Oculus Rift's $599 Price Is Positive News for PlayStation VR

Push Square: "We suspect that there may be a few smiles at Sony HQ today as the game of chicken regarding virtual reality pricing has finally come to an abrupt end. It's felt for a while like each of the major VR manufacturers have been waiting for each other to make the first move, and Oculus has faced the unenviable task of revealing today that its Oculus Rift will retail for $599/£499 without shipping. It's a price point that will be all too familiar to readers of this website, and we all know how it went down."

[YinYangGaming]

I'm hoping for a $399 price point for PSVR but considering it's the headset and an external processor you're paying and other accessories my realistic bet would be closer to $500

[OC_MurphysLaw]

I think $399 is very much a "best case" scenario at this point. I am wagering it will be $499.

[YinYangGaming]

It's a shame too because at that price it'll pretty much be DOA as people will either hold off for a price drop or not consider it at all

[bleedsoe9mm]

i'm betting $599 with the moves and camera and even at that price sony will probably be taking a loss

[ABizzel1]

@bleedsoe9mm

I doubt it Move controllers were $40 at launch, and the camera was $60. So $140, however, the camera has been marked down to as little as $30 and Move controllers $20 - $30, so it might be a $100 bundle for 2 move controllers the camera and a cheap game.

The best thing to do was buy the Move controllers over Black Friday used at Gamestop. They were $10 each and Buy 2 Get 1 Free.

[nix]

I'd say 450.

[seanpitt23]

I think $449 is the sweet spot and its new tech which is always expensive I think at that price it will do well and Sony will not lose to much money each sold.

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

If consoles couldn't move at $600 and $500 price points no way VR will.

PS VR will definitely launch under $400 or else it's DOA.

[VforVideogames]

a peripheral for 399? hell no , may be at 149 so it can collect dust next to my Kinect.

[Vhampir]

Will PSVR work with PC? PS5? I know if I buy an Oculus or Vive I have hundreds of games that support it or can be modded to work on PC. If PSVR is only going to work with PS4, which all signs point to, it'd have to be really cheap to be worth getting.

Google Cardboard even works with steam games, and that only costs a few dollars if you have a smart phone.

[Bdub2000]

Damn, $600 for oculus? That's a small jump from their "intended" price point of $350. I was gonna drop $350 not knowing if it'll make me motion sick. But $600 is more than I want to spend.

Hopefully PSVR hits a sweeter price point to make sure VR doesn't die before it gets popular because of cost.

[specialguest]

$300. I think Sony is willing to take a loss knowing a higher price would discourage most console gamers.

[RedDevils]

At $599, it's a no go for me. Way too much for something I'm not really sure it gonna succeed or not, I rather wait for people to try it all out and see their experience before all these hype even considering it. Maybe at $299 price lol

[Irishguy95]

These things are wireless dual screen TVs with motion tracking in them. Expect them to be expensive. I haven't played a video game on it yet just an intel demo. But shit. I'd buy one over a new TV any day.

[Vhampir]

@irishguy

None of them are wireless. Making a rift or vive wireless requires making a battery/streaming 'pack' on your own.

[ifistbrowni]

It's cool that people are excited by this. Not quite sure what games concepts that were shown are what has you excited, or if it's just the idea of VR that excites you.

I'm not at all excited for VR. If they announce a couple concepts that sound like an unreal experience, I'll pony up and get the headset. But, as of right now, the thing could probably be priced at $200 and I wouldn't buy it.

The only thing that seemed remotely appealing to me, was the idea of playing a game like Alien Isolation while wearing the headset. If they deliver 10+ experiences like that, then I'll buy the thing ASAP for whatever price. It's literally the only concept that sounds appealing in VR. A first person game where your objective is to improvise like hell trying to survive while something unexpected arrives and tries to kill you.

EDIT: @outside_ofthe_box has a great point.

[Apollosupreme]

VR most certainly DOE'S NOT take world by storm at a $599 USD price point. You can't even use it without the right gear.

I don't know if this influences Sony too much. They're mostly selling to gamers of completely different ecosystems.

Most aren't choosing one or the other, they're choosing yes or no.

[MrSec84]

Playstation VR is 1080p, Oculus Rift is 4K, most likely PSVR will be less than half the price of Oculus.

There's literally no reason for PSVR to be as expensive as only $100 cheaper than a 4K VR Headset. Sony will also likely sell more, so the volume of production will be higher, which reduces the costs considerably.
Let's not also forget that just like a console Sony will partially subsidize the costs of Playstation VR with games or movies or experiences.

The most PSVR will cost is $299, more likely $249/£199, as this is the sweet spot and the parts aren't that expensive.

[Sevir]

Sony could launch at $600 and move units... the PS3 did just that and is a very successful console, but Sony of 2015 is not the Sony of 2006, and they don't have nvidia refusing to make production of their console gpu cheaper...

Given that all their technology runs off PS4 hardware, it's safe to assume that this device will launch at a much lower price bracket.

PSVR is quite comparable to in experience and all who have used it have said its an exceptional piece of Tech.

Sony has software, it has an existing platform and potential user base. They've been nailing it since the PS4 launched, they very much know the risk and rewards and they've said it will share console prices and will be sold at a loss initially to break into the market.

So with PS4 being 350... psvr will likely retail for 350-400... and that's a fair price...

Itll go on and sell.

And being $200 dollars cheaper and still be able to provide a comparable experience while having software that's compatible with PS4 they'll have the a better shot.

The strength of the PlayStation Brand is at its most potent. And at $400 will carry this new platform to profitability the same way it carried the PS3 from $600 to a console that caught up and eclipsed it's competitor 8 years after it launched!

We all just have to wait, but I think e3 Sony will announce PSVR's price and availability. And it will definitely undercut the competition.

[starchild]

I'm actually glad Oculus is going all out (relatively speaking) and making a high quality VR experience, even if it has to cost more, rather than releasing a mediocre VR experience that could potentially sour people on the idea of VR. The prices will naturally come down with time.

[_-EDMIX-_]

I think it might be 300 or 400, consider Sony stated they are ok taking the loss.

I don't see it being something like 500.

[bligmerk]

People are going to start having to learn the specs for VR with some carryover to flat displays, but not one to one.

4K is a flat display term. It is slang for horizontal times vertical pixel resolution. It is also a rectangular aspect ratio, 16:9.

4K VR is 2160 * 1200, but that is 1080 horizontal per eye with a square aspect ratio. The PS VR is 1920 horizontal by 1080 vertical, so each eye is 960 horizontal by 1080 vertical. Refresh rate has also proven to be critical, finding out 30 Hz (or fps) leads to most of the ill effects. Rift has gone with 90 Hz, 45 Hz per eye. Sony had decided to go with 120 Hz, 60 Hz per eye.

