Sony: We Need to Convince PS4 Owners to Spend Several Hundred Dollars on Project Morpheus

Push Square: "Project Morpheus is set to be the star of Sony's big E3 2015 media briefing tonight – but you may want to put your champagne on ice. Speaking as part of a Wired report – which, incidentally, mentions that Guerrilla Games will be present during the presser – Shuhei Yoshida, the president of PlayStation's first-party network, has hinted that the headset ain't going to be cheap."

[DarkOcelet]

The price will determine the longevity of this device no matter how amazing the support it will get.

Sony seriously need to price this one right.

[bunt-custardly]

Either way, the whole idea looks great anyway and I for one will be offering my support with a day one purchase.

I've already gotten my VR wings with DK2 and Gear VR.

[DarkOcelet]

Woah there..

Not sure why you would need all that but its your money.

I will stick with one thing for the time being.

[Crimzon]

You're a brave soul if you're willing to drop so much cash on a VR Headset after the support that EyeToy, Move, 3D and Vita got.

[SmielmaN]

I would say price point is def important and for us Canadian buyers it should be less than the two major consoles so $299 seems right. But, IMO more important than price will be a killer app. They can't develop this VR and give us ping pong or Tetris in the following 6 mths. Need a game that will grab attention and get gamers talking big time. I think for the North American market that would be a FPS.

[Kribwalker]

^^^^^

3d tvs, laser disc and many other failed consumer electronics that had lots of support say Hi

[thejigisup]

Same, day one purchase, they've got my money even though they will surely bring better skus later I'm gonna get this rightaway. I've waited for vr to be done right for too long now. Gotta get into this before my eyes don't work right and I'm too old to enjoy it.

[ShinMaster]

I fear it's going to be the focus of their conference now....

[morganfell]

@Crimzon,

Here is your major error. You act as if we did not have a blast with EyeToy, Move, 3D and Vita. In that supposition you are as wrong as a person can be.

Just wrong.

I purchased all of those devices and feel like I got and continue to get my money's worth. You missed out, we didn't. Maybe you are too poor or too skeptical. It doesn't matter. We enjoyed great experiences that you missed.

Day one purchase for me as regards Morpheus.

This is all immaterial because you are not here to have a meaningful conversation. I looked at your post history as should everyone else. You have a hate for Sony that is palpable. Intellect does not govern your remarks but rather the jealous hatred of a person that has forgotten how to enjoy gaming drives your remark. Troll somewhere else, we know what you are.

[ShinMaster]

Every VR game being announced so far has been "Oculus exclusive".

If we're to spend money on Morpheus, then it better have the games to back it up.

[Dewboi]

@morganfell

your "too poor" comment left the rest of your statement void... shame

[bennissimo]

VR is useless on a mass scale until they solve the vertigo/motion sickness issue that a lot of these early units have demonstrated.

[bunt-custardly]

It's about having choice DarkO. I expect the experiences on each device will be unique.

My Gear VR 1 is already out of date since the S6 Gear VR launched.

[lvl_headed_gmr]

Morpheus will get the same support PSP GO, Vita, PS Move, and PSN got which is next to nothing.

Sony expects 3rd parties to support their hardware because Sony can't afford to support it themselves.

[G20WLY]

PSN got no support? Okay, bubble down for Trolling, sheesh..

For me, during the presser, I want to see how many devs - and which ones - are supporting Morpheus, how many games are in development, how many will be available to buy in the 12 months after release.

And obviously a price and release date.

At that point, I can decide whether I want to buy it...but I'm cautiously optimistic, interested and excited ALREADY! :^)

[thejigisup]

Sony expects third party support because they feel they have the best environment to develop for.

[rainslacker]

Didn't PSPGo have the entire support of the PSP digital library? There are over 100 games either Move exclusive or "better" with move, so it got plenty of support. PSN is still running as far as I know unless some news happened today I didn't know about, and Sony integrated all their online services into one, so that's supported. Vita, can't argue there. Support was good at first, but fell off rather quickly.

[pompombrum]

Precisely, if they price it too high, it's going to fail. Why should developers spend resources on VR if there isn't a high enough attach rate to warrant it? If the 399 price tag (euros I think it was) is accurate, then Sony will have shot themselves in the foot. I really want to support VR and experience it myself but I'm very hesitant to pay the price of a console for it.

