your expectation of PS4 and Vita's price before the official price is announced? just want to know your track record of guessing hardware price
Pai Pai Master
Banned
It'd still be one of the lower prices of entry for VR gaming. So yes they should still bother.
A huge amount of people on this forum expects to be $199 and even below. I've seen it in most of the threads about VR.
Callibretto
Member
is there really people thinking it's gonna be below $200
Neuromancer
Member
Less than $200 is delusional for the tech involved. Let's not forget Kinect came out at $150 and that thing was largely a complete piece of shit.
I guess in my mind $200 =several hundred dollars.
I looked up the definition since I rarely see several as a way to talk about money. I guess several is often used for more than two but not many. So it would be more than $200. I think?
My apologies. I just never see several used when talking about money.
Vomitron embodied.Trackmania?
Oh man, imagine this in VR:
No, seriously, it would be awesome.
You gotta be kidding me -- seriously?
What reason is there to believe it would be less than $200? Other than "I believe it will cost $199 because that is the price I want to pay."
I doubt it will be the same price as a PS4.
Callibretto
Member
Trackmania?
Oh man, imagine this in VR:
how the hell people even play that level design, I can't even see the track layout properly and this guy is jumping, looping and spinning in perfect precision.
Pretty much. And that Sony somehow will want so much to promote Morpheus that will subsidize it or not make any profit from it and they already have the screens lying around in the warehouse or something. That sums it up.
They could leverage the price point by bundling the thing with more items and games. Input controllers are cheap to produce, Morpheus is expensive to produce.
Throw in some controllers and maybe a game or two to justify the 399 price point.
Stone Ocean
Member
On that track? You press accelerate and nothing else. It's an illusion.