One thing. PC peripherals, especially introductory gaming devices, end up in bug hell for a good six months before drivers and hardware configurations catch up. Look how long it took for PC's to get somewhat usable game controllers, and it actually took the consoles to provide decent controllers.

[Bdub2000]

@blig

I don't know where you're getting your info, but your source is highly inaccurate. First off, Oculus uses a 1080p screen for each eye. The result is a 3D 1080p image. The resolutions do not combine to equal a 2k image, however, the GPU doesn't know any difference, so as far as he GPU is concerned it is pumping out a 2k image, but that's not what the eye sees.

Second, Oculus is 90hz (or FPS), but it's not 45fps per eye. It is 90fps per eye. 45fps per eye would equal a 45fps image, which has been reported that anything under 60fps, and any stutters, causes motion sickness.

[bouzebbal]

even 100$ i'm not buying! i dont know i'm not convinced VR will be a hit.
The only game that has potential is Ace Combat 7. Let's see how VR is supported overtime

[memots]

Psvr is doomed if its Ps4 only. They really need to go cross platform with this.

If its supported on PC i am getting PSvr over the Htc vive

[ABizzel1]

Oculus has made more improvements and technologically speaking it's the best of the VR headsets, but this price pretty much eliminated those XBO gamers claiming to get it to view games through it, and the majority of the PC market.

However, considering the recommended base-line GPU was a 970, and much more likely a 980 / 980ti equivalent, it makes sense as to why the price is $600. My guess is they can't sell it a profit for $499, as it cost just over $500 after taking into account ALL production, licensing, and other expenses, so instead of taking an early loss, they raised the price $100, and fluffed the deal with a XBO controller and Eve's Valkyrie.

So my guess is Oculus could have very well been $499 or $549. On top of that Oculus plans on releasing a newer version in 2 years, so they need profit and financing more than anyone in the VR landscape (which is kind of crazy considering their owner). And last but not least Oculus has built-in audio, which PSVR doesn't have.

So I'd put the PSVR at least $100 less than that $499, and suspect it to be edging close to $399, or $200 less than Oculus. And if so VR will be off to a slow start.

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

That's what I was thinking.

I'm pretty sure Oculus isn't taking a loss at this price. So all this talk of PSVR costing $500 is bit over-reactive in my opinion, especially considering that PSVR is in all likelihood cheaper to make.

I think Sony will be willing to take big loss in order to get a good install base going. $250 for headset alone, $300 for headset+camera, and $350-$400 for a variety of bundles that include headset&camera + anything else such as PSMove controllers, X_amount of games, etc.

[RiseofScorpio]

200 less? No damn way that's too big of a loss for Sony.

[2cents]

I naively thought Facebook would have subsidised the entry price point to get max penetration for their nefarious deeds... Mwaa haa haaa...

£500 is a little on the wtf side in my opinion.

[ABizzel1]

@Outside_ofthe_box

There's no question about it. PSVR should be cheaper to make. The materials look great, but they're hard plastic (which isn't a problem). The screen is only a traditional 1080p display while Oculus is a higher resolution, so again savings. PSVR doesn't have built-in audio, so again savings. Sony manufactures most of the components in the PSVR, Oculus buys pretty much everything, so again savings.

All of that easily makes the PSVR less than Oculus, and like I said in a lower comment, Oculus has a second hand in it's profits that they must also make income for (Facebook). Sony doesn't have that issue.

That's easily $150 worth of savings, and when you take the XBO controller and 2 games out of the equation Oculus is easily down to $499 - %549, and $150 off that is $349 - $399 for PSVR.

The only expense over Oculus that PSVR has is the processor, but people are acting like it's a FX 8000 series or Intel i3 / i5 / i7 4000 series. That would be stupid especially since the PS4 doesn't even have that hardware.

The processor is more than likely the same laptop APU-CPU the PS4 is using in it's traditional quad-core form, which is no more than $30. Or it could even be a mobile processor at that same price point. It's simply there to feed signal to the VR headset, it's not another full PS4 APU that Crossfires with the PS4.

[Philface]

Actually it does because Microsoft subsidizes Oculus.

[Kleptic]

I think a lot of people are pretty near sighted on the business end of all this VR stuff...

'sony is willing to take a 'huge' loss on this'...that is laughable...Sony's financials have been a mess for a decade...this is also completely unproven technology, and is frankly the biggest risk anyone has taken in gaming in well over a decade also...I promise you that Sony would love to appear to be 'fully' behind all this, but the simple truth is that most of Sony's shareholders are far from it...and taking a massive hit by underselling competition in a more closed/proprietary space...simply doesn't make sense...

couple that with the smartphone issue...modern smartphones now have gpu's and screens capable of outputting 2k resolution perfectly...panels and processing is completely ready for 4k THIS year, ironically sony already released one...both consoles, no joke, are going to be outclassed by things that run on batteries by 2017...all of a sudden this headset that needs an 'amplifier' that also needs a ps4 and controllers, a camera, etc...will be put up against phones that are overall more powerful, and also have all of the camera's, sensors, etc. built in...you just need a thing to strap it in front of your face...and google already has that cardboard cut out thing for nearly free, as well as free plans to make one yourself...

all i mean is that VR may go places...but its gimmicky...and gaming and gimmicks rarely stick in the console space...they do in mobile, and they find small communities on PC...but i've yet to find an argument that shows why this PS4 VR stuff can't be done on a modern smart phone (other than 'graphical quality', which has been 100% unproven so far and they've given few details on what this processing amplifier thing is even capable of)...so in the end, i highly doubt this thing will be sold at a significant loss...if it ends up being $300, i'd bet the quality will reflect that...which imo will be forgettable...

[Philface]

Have to correct my self Facebook subsidizes Oculus.

[kingPoS]

And last but not least Oculus has built-in audio, which PSVR doesn't have. 

To be fare, I consider being able to snap on and use my own pair earbuds or headphones to be a bonus.

Nothing worse than having the built in audio break on you, leaving you silence. I've lost some good headsets because due to the cable being affixed on one end. That's why I'm glad most headphones use modular cables.

Gateway MT6706 2008

[ginsunuva]

Oculus doesn't want to profit from the hardware. They make money from the software

[IamTylerDurden1]

@Outside_ofthe_Box

You are crazy to think PSVR or any VR HMD of that quality would cost $250. Even the ppl that were crying for a $299 price tag are delusional. Like i have said before, even at $399 Sony would likely take a loss and judging by Oculus Rift's $600 price tag i may well be right.

I said before i thought $399 would be likely and it could well cost more. However, i feel like $399 would be very reasonable but even at $450 i'd be willing to pay. Overall i see PSVR costing 350-450 and no more unless it was bundled.