[bluzone]

I'll quote myself here "IMHO $250-299 sounds very good to me. But you only get what you pay for.
I usually pay more if its a better choice. So if I have a choice in this "super size me". $399 is still less than what I'd would be willing to pay for 'a great experience".
http://n4g.com/news/1478229...
I think what was said over a year ago is still true

[pompombrum]

$250-299 is what I was expecting it to be. I'm with you that I'm more than happy to $399 if the experience will be there but I consider myself a tech geek and paying that sort of money for good experiences is normal for me. It's the more casual PS4 owners they need to convince and if it's $399, that's going to be a problem.

[bluzone]

Yes very true.

[TimeSkipLuffy]

new technology always demands a high price... this obviously will fail but will be the first step into virtual reality.
The device will never sell enough units to make the big game studios be interested in developing their big game franchises for this device.
I wish Sony would put more emphasis, work and money in more exclusive games rather than this and relying on indie devs to support their PS4...

[bmf7364]

$200 or $250 would probably be best

[G20WLY]

That would be great, but I just don't see that being a realistic expectation. If you want nice things, with cutting edge tech, you have to be prepared to wince as you hand over the cash - that's just how it goes.

For me, it's very likely a big enough leap in immersion to make me buy it, but I need to know about games first and foremost...then price.

[Captain_TomAN94]

$199 is the magic number here, and I think they know it.

[Fin_The_Human]

Giving Sony's pricing history with Phones and TV's I expect morph to be around 299.

Not bad the sweet spot for me would be 150.

[MasterCornholio]

That sounds pretty good. It would be close to 399$ with the camera which isnt a bad deal.

[3-4-5]

The Games are going to sell the VR, not the VR itself.

If it's as much as a XB1/PS4/Wii U, why not just grab that other system instead though.

* I own an XB1 + Wii U. If Morpheus is $300-400, I'd rather just get a PS4 anyways you know.

Or if I had only a PS4, I'd rather get an additional Wii U or Xb1 or Vita or 3DS to go along with it rather than a VR.

* IMO ALL VR is "all talk" until they prove it to us that it's worth it to invest.

* I'm glad VR is a thing that is being worked on, as it should be awesome like 10-15 years from now.

[Zero109]

Sony messed up on price with the ps3 (at 1st) and the vita (the latter getting little to no support from Sony themselves). And the hardware prices are still too high. But there's a chance they'll do this right like the ps4.

[gokuking]

Vita launched at a great price but none of that matters if the software that moves hardware isn't there. Sony ditched Vita and told its owners to fuck off.

[christian hour]

I need to convince myself to get a job so I can have several hundred moneys to spend on this (if it proves to be anything like Occulus)

One thing people need to prepare themselves for is, the games on morpheus wont be as impressive visually as the games not using morpheus.

Through morpheus the game will essentially be rendering twice, from two slightly different angles.

Take for example, the fact halo 5 had to remove split screen. They couldn't achieve the visual fidelity they were aiming for and render it twice on one console. So if halo 5 was to get a vr headset on xb1, it wouldn't be possible, or the graphics would have to get slammed down.

Another example of this would be when PS3 first started supporting 3d. Uncharted 3 supported 3d but the graphics took a hit once activated (foliage disappeared, textures slightly lowered, draw distance was reduced etc)

I'm looking forward to seeing what they do with gameplay, but people need to save themselves the disappointment and not expect the games to look anything like AAA exclusives. Which personally, I'm totally fine with :)

[stixxx]

Agree with parts of this aside from dual rendering at angle differences being equal to two players playing split screen. The latter requires calculating for two seperate inputs (controllers) and would no doubt be far more taxing concidering both players are doing their own thing. I would think this to be a very obvious point. Aside from that, everything else is sensible.

[christian hour]

After I logged out and started walking to the pub after posting this I was kicking myself when I realised I didn't take two seperate control inputs and distances between what one player is looking at and what the other player is look at etc among a load more variables. But glad to know despite that omission you got waht I meant :)

[fermcr]

"Sony: We Need to Convince PS4 Owners to Spend Several Hundred Dollars on Project Morpheus"

No thanks, at least not at launch. Sony's support for their gimmicks have been lacking in the past.
If I notice Sony supporting their device, if it's a quality product at a decent price, then maybe (big maybe) I'll get one in the future.

For now, not interested. Camera + PSMove2 + VRDevice... isn't going to be cheap.

There will be way too many VR devices on the market, so I'll pick one that suits me the most, and not because it's a Sony/Microsoft/Google/etc device.

[Brotard]

Not true, otherwise iPhones wouldn't thr number one most selling phone in the world

[memots]

Said it before and saying it again.

If this is going to be this expensive they need to make it work on PC.
If the device is not versatile and locked down to PS4 and a few title this will never work.

