As we approach the Rift’s Q1 2016 consumer launch, Oculus Founder Palmer Luckey has given us a new minimum for the still unannounced Oculus Rift price.
Morels: Homestead, a relaxing game in which you can create your own unique homestead, is available now for PC VR.
Electronic Arts has confirmed that while F1 23 will support PC VR it will not support PSVR 2 on PlayStation 5.
That's fine. GT7 would overshadow it anyway at it has open wheel and regular cars.
Should have been spending their time updating Squadrons with better resolution, frame rate, haptics, etc as there isn't a game like that on PS VR 2 yet.
But it's EA. They don't think.
A wasted opportunity, but I don't buy EA / Codemasters stuff anyway. Grid Legends just came out on Plus and I haven't touched it. Why would I when I have GT7 and PSVR2?
Here's a forgotten VR gem for you from 2019. Epic Games' action-packed Robo Recall, which is also available for Quest 2.
Although I never owned an oculus, I played the demo for this at an electronics store. Pretty impressive in an early goings of VR title.
So they're not even going to try to reach a broad audience? Which, to a degree, is a good thing if they're focusing on quality.
I understand the dilema, I honestly do. But seriously if the price is prohibitivly expensive, it will never gain mass market momentum. You have to factor in the price of the high end PC required to run VR smoothly - $1000? $1500? $2000?
Then what's going to be the cost of the Oculus Rift? $500? $650? $800?
All-in-all it sounds like the entry point for Oculus is going to be between $1500 -$2000. I'd say that's no longer a mass market product.
I think it would be better to release an SKU that will appeal to th mass market, and then when you have consumer buy-in, you then iterate, and ask for a higher price for a higher-end product.
$400 guaranteed.
Expected. We're looking at phase one of future technology, and it's very much in its infancy...
I suspect all companies involved in this tech are establishing a market base, not essentially looking for immediate mass penetration. This is a walk, not a sprint. I expect the same for PSVR, and if that is priced at £299 or (likely) more, I'll be waiting awhile .... /
People are kidding themselves if they really believe these new VR headsets will be under 400 bux.