[DemonChicken]

Sounds like Oculus is doing a PS3

Anyone remember this?

"As for the eventual price: the consumer version should come in similar to what DK2 costs now. "We want to stay in that $200-$400 price range," he states. "That could slide in either direction depending on scale, pre-orders, the components we end up using, business negotiations..."

"Whatever it is," Luckey adds, "it's going to be as cheap as possible." Mitchell nods: "That's really the goal.""

http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...

Pretty sure dev kit was like $350 - sounds like facebook has some play in this.

[Bdub2000]

Yep, I remember that interview. I built my PC around the eventual oculus release, and his statement that $350 was the goal. I just can't wrap my head around $600 though. Guess I'll be waiting a while.

[xer0]

It's too expensive for me.

As a buyer of the original PS3 at roughly $600, I'm not going to buy a headset at that price!

$350 would have been sweet.
$400 would have been ok.

[jznrpg]

2,000,000,000 dollars made him go back on his "word " One reason I don't care for Oculus is that it received public money and cashed in and those initial people got no piece of that , at least a refund and or a pc/oculus would have been within reason. Even if it cost 50,000,000 dollars they would still have 1,950,000,000. Just an example of how much money they made .

[Kingdomcome247]

@jznrpg- I thought that I'd read that backers would receive a free retail version of the Rift? I may be imagining things, though. Wouldn't be the first time.

[mudakoshaka]

@jznrpg

Whoever contributed to their crowdfunding campaign, will get a retail Oculus! But I don't know if they have a minimum limit. If you were able to contribute with 20$...will you get one? Or does it have to be a contribution of let's say 200$ minimum? That I don't know I'm afraid.

[Pillsbury1]

399$ would be a good estimate, more with a bundle.

[I_am_Batman]

I was thinking PSVR might cost something between 300 and 400 bucks but that seems unrealistic now considering Oculus and PSVR are similar tech. At $600 VR will have a hard time selling imo. I might have spent 300 just for the tech alone but for 600 I really need to see a lot more great VR games to back up such an investment.

[showtimefolks]

more power to you if you are interested and buying, i got the money but have no interest

[magiciandude]

At $400-600, this thing would be a guaranteed flop. A gaming accessory more expensive than the console itself will have no chance of success. That's billions of dollars down the drain for Sony...

It's amazing Sony is actually willing to blow their PS4 profits on a gimmick instead of investing more into first party AAA development. After the flop of PS Move, PS Vita, and PS TV, it's expected this will follow suit.

[IamTylerDurden1]

Magicdude

So you must feel like Oculus Rift will be an even bigger flop at $600?

All the ppl calling PSVR "just an accessory" or "a simple peripheral" sound very very foolish. Is that $600 thing in your pocket "just a phone"? PSVR is a very advanced and very expensive piece of tech that has 3 separate processors, a 6 inch OLED screen, LED's, advanced gyroscope, premium optics, and god knows what else. The amount of R & D that went into it was immense.

PSVR is more likened to a new console than a traditional peripheral. This isn't just adding a wonky gimmick to your game like Kinect, this is real virtual reality. This is an entirely new foray into the world of gaming, it's major.

Obviously your lack of faith in VR (or is it just PSVR?) isn't shared by the numerous companies investing Billions into the technology. Companies like Sony, Facebook, HTC, Samsung ect must truly believe in it. That tells me something, it tells me that this isn't Virtual Boy, or the Power Glove, or Kinect. VR is wider reaching than even gaming itself, this is a tech that some of the biggest electronics companies in the world believe in. VR isn't something that can just flop and go away, it's here to stay, there's too much belief and far too much invested. Your wishing it to fail isn't enough my friend.

I for one can't wait to explore a vast universe in PSVR (No Man's Sky). If you can't see the intrigue in that then i can't help you.

[milohighclub]

i wont be picking one up til its £150 - £200 cos at that point they'll be more support behind it. atm the only game that peaks my interest is robinson journey. so not worth spending large for one game. but my prediction is £300 ish cant launch higher than the console is now imo. if they go 300 with bundled move, camera and game it will be successful any higher than that n we will see a repeat of 3d...

gotta remember that they have basically recycled the tech from sony hmd which they started work on years ago so the unit itself will be pretty cheap to produce by now...
however they probably wanna make up for the loses from the hmd so that could push the price up.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

Smiling... hard to say until we know what they price theirs at.

[Duke19]

until Sony launches PSVR at $649 (/s)

[PC_60]

lol

[traumadisaster]

Which includes the actual PS4 and all accessories....

[DragonDDark]

That would be a great deal.

[2pacalypsenow]

Five hundred and ninety nine US dollars

Jk I can see sony releasing it for $399

[Bismarn]

Finally someone mentions the E3 reference so I don't have to.

Kaz should do some commercial saying that again.

[Thatguy-310]

This is playing the same way Sony tackled the ps& price point. They're just waiting to make it known that they will release a cheaper price product. My bet is 300$-350$.

[RiseofScorpio]

No way that's a huge loss, prepare to be disappointed. The attach rate will have to be colossal to make up for that.

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

Do you know how much it costs to make PSVR though?

Sony was willing to take a $240-$300 loss on the PS3 at launch: http://www.ign.com/articles...

So if it costs around $400-$500 to make a PSVR headset a $300 price tag is definitely within reach.

[RiseofScorpio]

Sony was billions upon billions in the green back then, they were on top of gaming and they got a little arrogant.

They smartly designed and priced the PS4 to be profitable,their not gonna throw away all that work for VR, they'll sell it at a loss but not to the degree you're describing.

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

Ok, so how much of a loss is 'too much' in your opinion then?

[UncertainCategory]

I don't know.. The PSVR requires additional processing power to run. Meaning it is shipping with an external processor. That's not a cheap combination.

Considering the Oculus is $600 for JUST the headset, controller and a few games.. I'm a bit worried that we may be seeing a pricy PSVR as well.

[ABizzel1]

That completely depends on the processor, it could be the same quad-core laptop APU in the PS4 and those are $30 "CPUs" at best.

[jerethdagryphon]

No 30£ is a duel core a quadcis about 80£ maybe 60 when bought in bulk srill not bad back itcup with 8 gb of ram for 30 and toss in a high end phone esque screen is 100 ish 400 at launch should be right

[kraenk12]

The processor is no traditional APU. It is only used for upscaling purposes and for the additional output to a TV screen.

[UnHoly_One]

Does anyone know how the PSVR is going to get power?

Is it going to have a separate power cable, as well as the cable that connects it to the PS4?

[CiliCanadian]

There a power cord (with a brick)connected to the external box.

[Sevir]

The power brick is smaller than a Wii.

[Clunkyd]

I dont understand how people are assuming a peripheral will cost more than a launch price of a console.

smh.