[Number-Nine]

if its several hundred then they certainly convinced me to NOT buy it

[pcz]

''We Need to Convince PS4 Owners to Spend Several Hundred Dollars on Project Morpheus''

GOOD LUCK

[gokuss122002]

Sony [Morpheus]: $299
Last Guardian and Uncharted 4 support, plus original content. *Internet explodes while grown men physically cry on camera*

[Aceman18]

i always figured it be 200 from jump no way they could go below that figure for this piece of tech.

[killacal13]

If the Morpheus comes out costing less than 300 dollars I will buy it in a hearbeat, we need new experiences in gaming, we can not let it remain unchanged forever. Having options is always good, I also recommend X box guys to get the Illumiroom.

[CaptainObvious878]

That scares me a little.

I'll be the first to plop down $300 on VR if the support is there, but other's won't be.

For some reason there're fine spending $600 every year on whatever new iphone is getting released, but not on anything else.

At least sony realise this.

[-Foxtrot]

With all this Morpheus talk I'm scared this is going to be most of their E3

[DarkOcelet]

God, i hope not. I want to see games.

[Gamble20]

VR is for games though. I agree I hope it isn't the entire show, but it makes sense that it would be a large portion of it. That's not the same as the infamous "TV TV TV" E3 Microsoft had two years ago because that had nothing to do with gaming.

[Crimzon]

Maybe we'll get Wonderbook 2 and another EyePet.

[G20WLY]

^Maybe we'll get 'Troll Simulator 2: Return of Crimzon', but I doubt it..

We've only a few hours left - wait; why speculate?

[CYCLEGAMER]

@Gamble20
Microsoft never had a "TV TV TV" type of E3. You are mistaking the reveal of the console for E3. Microsoft's past 2 E3's have been about 95 percent game focused. But you cannot say the same for Sony last two E3 conferences(Powers tv show, Sony Vue, Sly Cooper,and Rachet and Clank movies...etc). If anyone has been guilty at showing tv and other non game related things at a GAME CONFERENCE, its has consistently been Sony.

[Gamble20]

@MELMAN26

You are correct. That wasn't the point I was making though. It wasn't a MS vs Sony thing. I was merely pointing out that unveiling VR at E3 is gaming related and is therefore not similar to what Microsoft did at their console unveiling event (which gamers expected to be more gaming focused than it was) which focused on TV and other non gaming benefits of the console.

[TLG1991]

if they do it right and impress with price and support i dont mind. we all know how long sonys shows are, they can fit alot in there lol

[CYCLEGAMER]

I heard that they will spend at least 20-25 minutes on Morpheus.

[starchild]

I think it will be a pretty big part of their conference but there will still be plenty of non-VR announcements and showings, IMO.

[christian hour]

As always their conference will be an equal divide of the PS family.

Vita, PS3, PS4 and now Morpheus.

Morpheus and ps4 might take slightly larger timeslots during the keynote but I reckon everyone will get their time in the sun, also with bethesda showing off their stuff at their own conference for once, they wont be taking up valuable stage time at MS or sonys keynotes.

I actually see a lot of the big third party studios not being present on a sony or ms stage this year, and both parties will commit to showing more 1st party stuff this year. Just speculation on my part of course.

[gokuking]

An equal divide? There's never been an equal divide in Sony press conferences. PS3 and Vita likely won't be mentioned at all, unless used as a lead-in like "PS3 and PS Vita favourites are coming to PS4 this holiday season [because our original lineup for PS4 is a wreck]."

[TLG1991]

A good price and the right support at the start will make people buy. when people buy more support will come automatically.

im going to guess around £150, no controllers. im also hoping they use the normal move controllers i got 2 and a navi controller and never got the support to use them.

[kraenk12]

No way...think twice that.

[Frodosmugins]

this wont be a necessity just like the Kinetic is not for MS.

Die hard fans will buy it and some probably will if there is a bundle with the PS4.

The rest of us will probably just end up trying it out at a friends house no matter the price.

[T2X]

Exactly my thoughts. The line at Best Buy's Morpheus Demo kiosk will determine this things future LOL! Everyone will have to try it and see, I'm not making a decision upon watching some dev wearing it on the E3 stage and telling us "This is Amazing!".

[mhunterjr]

The right launch price will either make or break this peripheral...

I like what I've seen from Morpheus so far, but like any other peripheral, it will need to have compelling software at launching launch at a price that makes the added investment seem like a no brainier.

