>Vive comes out >It's $400-$500 >Facebook Rift

>>322935231
>2 custom designed cameras
>2 proprietary controllers
>less than $500
lol, okay anon, whatever you say.

nah the oculus fanboys will just spin it to say oculus is a more premium headset and is better quality

>>322935370
>1 shitty proprietary controller is better than 2
Atleast they'll get sold with Vive, unlike the half-crescents from Rift.

>>322935602
Implying you can't get xbone controllers from hundreds of different places.

>>322935917
I don't know what proprietary means

You do not have a sufficient understanding of the marketplace and technology if you think the Vive will be cheaper than the Oculus.

Additionally, 600 dollars is an acceptable and standard price.

>>322936017
My point is that the custom built controllers for the the Vive have no measuring point and xbone controllers are everywhere, with a known price point. I'm positive it's cheaper to include one of those than the two controllers included with the Vive.

>>322935370
>>322936087
These.

However both of them won't be worth it till 2017 because there are no games to even play on this that make the investment worth it. Too much on-rail shit from small developers, all the "big" games have you sit in one place and looks around like Elite or Star Citizen modules

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at least it will look more cyberpunk thank some kind of wannabe apple vr product like the oculus.

>>322936464
I just want a Rift / Vive for flight simulators

>>322936087
All HTC need to do it sell the vive cheaper than the Rift and it wins.
And with the Vive being co-developed and backed by Valve, they can sell it for a huge loss and still make money off of it.

Valve has the PC market, so they will have the VR game market. They could easily take no profit from any Vive sold and still make cheddar on game sales alone.
Don't consoles do something similar?

>>322935370
Business 101, anon.

HTC is known for making smartphones meaning they already have 80% of the technology needed to make a VR. The resources are there.

Oculus on the other hand have to start from scratch, They are likely to spend more money on R&D than HTC.

I'd say the Vive will sold at around $300-$400. Well that's just my speculation.

>>322936464
This.

With this kind of shit, where everything is brand godamn new to everyone, the initial year or so is just gonna be safe takes on stuff. Things will get experimental and after devs have some real experience, the next wave of price reductions or new models of headsets will be ready, and enough people will have computers suited for VR.

The VR community reactions have really shown me just how little people know and understand things.

>>322935231

>implying the vive will be less than 800 USD

Jesus Christ the level of ignorance on 4chin is high today.

>>322936507

>talking about asthetics and not performance

Spotted the guy who camps outside of Apple to get the next new phone because of looks and cultural standing rather than how it is as an actual product.

>wanting to walk and use your arms to play vidya

remember the wii board and whatever rip off playstation tried ?

nah

>>322937214
Spotted the guy who does the same, but only to harass the people in line about how many more gimmicks his Korean plastic iPhone knock-off has.

You sicken me.

>>322935370
consider that the rift is manufactured in usa where the vive in taiwan.
Costs are a lot less since htc already had the fabs and the technology to do it.

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>It's $400-$500

>>322935231
>We're actually walking in our game worlds
>All game worlds are tiny rooms now.

>>322937834
>not wanting to be IN NekoPara
>not wanting the real Liru Project experience
You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling. It's not about the games, it's about the "games".

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>>322938472
>yfw it's actually 200-300 and 25% off during preorders
It would literally KILL Oculus.

>>322935231
You're delusional if you think the Vive will be under $600.

>>322938535
Give every character from now on a Segway. Mobility immersion problem=solved.

>>322935231
Alienware guy on gamescon told me its 800€ for the Vive.Dollar price i dont know.

You heard it here first!

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>>322938310
Ah yes, because both HTC and Valve are known for their inexpensive hardware

>>322939031
htc have always wanted to be a premium android maker. They failed. But these doesn't mean that if they want to do cheap stuff they can't.

And steam machine are built independently from valve.

>>322938879
Why should a alienware guy know this?

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>>322939031
>unlocked high end phones are cheap
>valve makes steam machines

>>322939031
>unlocked phone that's relatively cheap
>third party Steam machine not even made by Valve

>>322939325
Because they build steam machines and i asked him if they are planning to build VR headsets as well?

>>322935370
Vive is backed by Valve. Valve made $1.5 billion in profits this christmas alone. If they sell units below production cost of about $150 and sell 1 million units, that's only $150million loss. They can make that money back in no time by selling games.

Now how to get that money back by selling games? Don't forget steam is the #1 shop for PC game sales. 92% of PC game sales are done digitally. I don't know what percent of that is done by steam but I'd expect it to be big. If Valve wanted they could make it refuse to "officially support" the Rift, which would make it very difficult for the casual gamer (Rifts primary targeted demographic) have a technical difficulties playing any game.

>>322938879
That's like, $1640 CAD. That's probably 2 PS4s and 2 PSVR full accessory kits and 2 copies of the eventual GalGun VR game. And several boxes of Pop tarts to spare.

>>322938550
im not gunna wait a year to buy hardware that will be more expensive than the rift for vaporware

if you are actually excited about having to stand up to play video games you are delusional

>>322941450
1.5 of those games exists. Your mom's vaporware.

>>322935396
Pretty much. Oculus is going to be the Nvidiots or Nintenyearolds of the VR world.

>>322939031
...Yes?

That's how much full smartphones sell for. And you just cherry picked one of the most expensive steamboxes made by someone other than valve