[RedDevils]

If it cost more than a Ps4 then forget it.

[andibandit]

It has to do with a quote from Andrew House regarding PSVR, where he said:
"The unit will be priced as a new gaming platform."

[killer_goat]

Far too expensive. I'm going to wait on Sony to announce the price of PSVR then decide what to do.

[kraenk12]

I agree essentially...yet, if they manage to release the must have experience/game with it people will pay ANYTHING for it.

[Picture_Dancer]

People are buying steering wheels for 600, or gaming headset for 400$ and you claim 599$ for comepletely new experiance, for motion tracking device with TV screen built in is too expensive?

[Sevir]

It sold 88+ million units. The PlayStation brand carried the PS3... it will carry the PSVR... Sony though will price this smartly... it'll be $399 for sure, and that's reasonable.

[Kingdomcome247]

@Sevir- I agree about the strength of the PS brand, but I bet you could shave a good 30 million off of that 88 million units sold figure if that $599 price point had stuck.

[starchild]

I agree, Picture_Dancer. I think a lot of people simply don't understand how profound a good VR experience can be.

People pay $2,000 for a TV, but a VR display with all kinds of head tracking and positional tracking which opens up whole new worlds of entertainment and other VR uses and experiences is suddenly "way too expensive" at only $600?

We have to remember, too, that these are early adopter prices. The cost will go down over time. I remember when plasma TVs cost around $10,000. OLED TVs also started out with similarly high prices.

[pecorre]

I hope PS VR is a bit cheaper. If it's not, I can't see VR becoming popular in 2016...

[Death]

It's only good news for gamers if PSVR is substantially cheaper. I think the high price point of Rift coupled with it selling out in 15 minutes is more of an indication PSVR will be at the higher end of what people expect.

[Shazz]

id say they will go with $499 and £399

[Aenea]

And €500 probably, if that is the case then I will wait until it is a massive succes and the price drops...

[nitrogav]

Totally agree . Sony are only going to beat Oculus price by £100 imo . I was really hoping Oculus was going to be £399 so that PSVR would come out at £299 . Still a day one purchase though . Just give us a date now Sony please .

[ApocalypseShadow]

http://www.roadtovr.com/ocu...

Oculus was going to be expensive already.Luckey said it was not going to be cheap.take away those games,case and controller, and it would have been $400.they just decided to do bundles like GameStop does when they sell limited consoles.

In my opinion,PSVR was always going to be cheaper.it was always going to be just by looking at them:

PSVR
Oculus
Vive

Vive will be equal or more than Oculus.but I'm expecting more just from the lighthouse tech you need to go with it.

My questions I have for gamers is this:

Do you think the LEDs Sony are using are expensive?Seriously?LEDs.how about the plastic?the cable?foam cushion?do you think the processor inside the box with HDMI out is more expensive tech than what's built inside the PS4? It doesn't come with a headset because you can use your own.Sony is making it in-house.They make their own screens and sensors.They've been buying up sensor companies.

It will only go up in price as a bundle of the headset-camera-two moves.but the headset itself I don't think it's as expensive as gamers think it is.it will go:

At or near production cost.then as each accessory is added or games bought,they make a profit.my OPINION of course.

[stuna1]

Exactly! Oled screens have gone down in price significantly, led lights go for pennies on the dollar. Any motion, gyroscopic tech has already seen huge drops in price, simply because the technology has been used and proven in the previous generation.

That leaves the VR headset housing and the extra processors, which if it's as powerful as what's in the PS4 has also seen a reduction in price.

It's already known the PS4 will be handling the processing tasks of Visor so looking at the entire setup PSVR doesn't have what many would consider extremely expensive components to begin with, and far less than what makes up the PS4.

I say PSVR will fall somewhere in between the $350 and $450 range.

[uth11]

I think I read that Sony designed a custom screen for it, to counter the screen-door effect. Custom doesn't come cheap, even if Sony manufactured them in-house.

But I do agree that Sony's manufacturing capabilities give them an advantage over oculus. Sony can sell components at cost oculus has to pay a third party for them who will take a profit margin on them

[WeAreLegion]

If Sony can get this thing to $399, Oculus exclusive devs might jump ship to PSVR or port their projects to PSVR. This would be great for them.

[MrSugarholic]

Unless they have a deal with the developer.

[thejigisup]

For Sony this year it's going to be all about install base they have to absolutely have the largest installed base by 2016. I believe that Sony will do almost whatever it takes because they want Dad to see how easy it is to develop for with a uniform structure and piece of hardware that they can develop for ensuring that everybody has the same great experience. People with computers that are not up to snuff for the oculus and ViveAre going to be major detractors from the VR experience they're going to be the people that tell everyone how much VR sucks meanwhile Sony will have their offering on hand and it will work as intended hopefully there'll be some snacks here in there but everyone will be able to experience those same great experiences and share the same great stories. The competition is definitely going to have the upper hand as far as graphics capabilities, however it's about the general user experience without enough people to purchase the hardware and software doesn't matter how great the experiences, the medium will die.

[Sokol]

249$ and it will sell and become leader in virtual reality race. Anything above 299$ will be too much.

In today's economy it will be friendly and successful product.

[Relientk77]

That's good, Sonys PS VR should be cheaper then I would think

[About30Ninjas]

I will not drop $599 the most I'm willing to spend is $299

[Shadowsteal]

Guess you'll be buying the Oculus Rift when the Oculus Rift 2.0 releases.

[Clunkyd]

Thats if it makes it to 2.0 LOL

[RedDevils]

Lol same here. Unless is that good, then I will reconsider it, if it just another gimmick then forget it haha.

[LamerTamer]

You get what you pay for. Sure the Sony may be cheaper but it will be lower quality. What do you want something decent or cheap crap?

[iNFAMOUZ1]

exactly what i was thinking, if its going to be cheaper in price than oculus, then it will be lower quality in general, plus sony got into the vr game later than oculus, way later, so oculus had more time to perfect theres and add all kinds of tech into it, i doubt sonys vr will hold a candle to oculus , the rift is called the leading in vr for a reason, think people

[uth11]

Actually Sony's been working on VR longer (2010) than Oculus even existed (2012). They just announced it later.

[Pongwater]

"the rift is called the leading in vr for a reason, think people"

What's the reason? Rift hasn't been around longer, as you claim, so what's the story?

I saw speculation awhile back that Rift would cost substantially more, along with the reasons why (which I can't remember at the moment… beer is to blame) so it won't surprise me if PSVR is quite a bit cheaper. I'm expecting $399 at the least.

[starchild]

@Uth11

I don't believe that for a second. If a big consumer electronics company like Sony really had been working on VR that long we would have heard about it much earlier and the product would be much further along than it is. Oculus reintroduced VR to the world and got people excited about it. Sony just didn't want to seem like a Johnny-come-lately.