[Death]

I'm less concerned with the price of the hardware and more concerned about support. Sony has stated they are allocating much of their resources into development for Morpheus. They said the same about Vita and when sales targets were missed many of us that invested at launch were left disappointed. To this point I haven't seen a game that would justify buying Morpheus.

[mhunterjr]

Yeah, I think price and support are equally important, especially at launch...

If you look back at The first kinect for Xbox 360, it was a massive initial success... And thats because it launched at an affordable price AND because it launched with software that people found extremely enjoyable... Of course, that success was short lived because the hardware wasn't responsive enough for use in core games... A problem that doesn't appear to exist with the Morpheus.

I also haven't seen any software that would justify purchasing a Morpheus, but the demoes they've shown are promising... E3 might deliver the goods on that front. But if Morpheus costs as much as a new console, I don't see it garnering a high attatment rate...

[MrSwankSinatra]

They should have just partnered with Oculus instead of spending R&D on their own proprietary headset.

[Haru]

Nobody want's to play games in a virtual room on a virtual screen, so no thanks

[joeorc]

@MrSwankSinatra

Really? With this price point? Vs Morpheus several hundred?

If people are worried about the price on Morpheus , they sure as hell would not want to see the bill of sale for oculus rift!

LMAO

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Pricing and compatibility could present an issue. Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe suggested recently the company's Rift combined with a supported computer will set players back about $1,500

www.usatoday.com/story/tech/g aming/2015/06/14/e3-2015-five- k ey-questions/71215646

[Meryl]

Add in xbox one streaming, meaning you need an xbone as well and the price tag is even higher:(
Morpheus is a no-brainer when it comes to overall price tag

[someOnecalled]

So you are saying pc gamers will have a hard time supporting this lmao. When we never had the problem of investing in things before. And you do know he was talking about a new rig right and new gpus and apus will handle vr even better right. We are constantly told pc gamers are dumb for buying new components for their rig and new controllers m&k flight and fight sticks game wheels, but somehow we will be the hardest market to sell to. Lmao y'all PS fanboys are a trip whenever y'all loss y'all pull sh!t outta y'all @$$. The bunch that said ps3 was great and now saying ps4 is priced great. The fanbase that state countless times how its smarter to pay little upfront and pay sub fees for internet that own for date tech that is struggling to play games at 1080p. How these comments get agrees when we all know the fanbase that's scared of prices.

Only mmo that is successful on consoles is final fantasy and that's because its final fantasy that should tell you something. Other thing y'all just except because its exclusive like PS now. Look when onlive was announce "that's too expensive" , sony announced PS now " oh its revolutionary "

The faithfuls will buy it no matter what even if it barely have support beside ORift ports, the will praise it like its the greatest thing since sliced bread.

Remember pc gamers funded rift so without us I doubt would even take the risk of putting this out. And little common sense tip on pc you always can adjust the settings if you rig is struggling. Keep believing that Morpheus games are going to compare to pc vr when its struggling to do 1080p. If they drop the rendering res on Morpheus so can other vr devices

[travestyj]

The PS4 nor the Xbox One are capable of running Oculus natively from the console due to the high minimal specs it requires. I much prefer to get an actual VR gaming experience instead on streaming through another device and playing games on a screen in a Virtual room.

[mhunterjr]

Oculus could very easily reduce the minimum spec requirements... I'm sure the device would work just fine running at half of what it's designed to run at.... No differently than how a high end PC is capable of running low end games.

Oculus chose those specs, because they want launch applications to display everything the device is capable of. But there's no reason why they wouldn't be able to make the device work on less capable machines... The sdk would just need to allow for less demanding targets.

[joeorc]

www.theverge.com/2014/3/21/553 3914/spec-sheet-sonys-project-m orpheus-takes-on-oculus-rift

Not so quick, having the ps4 not being able to run the Oculus rift native , does not mean that the PS4 does not have a true VR experience.

the Oculus Rift and the project Morpheus specs are not that far apart, if any thing its very close to each other that really you are splitting hair's.

I think trying to lump in the PS4 in with the Xbox one as not having a true "VR experience" is pretty non description on the take of what a True VR experience is.

[travestyj]

@mhunterjr

I think if that were possible they would have done that with the Xbox One instead of what they showed at the conference the other day (telling people they need to stream games through another device i.e. PC).

As much as your suggestion is possible it also very plausible that Oculus Rift simply cannot function with these console.

Also, as the other guy stated it is entirely possible that Oculus will cost a lot more than Morpheus.

