After the sticker shock on the Oculus Rift, I'm not sure why people still continue to hand-wave away how expensive VR is. "Oh it's just a bunch of pre-made parts and some plastic!" Just because something isn't custom built doesn't mean it can't have some pretty expensive components. And there's still the cost of many years of R&D on top of it all.
Anyone thinking the PSVR will come in anywhere within the $250-$350 range will be severely disappointed. This a base $400 device, mark my words, and quote this in the future.
P.T. with VR...Shit
I've gotten some pretty bad framerate on recent PS4 games such as Until Dawn, which has a VR sequel in development. If the PS4 itself has issues struggling with 30fps when attempting graphics that modestly compete with the PC, why do people here believe most developers will be able to balance graphics and framerate? Doesn't the game being output on the television screen simultaneously also tax the console dramatically?
I've personally only used cardboard and found it very fun, but I fear the number of quality titles (stable framerate, immersive graphics and more depth than a rental gimmick game) on the first iteration of VR on this gen of consoles will be few and far between.
I've gotten some pretty bad framerate on recent PS4 games such as Until Dawn, which has a VR sequel in development. If the PS4 itself has issues struggling with 30fps when attempting graphics that modestly compete with the PC, why do people here believe most developers will be able to balance graphics and framerate? Doesn't the game being output on the television screen simultaneously also tax the console dramatically?
There's such a wildly varying range this could cost, based on the statement that it'd be priced similar to a console.
I bought my Xbone for £430.00 with zero games and at the time felt it was worth the cost. I got my ps4, new, with 3 games, for £225.
It really depends how much people got their consoles for as that will be many people's benchmark.
Anything under £350 is an instant purchase, for me.
What if I told you my aunt who works as a secretary outside Sony's boardroom told me "that VR thing is gonna cost $400"?
What if I told you my aunt who works as a secretary outside Sony's boardroom told me "that VR thing is gonna cost $400"?
This guy gets it.Depends on how hot your aunt is
This guy doesn't get it.Most of us work outside of Sony's boardroom.
"A lower price than most of us expect" is kind of vague, considering that expectations range anywhere form $200 to $500. The Oculus pricing debacle is pretty much a huge win for them though, because now they can launch with a $400 asking price and look like heroes. A week ago they would have been murdered for asking that much.
Oh....oh my god that's $200 more than the oculus in CAD. That can't be right. That's like $799 USD
"Seven hundred and ninety nine US dollars"Oh....oh my god that's $200 more than the oculus in CAD. That can't be right. That's like $799 USD
That cannot be the real price.
It's not. Just like the release date isn't December 31st.
Frankly I'm amazed at the Rift price considering DK2 was what, $350 or something and the CV does not seem to be that big a leap for the cost
Impressions from CES
https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/3zw8ta/ces_cv1_impressions_vs_vive/
Seems like
CV1 : Better display/optics
Vive : Better motion controls
Also
This is no cardboard VR.
599$ for best visual/optics in VR (you know... the most important aspect of immersion).
DK2 for comparison (350$)
If they were getting a lot of requests for further information (emails/tweets etc) I can see why they would remove it.Amazon ninjas just took the price off of the page. Now it looks like the others. Do they usually do that with placeholder pricing? I thought if it was a true placeholder they would just leave it up forever.
If they were getting a lot of requests for further information (emails/tweets etc) I can see why they would remove it.
Lol at people falling for placeholders.
What we really got instead.
I hope Sony can hit it out of the park on this one, but remain pretty skeptical. Other than the PS4 pricing, I feel like their asking price on almost all their other gaming products and services has been way off.
Vita was pretty rad and well below estimates.