[uth11]

@Starchild - Sony tends to be quiet about what they are working on until they are ready to say something, but the chief PS VR architect said he started working on it in 2010. He also designed the Move and designed them with VR in mind.

I don't see why they would make that up, I doubt it would away anybody. Most people think oculus was the first anyway

The impressions from the shows last year where the VR devices were shown said that PS VR seemed most consumer-Ready of the three.

[u4one]

exactly. sometimes its worth paying a little more for a little more. I'm actually hoping its a bit more expensive as odd as that is to say - but its because i want the hardware to be really good.

[nitrogav]

Sony are a hardware manufacturing company first . And a premium quality one at that , and certainly don`t make cheap crap .

[LamerTamer]

Except the PS4 (and the xbone for that matter). People complain that these consoles are underpowered with netbook grade slow CPUs and low end GPUs. Well they are cheap, that is what you guys wanted so I don't want to hear about it. Gamers (console mainly) seem to want a high end PC caliber console but only want to pay $199. This is the real world, it doesn't work that way. When the PS3 came out people moaned about the price even though it had quality in that it included Blu-ray. Make it cheap they complain about low quality, make it high quality and they will moan about cost. You can never win.

It is the same with VR. All I hear is "it better be cheap". But then when it comes out with sub standard blurry lenses that get fuzzy around the edges and has loads of chromatic aberration (Samsung gear VR has a terrible problem with that) and gives you a headache all you will hear is about the crappy optics and how PSVR sucks. Again people expect something for nothing.

Buy something cheap right away and it will be crap forever, wait and save up if you have to and spend more and it will be good quality forever. It seems a no brainer to pick the latter.

[Rimeskeem]

Do remember that Sony specialized in creating this kind of tech, thats why the PS4 is stronger than the xbox one but the same price.

[Antifan]

That's simply not true for everything, especially electronics. Different companies manufacturer in different ways. Some companies can afford to sell at a lose, while others can't. Why would Sony sell at a lose, you'll ask?...It's simply to get a head start in the market.

[N8]

To much risk at that price.

[NeoGamer232]

VR niche market confirmed.

People whine at a console costing more than $399. How can someone justify an accessory at the same price or more.

80% of gamers are not filthy rich.

[LamerTamer]

People also whine that these consoles are underpowered. You want cheap you got cheap.

It would be much better to pay more and get quality VR than get cheap junk that gives you headaches. If you can't afford it it is not for you then. I can't afford a mansion, so I don't have one.

BTW you don't need to be "filthy rich" for even a $600.00 item. Just save up if you have to or pass. Most people complaining probably spend much more than that on their cell phone bill in a year.

[Pancit_Canton]

Sony should bundle the PS4+PSVR for $599 = Instant win for everyone.

Sony can afford to lower the price becuase they are hardware manufacturer. One of the many advantages of Sony over Nintendo and Microsoft. They can sell expensive hardware for cheaper price.

[RiseofScorpio]

Wow you have no clue do you? How does being a hardware maker make huge losses on price drops not an issue?

[Pancit_Canton]

I think you're the one who has no clue. Being your own manufacturer can cut down the middle man and not raise the manufacturing cost, which jacked up the retail price of the product. In the end, whatever you spend on the manufacturing cost is what you get. It's up to Sony to decide whether they want to make little or more profit or take loss on the product they want to sell. They did that with the PS3 and accept the losses and they did the same thing for the PS4 and gain profit.

[RiseofScorpio]

What the hell are you talking about? Foxconn manufactures the PS4 not Sony.

[Pancit_Canton]

Manufacturing and Assembling are two different things.

Sony's PS4
Manufactured in Japan

Foxconn
Assembled in China.

[RiseofScorpio]

Oh fair enough. But the PS4s APU is off the shelf.

[Pancit_Canton]

If Sony are smart on this, they would sell this for $399 the same price as the PS4 when it first came out for larger appeal. They can take hit on the hardware part and generate sales on the software side. They got the games, movies and apps to generate revenue and make profits.

[Pancit_Canton]

Blank

[u4one]

$400-500 is my guess. anything less is bonus and would be well received for me personally but my expectations are gonna remain realistic based on the average price that these things are starting to work out at. i think that psvr might be one of the more inexpensive ones but considering the rift is $600us, even $500 is cheaper considering.

[ps5fanboy]

Sony killing it again believe , sick line up ahead.

[ApocalypseShadow]

The PS move controller new sells no more than $29.99.used is less than that.the tech is also accurate but dated.

Two PS move controllers comes to $60
The PS camera is $60 new.sells for $40 and $50 everywhere.

That's $100-$110 on top of a headset that doesn't need headphones as you can use your own.even ear buds for $5 bucks.

That headset at best is $299-$349.and everything included will be $449-499.they will not price themselves the same as Oculus because Oculus's tech is more expensive and higher resolution.but $499 would be the maximum ceiling.I I don't think Sony will do it except for gaining profits early with a price like that.

[ocelot07]

Am going to go with $349 for just the headset. This will be for the people who all ready have a camera and move controller.

$450 for everything headset, camera, 2x move controllers, navigation controller.

£300 is my max price for PS VR. Sony would be onto a winner here if they price it well. As PC players will no doubt find away to make it work with PC via unofficial drivers. Or Sony could be smart and make it compatible with PC out of the box.

[Morgue]

Judging by the article and all the people throwing " expected " prices out there for the PSVR, I'll go with the old Price Is Right motto and say $1.00

And the actual price is......

[u4one]

lol

[fanboysmackdown]

Dead on arrival and PSVR will suffer the same fate. Wasn't interested before and now I'm really not interested. When something like Holo Lens tech gets some time behind it and an affordable price, I could see something like that taking off. Cell phone zombies are bad enough and now they're trying to create a race of '52 Buick bumper face zombies.....good luck with that.

[Skankinruby]

Lol what boggles my mind is you people are freaking out over this price when a smart phone out of contract is 700 or more and no one seems to care. Blu Ray players were 1000 dollars when they first came out, flat screen tvs were 6000 or more. This new technology has the potential to change how people view home entertainment completely and 600 dollars is too much for a starting price? Some people are nuts

[ShutUpDonny]

It's not the same at all. For Blu Rays, the content already existed, they just had to burn the movies on the disk. Flat screen TV, the content also existed without it. That means that the technologie could take it's time to find it's way into people's home and still do fine. When it's time to change your stuff, you get the new one and even if it takes 10 years before everybody do the same, it does't change anything for the content creators. With VR, if it doesn't catch up quick, developers will stop supporting it before it even have a chance to make it's way to the consumers. They need a very good price to convince A LOT of people to buy it in the first 2-3 years, top. Otherwise, there will be no reason to even buy one, because there will be no content.

