OculusRift is $600 usd

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fatrobotsneedlove
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:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

doesn't include the touch controller either (+$100-$150?)

What happened to "around $350"?

so if you include the price of a gpu needed to run it well (980ti or titan x), you're looking at at least, what, $1300???

that is an INSANELY expensive point of entry. the user base will be small. how is any VR dev supposed to survive with such a small customer base? make games cost $200? that will just price out even more people.

this is baffling to me

edit: in europe, total plus shipping is €742
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It seems 2016 definitely will be for early birds, enthusiasts and hard core gamers and of course developers only. Not yet economically a hit.

As it's been predicted.

Obviously (I mean fingers crossed) the prices will come down 2017 -->.
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Gonna make things really hard on devs that were led to believe there would be a large initial userbase though.

The failure of 3DTV's didn't hurt content producers because they are already happy with the return they get from theaters ticket premiums. There is no VR theater for them to fall back on.

Maybe a lot of investors will be patient. Some certainly will. But many will not. If you were making a game planning to ship on CV1 your sales projections just plummeted.
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I pre-orderd it despite the price tag, here in Japan is a wopping ¥83.800 plus ¥10.800, that translates into $797... :cry:
But as I stated many times, 2016 will NOT be the year when VR will become mainstream, is way too early.
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Seems that the Rift factories are running red hot because of orders and everything they can manufacture will be sold..
People will start to get those by the end of march.

Interesting spring ahead.
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I really hope they get a lot of orders. I really want to make VR stuff. It's dope as hell on my DK2. But the overhead necessary to do it well is significant.

That is not a small problem.
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600)$ for such device is normal. try to DIY it Yourself & You will understand =p
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