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Well observed as always -Shadowmask72, have to agree with many of the points and also the summation of the issues facing OVR.
Though captured in your points, my view is more that this move is in part to send a message out there against competition (HTC, MS, etc.,), and to prove a point to the FB new team that the direction OVR previous team selected is viable, given a little love.
I wonder how much of this is a "make-or-break" position - will be interesting to see how this is positioned at OC4? And that brings me to what I feel is a greater issue with the current OVR structure; that of “communication”.
Since that abortive sub-reddit AMA back in 2015, OVR has been incredibly quiet over statements regarding their positioning, future plans and general communication with the community. I understand that they favor giving interviews that we then have to gleam the detail from, but this just breeds confusion (reflected in recent articles about the company).
I feel that the PR machine within the operation has taken a serious hit from the entrenched attitude of previous executives and has yet to rebound, or just restructure. Placing all your eggs in a few baskets of interviews and favored sources is dangerous.
I just wonder if this temporary price drop could have been headlined and promoted better, rather than allowing the negative press to accompany what is a really impressive price drop. Managing the message would help when the price springs back to the normal amount in a short period of time!
Back to your point that this move could be part of a rebranding of the OVR operation (possibly under FBVR) - I begin to wonder if this is not something starting to happen organically already. Will we see Samsung not including OVR in the promotion for the new standalone GVR2? Or will we see an increase use of the Facebook VR term, to counter MS’s Mixed Reality, or Googles Daydream brand?
Seriously; well done Oculus on the price drop, I hope it has the intended impact on your business… whatever that needed to be.
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07-11-2017 04:35 AM
Not such a stupid prediction, that rumor has been getting a lot of traction after the reveal of the second wireless Vive system at the China show. I wonder what that would do to the market, especially with Samsung's standalone system getting prepped?
RonsonPL said:
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Also, I think something might be additionally influencing this. Maybe Valve planning to replace Vive with wireless model at same price and dropping the price of cable version?
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07-11-2017 04:42 AM