[RiseofScorpio]

Really? That's your excuse? I guess I'm waiting 5-6 years just like Flatscreens then. Not even has 600 dollars for a damn accessory.

[gangsta_red]

Pretty sure people were just as taken back with the examples you listed. Maybe you should check those forums with the TV's and other new tech when they were first introduced to the public.

I personally didn't buy the flat screens when they were first put on the market just because of the price.

And I don't know one person who purchased a smartphone out of contract.

Yes, 600 is too much for most consumers, especially for an early untested video game device.

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

Those are different markets though.

Companies can get away with selling a $700 smartphones because consumers are willing to buy it.

Try selling a $700 console with "smartphones" as your reasoning for the pricing and see how far that'll get you.

[Criti-Choco]

sorry dude but 700 bucks for a smart phone is justified by its day to day convinience and use. What does a VR utility do other than show me what my pc is rendering? It has but one purpose, for one place.

Blu-Ray was expensive due to what it did at the time, the jump from SD to HD media is very very different for what your comparing it to. PS3s marketed that because it also doubled as the cheapest complete media station at the time. It did all that for a fraction of the price and still played games and browsed the web.

In contrast we have a 600 dollar device which needs a computer that costs about twice that to make use of. Not to mention with out many applications to use it for at launch it becomes rather trivial to buy it right away.

[Orionsangel]

VR developers are counting on consumers to be rich. Unfortunately the majority of us are not rich. We have families to support, bills. Then you have the younger audience. How are they gonna convince parents to spend 600 dollars on VR?

[ApocalypseShadow]

the majority of us already knew that oculus would not be cheap.
http://www.roadtovr.com/ocu...

Or they should have known based on PC hardware prices.

[357revolver]

PS VR at 399 would be great but I'm thinking 450-500 price range. Sony even said it wouldn't be cheap, so coming out at 450-500 would sound more realistic

[NovaCorps]

lol 600 bucks ?
hell no

now sony can strike this

[Maxor]

Yeah strike this at $500. Are you still buying? Yeah I thought not.

[Pillsbury1]

399$ seems the most likely after this news for PSVR.

We are VR!

[Dewitt]

Sony will undercut them, but they cannot do it by much, concerning the onboard processor and the resolutions/fps targets they have to meet to make it viable. My guess would be $499 and take a loss on each unit to popularize it.

[dennigo]

i'm a huge supporter of VR i've tried ps vr and oulus, i was most interested in ps vr because of ease of use, but i wanted oculus to succed too because the more systems succeed the more games wil be made.
That being said i feel a bleak future is ahead for VR. Oculus has already created an image for VR: it's too expensive you need 700€ here in belgim plus another 1200€ pc oh and you only get 1 game(+ interactive movie)

i really hope PS VR can stay under 400€ otherwise it will fail and be the next gimmick like psmove.

let me just reitterate i love VR i want it, but at this price range it WILL fail.

[Tobsesan]

Holy moly $599/£499 is way to much for me. Its like getting 2 new consoles at once. This is such a bummer and i cant see people getting this. PSVR wont be much cheaper i guess, yet it could be 449-499$.

[Elda]

Payed $400 for a console & buying at least 10 to 20 games a year including some digital/indies is costly already.I'll pass.

[PaleMoonDeath]

If PSVR is near this amount I'm afraid I'll have to leave it till a price drop, it'll be a while before these things have content worth investing money into.

Cool, but far to expensive just now, Sony did that with the PS3 and learned the hard way.

[MilkMan]

Lol. I read the price for this nonsense and I shat my pants. This is DOA. If said this 100 times both here, other sites and in person. Gaming's next big leap will be in cloud computing. That's all there is to say.

[RiseofScorpio]

Unless this thing can work seamlessly with all games without dipping too much in graphical quality and with all media on a console then I'll buy it.

[shadowraiserx]

Still to much for the current state ,this is maybe gonna be the next virtual boy, but more expensive.

[amnalehu]

I just used the Oculus "Rift Ready" tool to see if my PC can run the Rift and of course it cannot. I priced out 2 different set ups and the best I could come up with was about $800 for an Asus. $800 + $600=no buy for me. IF the PSVR come in less than $500 I'm going to have to go in that direction.

[QuickdrawMcgraw]

Instead of buying 2 consoles....some will decide to just have a PS4 and PSVR...If the PSVR is close to what a console cost...which seems simple enough...

[user9950279]

its gonna be about tree fiddy.

[VonBraunschweigg]

I don't really care about the price, I have no problem paying 600 bucks, same as a good tv. I love racinggames with a wheel and everything and I can't wait to play Project Cars or DriveClub in VR, immersion is everything and I don't believe cheap stuff will do the job. I'm waiting to see what supports what and if the reviews are positive I'm sold, 600 bucks is a lot but hey, it's cool tech.

[cfc83]

Sony vr will be cheaper. Oculus aim at a higher end market.

[Lonnie18]

This reminds me of when Sony came out and announced the PS3 for $599. Oculus just doesn't want to take a loss!

[dorron]

DOA

[skratchy]

Yeah, $600, after all this time? I'll just stick with PlayStation VR.

[FPS_D3TH]

It'll be the cost of a new ps4 at launch. Probably one of the reasons the price hasn't been dropped for ps4s. So that people don't feel like they're paying more for an accessory than for the system itself. Plus they're likely to be bundled together close to VR launch at a somewhat discounted price. I'm gonna say VR will cost $350. $450 if you need the move controllers and camera still. Any more than that and they won't launch well. I know next to nobody who is excited for VR. I'm excited for the potential but not so much with what I've seen so far. Needs more games for me to want it. I'm not going to be a sucker like the guys who bought Kinect were.

[Flenter]

I think Sony will surprise us all ,just like they did with the ps4. And again steamroll the competition

[joeorc]

@Flenter + 13h ago
I think Sony will surprise us all ,just like they did with the ps4. And again steamroll the competition.

When shu stated the cost of a new system for VR. The playstation Vita was $249.00 to $299.00 for the 3G version.

In fact for PlayStation VR we could very well being looking at the cost being in that very price range..who knows. That could very well be a break even point. They never said they would take a loss, they said "we typically" that was what they said about the PSVita before it launched as it was known as NGP, than when the price was announced they were shocked at first before the negatively started rolling in about the blank memory cards. Killing the good will it had on base price of the unit.

I am expecting the same for playstation VR. Base price being over all good but than media and gamers focusing on minor details to put hard negatives toward the overall perception of the product.

There is already that with the PS4..

