Anybody else that was looking forward to pre-order Oculus Rift today only to be disappointed of the unrealistic price tag? How they expect VR to take off with a 700 USD + tax + shipping (+ 1500 USD gaming PC) purchase is beyond me. Plus whatever they are going to charge for the Oculus Touch controller(s) this summer.

I'm sure their product is great but they are blowing their chance of taking off with a boom here.

VR needed a "boom", a short period of time where you get as much hardware out there as possible so that developers will have a reason to make games specifically with VR in mind. You only have one chance for such a boom, instead Oculus chose to take the slow gambling route. There's a risk now that VR will die off due to lack of interest and lack of software.

Their failure to actually tell people the price before hand has already generated a lot of negative vibe and if VR now gets a reputation to just be a super expensive toy for the very few it might very well lead to VR sleeping for another 10 years.

I can't really read anything about the Rift any longer because I know that it doesn't concern me. This kills the excitement after two years of waiting.

The first sign that worried me was when the Xbone controller would suddenly be forced into every purchase of Oculus Rift. I shaked off the bad feeling but after seeing this I dunno about Oculus as a company. I honestly believed they had enough sense to start VR with a boom, either by waiting or even using lower-tier materials (better with a lot of people with a good VR headset than a few people with a great VR headset).

On their purchase page they even listed the price as "$59900", how they could have forgotten such an important period is beyond me. It's finally been fixed now but reeked of unprofessionalism. Meanwhile they were (are) censoring so many comments on Reddit, it's just such an unpleasant experience.

YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE
>upvoted due to star wars reference

- Too expensive
- Too high end of a computer required.
- Not enough of a market
- Not enough game support

Plus you end up with the same problem that 3D movies have, unless a a game (movie) is shot / made natively for it its not gonna be that great.

OP is right.

Was pessimistic since the public got a hold on the $350 devkits (or how much they were)
I'm just surprised that they didn't slap blue flames and a "THE FUTURE IS HERE!" sticker on the thing and even the price at $1,000 or force a bundle offer with a $5,000 1337MLG Cuck-o-vision 180½p screen

I'm gonna wait this VR wave out.
Again.

Maybe skip a dozen McDonald's trips?

I have a friend that has a DK2. I tried it and it's very good. I'm sure the final one will be awesome, but I can't justify expending so much money on what's basically a toy.

>>26608
I have an expensive monitor. But a good monitor is something you buy, and you expect to last 3 to 5 years of daily use for everything from work to games to porn. The OR is something you only use for very specific uses (mostly games). Last monitor I had lasted me 4 years, and is still in use because I gave it to a friend of mine that couldn't afford to replace his dying one.

It would be interesting to see a list of total costs for the Oculus in different countries all over the world, where the prices were all USD for easy compare. Then you could normalize the prize using the Big Mac Index and find out where on Earth the Oculus truly cost the most (biggest percentage of the average salary).

For anyone that hasn't heard of the "Big Mac Index": It's how much a Big Mac costs all over the world. McDonald's want the Big Mac to be equally affordable regardless of the country that it is in so it's a good way to compare how rich the average citizen of a country is. Basically: The Oculus is most expensive in the country where it cost the most Bic Macs.

>>26662
It's a pity that Va$ve is the company developing Vive. I really don't want to give them any money.

it is expensive as fuck in China despite the living cost

With tax it's also around 700$ in the USA, isn't it?
So 700 it is, and that's too much.
In Europe it's also 700€, outright ignoring the fact that the € has a higher value than the $...

This is why the OR costs 165 USD more in Europe (with today's exchange rate), but in reality is even more expensive for us as we earn less money.

>>26668
Not trying to start a flame war, but why do you hate Valve? Because if you do, I don't even start to imagine what do you think about EA or even about something really serious...

>>26700
wait... Valve is making a VR device? I didn't even know that until now, that's awesome!
Screw the Oculous, I'll get the Vive!
PS: Fuck EA. (and Konami...)

The tipping point for me was when they tried to sell PC mods last year, that's when it became clear that it's not healthy how big their market share is. The arrogance to think that they could just drop that bomb out of a blue sky and get away with it is mind boggling.

It was clearly not executed with any other thought than greed: Valve took a huge cut, the company that owned the game that the mod was for took a huge cut and they planned to make no effort against idea theft, content theft or even copyright usage. The actual creator of the mod --the guy actually doing all the work-- got 25%. I believe content creators for Dota 2 or Team Fortress also only get 25% as well, it's ridiculously low.

Anyway, when the shitstorm ocurred from the sale of mods Valve was like "hurr durr why are u guys so mad?" and Gabe was complaining about how we were cutting into his "quality time", making him speak to the community during the week-end. How dare we disturb this multi-millionare the day after he tries to ruin the established modding scene with something that nobody wanted! Gee, good thing Gabe is so down-to-Earth, has his own memes and have a big fanbase or else people might think he is arrogant or something.

Latest big scandal occurred during the Holidays when Valve's system broke down and started showing users personal information to each other. Valve didn't take any responsibility for this of course, didn't even apologize properly or compensate anyone. Just business as usual, it happens, carry on people. You didn't se nothin'. No Valve, it's not okay. You're not some small mom and pops firm, shit like that is a big fucking deal for a company of your size. But people is like, "naah it's fine, it's just good ol' Valve".

Well I'm not fine with it. Valve barely counts as a game company anymore, they just buy other people's ideas and the Half-Life 3 thing is seriously more sad than funny by now. I say it's time to stop pretending it's raining when Valve is pissing on our backs.

After all that being said, remember that I don't hate them. I just remember both the good and the bad and think they have enough power and money.

Does this mean Oculus Rift is guaranteed to follow suit? No, not at all. By all means, it could flop horribly. But if it does, it really has nothing to do with the price - it'd be all due to it simply not being impressive technology.

However, reviews and anecdotes reveal that this obviously IS impressive technology, so fuck all y'all. All you fuckers going around "wah wah, it's just a gimmick". You haven't tried it, shut up. Your opinion is invalid.

Also, the OR is something you really have to try for yourself. Except for a minority of people that can't enjoy it (getting dizzy or vision defects) the rest usually comes from the experience extremely impressed.

Another topic is the lasting appeal. I wonder if this is something you'll keep using on and off for as long as it lasts, or if it'll end on a drawer after two or three months...

I guess that in the end, what I'll be doing is trying to buy it between me and two more friends. As it's nothing I'll be using every day anyway, this will get the price to reasonable levels, and I won't feel down because I can't buy it.

Early adopters will buy it no matter the price; there's a hundred thousand dollar TV that Best Buy is selling. This recoups the R&D expenses, which transitions the market into a pricing war, which gets you your cheap toys a year or three later than everyone else.

In another few years, Apple+Sony+Microsoft+Google will all have their own competing devices on the market. Be patient and save your pennies.