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Oculus Rift Orders Now Backdated to August, No Longer Include EVE: Valkyrie

The demand for the Oculus Rift remains high. Initial pre-orders significantly outstripped demand, and today the expected arrival date of new orders for the head-mounted display (HMD) has been pushed back to August 2016. Furthermore, new orders placed for the HMD will no longer include CCP Games’ EVE: Valkyrie as standard.

TheCommentator3359d ago

Glad to see the demand is high for Oculus, in spite of the price. It bodes well for the success of VR and that of PSVR as well. I hope that interest remains high from both the customer and developer in the long run though, because without continued support from both sides there is still the possibility for failure of the media format in general. The scenario of initial interest waning over time on new formats and technologies is too significant to simply overlook at this point, in my opinion.

_LarZen_3359d ago

Good to see there is a big demand!

Lonnie183359d ago

Good to see demand for VR, with that said I believe psvr will be not only the most successful but will also outsell Oculus entire total on day 1.

Seafort3359d ago (Edited 3359d ago )

They can say they are backdated to August all they want but it means nothing without any preorder numbers.

It could be backdated with only 10k preorders.

It's still a niche product and will not be mainstream till the price is much more reasonable than it is atm.

Maybe 2-3 years VR will be successful but it's not a necessary peripheral especially at the expensive price point it's at now.

The games coming out for VR are pretty lacklustre too. I can't see too many people being impressed with some tech demos.

ApocalypseShadow3359d ago

The Atari 2600 is still a niche product and will not be mainstream till the price is much more reasonable than it is atm.

Maybe in 2-3 years The Atari 2600 will be successful but it's not a necessary product especially at the expensive price point it's at now.

The games coming out for The Atari 2600 are pretty lacklustre too. I can't see too many people being impressed....

People don't seem to want anything new to show up unless it is somehow futuristic from day one. It's a good thing others and I took a chance and bought and played the Atari 2600. Who knows where the game industry would be now. Why buy an Atari 2600 when you can just wait for the PlayStation 4.

The point is... Everything has to start from somewhere and improve over time and become cheaper to buy.

beerzombie3359d ago

Atari 2600 wouldn't have ben a niche game machine if ET was packed in. That's why gaming is just now catching on with the casual gamers.

halfblackcanadian3359d ago

Wanted to say the same thing. Good for Oculus either way (and Vive and PSVR if they're selling beyond their projections) but we have no clue what the projections were exactly, nor how many of these can be made in whatever timeline. Not saying it will be a flop or that they aren't selling well, just expressing that we might be talking tens-of-thousands instead of millions.

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ApocalypseShadow771d ago

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.

Babadook7770d ago

I agree. It would sell better on PSVR2 right now.

Knushwood Butt771d ago (Edited 771d ago )

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?

Abnor_Mal771d ago

Not into F1 racing, but still a missed opportunity.

ApocalypseShadow771d ago

That's where opportunity presents itself that they could offer something else that other developers haven't offered yet. Yeah. There's No Man's Sky. But a space game with a story would be great. Like the old days with Colony Wars.

Abnor_Mal771d ago

Exactly, they could have possibly lured more players just from the inclusion of a vr mode.

I miss Colony wars and G-Police, Low-Fi I hope will scratch that itch when it releases. We also need a vr War/Starhawk game.

Knushwood Butt770d ago

Just watched the trailer of Low-Fi. Most definitely on my radar.

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