[BigBosss]

If Sony could price the PS4 right, I'm sure they will for Morpheus too! Go get em Sony :)

[TimeSkipLuffy]

But how would they do that without loosing a lot of money with each unit? Sony does not have deep pockets to afford that. It is a new piece of technology. They won't be able to mass produce it right away. Also the big dev studios will wait for its success to release big games on it or drop their support pretty fast. Just see what happens with WiiU. It always need to sell first before serious support will happen... The tech is too expensive...

[98xpresent]

im buying anyway

[SmokingMonkey]

Seems to me that VR is the next Logical step in Video games.

Day 1 for me unless it's unreasonable.

It will be one more step closer to the Ultimate gaming experience a human could experience...and that would be the Matrix.

Jack-In. - Slogan for 2035! calling it.

[SmokingMonkey]

I forgot to add that you wont actually die in real life, if you die in the Matrix so relax. It will be better than those movies that quickly tapered off at the end.

[Toiletsteak]

Anything over £200 and i am out.

[ps5fanboy]

Before we hear the moan's, let's see the games and hear the facts.

[joeorc]

And people are worried about the price on Morpheus?

Take heed of this as an example:

Pricing and compatibility could present an issue. Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe suggested recently the company's Rift combined with a supported computer will set players back about $1,500

www.usatoday.com/story/tech/g aming/2015/06/14/e3-2015-five- k ey-questions/71215646

VR can be cheap with Google cardboard.

[Death]

What worries me about Morpheus is the requirements Rift has on PC. The recommended GPU alone costs the same as a PS4. How is the PS4 which specs out much lower going to pull off the same affect while keeping fps high enough to prevent motion sickness? Texture details are going to have to be scaled back to keep frame rate up. If Sony says Morpheus will work on PS5 it would definitely make a purchase easier since it would increase the life of the peripheral.

[travestyj]

Morpheus includes separate processors built inside it to help with that. I do not know the full details of these specs though but here is some more info (old article):
http://www.dualshockers.com...

[Stapleface]

That was the price of the Rift, and the pc to run it on. Not just the OR itself and a controller.

[starchild]

@joerc

That price includes the cost of a high end PC. It's not like the Oculus Rift headset by itself is going to cost that much.

If you subtract the cost of the PC with the recommended specs it seems the Rift headset will cost a few hundred dollars.

I think all of the currently announced VR headsets (Rift, Vive, Morpheus, StarVR, etc.) will cost somewhere in the $299 to $499 price range. And having experienced VR for myself with the DK1 I think those prices are more than worth it. I honestly believe that people just need to experience VR for themselves (or at least hear close friends rave about their experiences) for them to get on board with it.

[TheColbertinator]

Nah keep your VR Sony.

[MilkMan]

Good luck with that. I know me and my crew and family aint interest. Even if it was free porn with it.

[yuukiliu]

The wife won't be happy but I plan on getting it unless it's insanely expensive.(price of the console and above)

[DarkZane]

Even if it was free, VR doesn't interest me.

[T2X]

IDK, All I keep imagining is strapping that thing on my head and being in the middle of a game and my wife comes home sneaks up on me and smacks me in the head for spending hundreds of dollars on yet another thing to take up my time! LOL!

[aerisbueller]

I hope it works well and does well. The sooner VR is ubiquitous, the better. It will have to catch on with developers in a way that the Move and Eye never did, but if it can achieve true presence with decent graphics, then demo units at the stores will probably help turn the non-believers.

[TimeSkipLuffy]

Simply put this device needs to have a price that the masses can afford otherwise it will simply fail. But how can it be achieved? not without loosing a lot of money. Hardware is expensive. Even more expensive if it is a new product. I see 'Morpheus a step into the future but a failure once it is released. And for all those disagrees I hope you will buy one even with a $300 or $400 price tag because those are the ones who will push this piece of technology further.

[gameforall]

Several means more than one, so don't jump to conclusions

[jcnba28]

Morpheus is a massive gimmick and it could end up harming Sony and the PS4.

[KakashiHotake]

I don't think it's a massive gimmick but it does have the potential to backfire and end up harming Sony. They really have to sell this right because they have too much invested.

[Pathogenic]

This is problematic for a few reasons and will turn some gamers away/families.

1. The price point is going to be high. $200-$300 dollars, etc.
2. Some not all families will not purchase a product that has side effects related to vision etc.
3. Friends will not be able to do local co-op anymore because it requires a second VR headset.
4. External devices don't get properly marketed and developers don't buy in unless it's the main platform. Not all developers just some. Thus leads it to be called a legacy device.
5. Your asking gamers to play without friends unless they have another headset. Talking about online multiplayer not local co-op. It doesn't sit well some gamers.
6. Finally it's a cliche market and will remain that way until they can solve the health issues, price issues and everything I mentioned. Also note that some gamers like to use a controller ONLY for gaming.

