08-21-2017 12:21 AM
Interesting news considering it wasn't very long ago that HTC executives explained why a Vive price cut was unnecessary. Those reasons seem to still apply today, giving rise to insight that perhaps HTC feels the pressure from the aggressive Oculus pricing in order to remain viable (and alive) in the high-end VR Market.
From E3 2017:
Sources:
https://uploadvr.com/htc-vive-now-599-gets-permanent-200-price-cut/
https://www.roadtovr.com/htc-explains-vive-price-cost-lowered-cut-discount/
08-21-2017 01:42 AM
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08-21-2017 03:08 AM
Atmos73 said:
The question now is will the Oculus for £399 be the new norm? I think it will.
08-21-2017 03:55 AM
Atmos73 said:
The question now is will the Rift for £399 be the new norm? I think it will.
08-21-2017 04:14 AM
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08-21-2017 05:25 AM
Atmos73 said:
nalex66 said:
It's a shame they didn't bundle in the DAS with the new cheaper Vive kit;
Hang on we've still got 4 months of the year left yet. HTC and Valve haven't played all their Aces yet.
08-21-2017 06:02 AM
08-21-2017 06:55 AM
snowdog said:
Great news for VR, HTC had to do something because the sales advantage that they had was closing since Oculus reduced their price to $600 in March. The Rift is still a better buy unless you're living in a mansion and need a bigger trackable area but anything that gets more headsets out there is great for developers.
They still need to bundle in the Deluxe Audio Strap though imo, and when the Knuckles controllers release they need to replace the original Vive controllers with them but this is a great start.