Where is the games..even though there is over 550+ games now that has been released for the PS4 now in under 2 years. And yet you have gamers asking

Sony : where is all the games..LMAO

[InTheZoneAC]

PSVR is going to be $350 or $400, simply because it connects to PS4

Is ps4 wasn't around then expect it to be the same price as rift

[Coach_McGuirk]

how is this positive news for psvr? they need VR on all platforms to be widely adopted, not just ps4.

[Kiwi66]

Guess its a positive in the land of pixies & unicorns as no doubt sony will take a loss on each unit just to get as many out there as posible , which doesn't seem like a positive at all

[kenwonobi]

Ive seen a bunch of Oculus Rift games. It has the most shown so far. Im sure this is good news for Sony but Oculus Rift looks really fun as well.

[Jumper09]

Cant wait for VR to Bomb...

Shitty gimmicks

[ShawnardAgain]

Sony is a tech company with supplies, factories, marketing, and a workforce already in place.

Oculus is an upstart purchased by a social-media company with their only production having been small batches of development kits.

Why wouldn't Sony have a lower price point?

[MaxCompiler]

O.O

[plmkoh]

And when the dust has settled, you know HTC Vive is in for a huge embarrassment with the price. There's no way that thing is going to be even close to $599USD.

[Maxor]

My PC setup is on rather on the high end and I love hi tech toys but at this $600 price I dunno. I would rather spend that money on a new Nvidia Pascal GPU due out this year vs a $600 head mount that only have a handful of tech demos and indie quality games.

Long story short, without widespread industry support there's no way I'm jumping on the VR bandwagon at release. Bring down to $400 then I'll do it.

[Kyizen]

$499 seems good, they can go insane ay $399 and build up an install base which would be nice for ps fans. That being said your pretty much buying a high end TV for your face $500 aint bad lol

[DarXyde]

Unfortunately, Sony will likely try to undercut Oculus just enough to get public appeal. That said, my guess is $450.

[DillyDilly]

I hope Nintendo is paying attention here when they price the NX

[benji101]

The NX can be $400 and sell. People will pay that for a full system. Asking people to pay more than $400 for a peripheral is all sorts of stupid.

[level 360]

I want to hear Sony say that the PSVR or "Morpheus" will be future-proofed for the PS5 at least.. or even further if possible to make the pricing fair to gamers'

Remember their gaming headsets.. it only works/updates up to a certain timeline.

And on another note although not Sony branded but the Logitech G25/G27 wheel can only be updated up to a certain timeline as well unlike with PC were these would still work.

[benji101]

They may come out and say that... however, if it fails to sell then it will be flushed away.

[Rockubot]

I say raise it up more like to $1,400.00.

[benji101]

2016 the year that VR died again.

If Sony really want this to succeed they have to go all in and take the hit on the price and make a loss.. If they do that it could be the worst business decision in gaming history.

The wii sold 100 million consoles and yet it could barely gain any 3rd party support! how the hell do sony think that publishers will risk supporting a peripheral!
I see PSVR, and all VR, as a massive disaster for gaming. It could financially damage every company involved. At least Valve has all that DOTA hat money...

[Aaroncls7]

Cashing in on that trendy shit, huh?

[Sora78]

PS VR at 300$ please

[underwaves75]

keep this in mind. Oculus has been through prototype after prototype. It has been tested and tested and tested and tried out by many people and developers.....

and the biggest bit of obviousness that is being overlooked by most is this..

"you get what you pay for"

[plmkoh]

Prototype after prototype that have been funded and purchased by said "people and developers".

I'm not sure what we're getting what we paid for.

[Enigma_2099]

... how about NO? I paid that much for my PS3, and I'm STILL pissed about that!

If that's what you call affordable, good luck. Cause you're gonna need it. Me, I got a car and bills to pay for.

[kenwonobi]

It's the premium upscalable to your PC specs version. That version was gonna cost a few hundreds more to that crowd guaranteed. I'm not surprised. I'm a little pleased it's not 700 or a 1,000. It gives me hope PSVR is more in line with what I'm willing to pay. Which is probably 400 max to start. I'll wait though for a price drop if it starts at 500. I have a feeling the PSVR will be the go to virtual reality experience to the casual and hardcore crowd as the entry into VR. This Oculus Rift will be the premium PC version. Similar to the way things already are in consoles vs OC crowd already.

[Dyldog69]

Too high a price. Twice the price of the system or very there near stinks

[HeyNowChillax]

PSVR - $329, I'm calling it. That's the Sweet spot and it will fly off the shelves.

[BLAKHOODe]

Nah. Only the hardcores will pay high dollar for this.. and when I say high dollar, I mean anything over $250. Even then, I question rather the casuals will even go that high. This thing is going to bomb hard.

[HeyNowChillax]

I just bought a 6700K 16gb DDR4 with a 970GTX for work purposes. Even though I have it piped into my living room for 1080p gaming, I couldn't see spending $600 on Oculus to run it at bare minimum even with those specs. Their device is clearly meant for SLI $2000+ setups. I don't think there is much of a market there. Even PC game developers target all games currently for my card which most PC enthusiasts have. That being said, a low cost living room solution to do VR and PS4 gaming is what most people are able and may be willing to do. I think it has a much better chance of succeeding, even at $329. Many of us decided to go living room gaming at $500-$600 when PS3 arrived and we didn't have to upgrade for what 7-8 years? That is why it is better suited for consoles, it's just a better investment. Still prefer PS4 over my PC for gaming.

[gamer7804]

even at 400$ thats way to expensive of a peripheral for a console that will be replaced eventually.

[gamernova]

Ordered my Oculus :)

[Stormweaver]

Congratulations man 😊!
I can only hopefully afford a PSVR. Just hope the price is ok.

You're gonna have fun for sure! im so envious.

[Orionsangel]

When the Oculus pre-orders opened up.

http://i.imgur.com/0UhzhV4....

[BLAKHOODe]

Keep it, Sony.

[Jag-T1000]

Sony cant support three devices. They barely started to release games for the PS4. They need to drop the Vita.

[alti]

they already said they're going to stop making exclusives for vita.

If you're referencing hardware, Sony has like 500 active products. From Cameras, to TV's, to consoles / computers, to freakin... robots that wipe your butt. (probably.) Maintaining production of Vita is not going to hurt Sony.

#HardwareIsWhatTheyFreakinDo

[BLAKHOODe]

I'm pretty sure Sony has all that stuff divided up into their own departments. So, it doesn't matter how many TVs or computers or robots they have out there, the gaming department is only dealing with the PS4, Vita and now the PSVR.

[ibrake4naps]

$399 or under for me, or I'll wait until the prices decrease over time

[no_ripley]

This will be another Gimmick like EyeToy, Move and Kinect. The technology behind it is amazing and i guess we will see some great things in the future ... just not in 2016!

The price is way too high!