In ending I can't say it will succeed or become dead on arrival. But who knows maybe Sony will pull it off with a list of launch games that will want the gamers to buy the headset. Good luck and let's prep for the Sony E3 Conference tonight.

[KakashiHotake]

I think most gamers are gonna be convinced when they go to gamestop to pick up a game and see the Morpheus Kiosk in the corner. Curious to try it out, pop the headset on, look around and suddenly realize they're not even in gamestop anymore. No matter how good of a showing they have at E3 I think that hands on experience is whats gonna sell it. People need to literally see for themselves that this is worth spending the extra money.

[theshredded]

hope they only show the hardware and best bits of software so it won't take time, I don't want coverage of something I don't own.

[Petebloodyonion]

I'm more concerned with Sony's support of the device.
Past record show that Sony is quick to drop support theses kinds of things.
- Wonderbook (20-30 min E3 press conference) came with only 1 games
- PSP go
- Ps4 Ps eye
- the Move (and they want to introduce move 2)
- VITA
- playstation@mobile

SAD but it will fail unfortunately

[Melankolis]

Yes, it's not going to be easy to market Morpheus. But the way i see it, Kinect, PS Move, Eye Toy, is pheripheral that CHANGE the way you play games. More like designed to casual audiences.

But not VR (Morpheus), it doesn't change the way you play games, but it does change the way you enjoy games...and most of hardcore players would want it as long as the price is make sense

[Sketchy_Galore]

That's about right. I can be convinced it's worth a high price but I really do need to be. The device has amazing potential but we've all seen what tends to happens to peripherals that 'change the way we game'. I don't mind spending the money if it becomes an important new step in gaming but I want to be sure this isn't another case of a few cheesy family friendly gallery shooters, a few party minigame collections and a few attempts at horror games that don't quite work then sitting on my shelf collecting dust for the next few years.

[hamburgerhill]

I really hope something is shown at E3 that really grabs the attention of the nonbelievers! Sony should consider also making VR movies to show people this is more than a one trick pony and bigger than any kinect or move type device ever before it.

[Rhezin]

lol never paying that much.

[NicSage]

I'm going PC VR.

[swishersweets20031]

They'll never convince me. More gimmick crap.

[Artemidorus]

Provide decent VR games or more games offering support for it and you might.

[Meryl]

I already supported ps move and ps eye last gen, I don't think I've got the money to support VR, however I am interested in morpheus, hope it sells well.
Edit: I just don't see it selling well at $300 tho, not everyone has that kind on money.

[cfc83]

Alot of ps4 gamers will wait for morpheus to be free with ps plus. Guffaw.

[Taero]

Is it just me that thinks that $299 would be reasonable? Did anyone seriously think that a high R&D, marketing, tech device would come out with good build quality and be sub $200? What, are we throwing it together with left over radioshack parts or something?

How much does a head mounted display normally set you back? Even if it were to play my games similar to how MS showed off the occulus (which was wishy washy) where you could play the game 'projected' on the moon etc. or floating in darkness I'd still go for it at a 200-300 range if it were comfortable for long term use just to get away from peripheral distractions. I'd think of it as a replacement monitor. This is that plus actual VR.

I know that not everyone has the move controllers (I got 2 on sale ages ago) so as long as I don't need an upgrade there I'm good and I got the ps4 camera when it came out, so if they go above $299 I can see that being an issue as to get 2 controllers and a camera is $90 on amazon and I don't see people paying over the console cost. First time buyers aren't going to be into it so I imagine it'll be marketed at the 22million current owners.

[IamTylerDurden1]

I agree 100%.

What do u expect your smartphone costs twice that (600). This is a 6 inch OLED 1080p screen with 2 lenses, 3 processors, advanced gyroscope, tracking ect, oh and you can actually perform REAL vr instead of bs "virtual cinema". Is it supposed to 69.95? How about 100 bucks and they throw in a free game? In a day where ppl spend upwards of 600 on a phone or tablet and 2k on a computer you can't spend 299 on Virtual Reality?

Why don't ppl freak out about the Rift's price? Buy a kit right now and it's like 500. Technology isn't cheap but for what you are getting 299 is absolutely reasonable imo and i would personally pay 350-399 if i had to, and i'm not rich, yet.

[gangsta_red]

It's time to stop comparing smartphones to game related devices.