[IamTylerDurden1]

The Oculus Rift price is too high at $600, but that fact is that all this 400-600 for PSVR is sheer and utter speculation. You can't possibly condemn Sony or PSVR until you know the official price. So until then by all means condemn, just make sure it's Oculus that ur condemning.

[IamTylerDurden1]

$600 for Oculus Rift is a huge vindication for Sony and Shu who told us it wouldn't be cheap. All the naive ppl who claimed if it wasn't less than $300 then it would be DOA can now see the reality of the situation. A VR HMD is an expensive piece of equipment and Oculus/FB in their infinite greed weren't willing to take a loss. Now, if Sony is willing to take a loss at 400-$450 will you still howl from the rooftops about how greedy they are and how absurd it is that a peripheral is more expensive than the console itself?

This is reality....come meet it.

[Neonridr]

exactly, but it also shouldn't be cheap. If they threw us a $200 headset, it would do a terrible job of selling us the idea and concept of VR.

This isn't technology for everyone at this point, only those willing to take the first steps. Just like some audiophiles have to spend $500 on a pair of headphones where others are happy with the earbuds that come with their ipod.

This price should give all indications that unless Sony is willing to take a huge loss, or they use much lower grade parts, that even the PSVR is going to reach prices of $400 easily.

Prices will come down over the years as this tech is perfected.

[jeromeface]

I honestly can't wrap my head around anyone wanting to adopt any VR choice without extensive knowledge of the software and gameplay mechanics. The wii sounded great on paper, even had a decent run. Eventually the cat was let out of the bag that noone really knew awesome innovative ways to program for it and then the software dried up. The same thing can happen here, I hope the devs are up to the challenge.

[Artemidorus]

It will be 499 or 549 in my opinion and more likely to include free games.

[alti]

Sony's gonna take them to an early grave with a $349 price point.

There is absolutely NO FREAKIN WAY this accessory will cost more than an actual Playstation 4.

If you think for a moment Sony is operating at the level "facebook" is, when hardware is concerned, you're a total idiot. A flat out idiot. Sony is the company to go to for electronics. It's what they freakin do, people.

[benji101]

Both companies use the same factories in China and Taiwan.... The only way sony is getting manufacturing cheaper is by making a great deal more... which is more of a gamble.
If they make 20 million they will get it cheaper.. if they make 20 million Sony`s console business could die regardless of the ps4 sales... Facebook is a very very rich company.

[kenwonobi]

But only one specializes in electronics. Those parts? They can Cary in quality or importance. Hence also price.

[alti]

Ok, the company in Taiwan didn't create their blue prints and tech. They're just repeating the process Sony tells them to take, which I can guarantee you is more streamlined and efficient than the start up brains surrounding the Oculus. They're out of their league. Nobody on Earth apart from Samsung rivals hardware efficiency like Sony.

[joeorc]

http://www.roadtovr.com/amd...

Read this gamers no matter which one you go with your going to be covered for VR for a while.

[_LarZen_]

Everything is set for PlayStation to swoop in just like they did after the price announcement for the XBO. And steal the show once again.

[Neonridr]

except the PC market and console market don't compete with each other. Unless you think the PSVR is going to be able to be hooked up to a PC to be used.

[ocelot07]

I don't think it is impossible. If it's not supported out of the box. Then someone will make it compatible with PC fairly quickly. But if Sony are smart enough then have it PC compatible out of the box. So the PC guys/girls will buy it over the oculus ect.

[Neonridr]

yeah.. pretty Sure Sony doesn't want them using their headset on a different platform. Software sales would tank as a result.

I have no doubt it will be hacked to death and there will be people that make it work, but I wouldn't expect open support from Sony on this one.

Although if MS was smart, they would make the Oculus compatible with the Xbox One, since they already allow them to use their controller. Hololens I see as a completely different application, so it would be a smart choice to get a VR headset in their camp.

[SethBrundlefly]

My Note 4/Gear VR combo was about $1,200 jan 2015... but yeah 599 is a bit steep I guess. Waiting for price on PSVR.

[psnoob]

Damn ... I do not care about price because obviously not going to buy one anytime soon. But I hope it is awesome product and PS5 compatible. I think VR is the future but we cannot buy so expensive headset unless it is future proof and gets game support

[Neonridr]

how do you make a headset released in 2016 future proof to tech that will be released in 2018 or later (PS5). You think a 1080p (or 900p based on their latest demos) display will cut it 2-3 years down the road?

I have no doubt if this thing is successful we will see a PSVR2 when the PS5 comes along.

[Dixiedevil]

The higher Sony goes above the cost of the PS4, the worse it will hurt initial sales. Most casual gamer folks will say, "No way! It costs more than the system!" Seeing as how they know what happens when you over price hardware, I'm thinking it won't be over $400.
Facebook doesn't have as much skin in the game after hardware sales. There's not that much more to make after initial hardware sale besides software gambles. Sony has all the software to make money on, so they can take more of a hit on the hardware. They also know that the only way this will succeed is if sales are good enough for a lot of good 3rd party devs to invest in it. If they've learned anything from the PS3 release and the Vita, I don't see it costing near as much as Oculus. Hopefully they have. Either way...I'm gettin that shit!

[finite]

If this feature below, is correct

http://hexus.net/tech/news/...

Then Console VR is going to be up to much.

[coreyweb]

Ha. I wouldn't touch it with a 20ft pole. 600 dollars? No thank you.

[Jag-T1000]

This thing is something you play at theme park or something for 30 minutes. It's not something to play 2 hours a day. You will fry your eyes.

[TimeSkipLuffy]

If the price does not match the experience and the games that give that special experience then it will be dead on arrival for sure. Why buying a device that only has one game you might want to play for a price you can buy another PS4 in case yours will die? And seeing how Sony treats its devices that doesn't sell well (PS Vita) I don't see any future for this right now. Relying on other studios to output the big games is no way to support a device.

[MRJefferson]

you can buy a complete pc with that price.

[LastcenuryRob]

I think a roughly $500 price point would be great, but even if that is the price it comes out at I don't think there will be many adopters.

[iliimaster]

christmas hoping for 499/450

[MCTJim]

I want a test run before I would even think of purchasing. If people think even for a moment its going to be under $400 you are mistaken. As for this being great news for Sony...Many of you in here that actually said it would be $199. Its not good news for Sony at all. If they release it at $400, they only people who are going to buy it are the must haves..the bleeding edgers. If they sell 1.5-2m units in the first year, thats not bad, but I would expect more agressive numbers. They need to get demo Kiosks out to show the general public
this is what it looks like..not that crappy demo we saw just a few weeks ago at their show..which was in itself a laughable demo of what VR actually is.

You cant compare the two headsets. Oculus is superior in every way. It also has an exponentially huger userbase.