First of all I don't know anyone who pays full price for a smartphone. You usually get a data plan and the smart phone for extremely cheap. Not to mention smartphones have a ton more uses than just playing video games.

"...i would personally pay 350-399 if i had to, and i'm not rich, yet."

Wow! For some reason I doubt you would pay that much.

[Taero]

@ gangasta

Well no, you don't normally pay full price, you pay a subsidized price and then you pay the rest of it amortized across the rest of your bill. I bought a Note 4 for X down (whatever I wanted due to credit rating) and what I chose not to pay was spread out across my bills (ended up being like $26 a month) until it was paid it off, did that from the last tax return and now it's mine.

You're not getting a smartphone for $200, you're getting it for full price + extra normally (not all providers let you pay off the phone early, T-mobile does).

So what you're really saying is:

"Everyone pays full price for a smartphone, you pay a small amount up front and the rest of it over 2 years."

So if you look at morpheus being say, $300, yes that is technically higher than your initial spend on a smartphone AT THAT TIME, but then it's done, heck the receommended retail price of those phones are like $800-$900

Now tell me they're cheap.

[AutoCad]

Needs to be 300 below

[ebounce88]

Not liking this it will obviously be 399 or more, maybe 300 if songs taking loss on each device.. on top of this to try to get us to buy they will take money and use it to make vr games that should be spent on the games we haven't even got yet!!I love ps4 but the show, knack, kz, order ain't cutting it damnit. Knock it off SONY bad move.

[Mr_Luke]

Well, Sony... i'm broke, i'm not going to buy your devices untill i see:
- very good price and NOT a "console price". Not going to pay more than $200... and even that is a bit too much for me. I know it has a cost, it's technology, the right price would be €xxxxxxx... but i can't afford it, sadly ;(
- lot of games for that device
- the device must have a future

I don't want to pay a lot of money for something like Move or Playstation Camera and then nothing supports them (or in crappy ways).

[clouds5]

Games sell hardware, as always. Give me a brilliant game developed for VR and I'll spend money.

[DJ]

They may as well release it for $399. But it needs cross-platform support from PC devs as well.

[jv1991]

Im gonna spend nothing on this thing. I dont like it, i dont want such a huge thing on my head.

[Lord-Nicon]

I really think it is gonna be expensive, along with Oculus and Hololens.

[IamTylerDurden1]

Day 1 for me!

if it has some decent games which it's sounding like it will. It seems like games and support is paramount to Sony in regards to Morpheus VR.

What you are getting is worth it to me, i'd pay 299, 349.99 in a heartbeat. Ppl need to experience true VR before they base an opinion, it is enlightening.

Can't wait to see Guerrilla's Morpheus VR game, Horizon or Killzone? I'm hyped i love Guerrilla Games and VR is the tuth so it should be magic.

[plmkoh]

Im happy to pay $500 if they have the content to back it up, I thought their HMZ-t1 was already great at $700 and that had much less features.

[jjb1981]

I'm just going to direct deposit my check into Sony's account

[andibandit]

At that price they better have the killer/must-have game on display.

[gokuking]

Sony can't even get PS4 owners to drop <$200 on an independent handheld that allows them to play all of their PS4 games on the go. I don't know how they expect to sell a multi-hundred dollar headset to the same audience.

[Dewitt]

Sony: If you want our VR, get a second job.

[keki]

the built quality alone look pretty expensive ...i woudlnt be surpirse if this run around 300-400 dollars

[TheRacingX]

Convincing the everyday mom and dad to drop another $250-$300+ for a gaming ACCESSORY for little Johnny is going to be a tough sell...especially after they just dropped $400 on a new console. Sure you'll get the day 1 adopters, but that is not enough to sustain the product, and they have turned some of them off as well, move support drying up, the Vita left for dead.....I have both, and a 3D TV which I love for gaming, and wish more games supported it. I feel the move and Vita could have been so much more, but written off quick and gimmicked before there was potential realized. After playing Killzone mercenary, how great would it have been to play a proper Call of Duty, online against PS3/4 players? or a version of Warhawk for vita where you play with & against other PS3 players....or a dungeon crawler type game where the move controller enhances your wizard character, not makes it so much the focus that waving the controller around becomes boring and tedious like in Sorcery. I would really like the VR set to be integral, but I am skeptical, and SONY's ego is swelling again and I fear this too may be handled poorly. Hopefully their conference isnt all Morpheus, but new IP's and great new stories to their existing IP's.....

[Taero]

Thing is, the vita really was its own competitor, it wasn't in the same 'class' or market as the 3DS and MS didn't have an equivalent. They were basically selling against themselves, this always leads to complacency, why try when you have no one to really beat.

In this case morpheus will be going up against holo lense (and whatever implementation occulus has on Xbox) occulus on the PC, the HTC vive with the 15 sqft movement area etc. If they pull a vita they may as well not even release it, but that's the reason I don't think they will.

If MS had someone to compete against with kinect I think that would have gone differently as well. Sony had the half assed ps3 camera but it wasn't really for the same purpose, that was for the move controllers (again which the wii built itself around and cornered the marked totally so it wasn't supported as people who wanted it were already on Nintendo.)

I personally have the vita and use it for remote play and the occasional game but I don't see how it could be used to cross play games like cod, warhawk etc. unless you mean asynchronous gaming like the Wii U does with the main screen and game pad, or the ill fated watch dogs companion app. The input system and cpu/graphics requirements are just too different.

[magiciandude]

Regardless of the games, this is going to be a very hard sell for me. I felt ripped off with PS Move. Chances of me buying PM will be the likely event that it becomes on clearance at GameStop.

[Tdmd]

Yeah, they're not convincing me. I'm an old fashioned gamer: a joystick and a couch. That's all I need.

[porkChop]

Sony needs to price this right. If they can retail it for $199 to $249 including the camera it should take off well.

[DillyDilly]

This will most likely be 50 % of the Press Conference & maybe more. This will be this years Wonderbook (shrugs)

[PhoenixUp]

Nothing can convince the mainstream market to spend over $100 for an accessory that won't be used in every game. Kinect and Move were at least social experiences so they were able to reach a quarter of their respective platform's total userbase, Morpheus will have no such luck

[Horseheadinthebed]

Sorry Sony ...going to wait and see, having purchased ps move, kinect , 3d TV and pstv ...to name but a few on their respective release days. I am sworn not to be a 1st adopter for anymore tech....I just can't see it taking off although I do wish otherwise!

[travelguy2k]

It comes down to versatility also. If this can be used beyond games, and possible beyond the realm of the PlayStation then it will be well worth the price of admission.

Either way, i'll probably get it day one cause i like to open boxes. ;)

[LaughingatU]

No VR tech is going to be cheap.

[InTheZoneAC]

I'm just wondering what all these VR headsets offer that I can't already get from my plasma 3d tv...

I'm willing to spend $200 on this, iffy for $300, but if they ever mention anything PS Move related to this I will NEVER consider buying this headset.

I hate gimmicks, they don't last long at all and are always a complete waste of money in the end, just show me what this can do and give me a reason to pick this over my TV.

[Donnywho]

You couldn't give it away to me. I swear on my life I would contact the most enthusiastic person on here and give it away to them if it was given to me. I'm just not interested.

[Mr Marvel]

I don't care about the price, I just don't want VR.

I just want to continue playing awesome games on my huge ass TV with my DS4.

[bradleejones]

Dependant on available games, I'd pay 299 up to my first born if they have gt7, uc compatible.

[Petebloodyonion]

Expensive is a matter of perspective
500$ for somethng that you will use often and provide hours and hours of new experience is quite cheap.
200$ for something that will sit on the shelf because there's no game or tons of shovelware is more then expensive!

[level 360]

Believe it is quite expensive. More expensive than PS4 console.. even with some bundled games included.

But some really convincing sweeteners ( at least include 2-3 VR-enable games - not demos ) would be gladly appreciated.

[fullmetal297]

Sony needs to get the pricing right if their VR headset is only 50 dollars away from a full PS4 bundle. There no way anybody will spend that kind on peripheral that only works on one console.

[cabinotier]

How much you guys can pay for this ?

[Trekster_Gamer]

As an XB1 gamer this would make me immediately purchase a PS4. Hololenz does not make much gaming sense for me. Morpheus looks like a blast, I wished they could have released an actual release date and price point. I am really looking forward to this!

[moomoo319]

Well, they definitely ddnt do that tonight.

[No_Pantaloons]

I'm not sold on VR with consoles. PC seems to be the safer route. Raw power and more support. I hope this does well, but i'm not putting my money on it.

[spoonard]

I hope "several hundred dollars" doesn't translate to more than $350.

[WickedLester]

I believe 399.99 will be the launch price. It CANNOT cost more than the console.

[SuperJay182]

annnnndd after all this... barely any coverage of it.

[BLAKHOODe]

Seems gimmicky to me. I'll wait for a slimmer, cheaper, better version that, for sure, gets plenty of support.

[kenwonobi]

It will be easy if you have the games for it that people have to play using this device.