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 06:59 AM
08-21-2017 07:03 AM
The bigger question:
Atmos73 said:
The question now is will the Rift for £399 be the new norm? I think it will.
08-21-2017 07:13 AM
08-21-2017 07:29 AM
Atmos73 said:
Valve make the Knuckles Devkit. Valve 'might' release a full retail version. But Valve won't stop HTC or LG releasing their own Knuckle variation for release with their own HMD's.
08-21-2017 07:41 AM
Atmos73 said:
Zenbane said:The bigger question:
Will Vivarians spend yet another year praising HTC for its ability to half-heartedly mimic every major action performed by Facebook and Oculus? I think they will.
The bigger question now is - how long will OH compete with the AAA games coming to SteamVR? As the SteamVR user base matures in size Devs are less lightly to take bribe money to go exclusive. They'll simply be self sufficient as PCVR HMD sales hit 2 million. FB will need to dig even deeper to keep these exclusives coming.
08-21-2017 07:43 AM
08-21-2017 07:47 AM
08-21-2017 07:51 AM
Atmos73 said:
FB will need to dig even deeper to keep these exclusives coming.
08-21-2017 07:56 AM
History dictates otherwise considering that Vive users flooded the Rift forums last year when Oculus temporarily blocked "Revive" from letting them play OH games:
BeastyBaiter said:
Hard to say if the OH store will survive, it's a nice looking store and well integrated into the headset, far better than steamVR is. But it lacks content and ultimately that's what counts.
08-21-2017 07:58 AM
Atmos73 said:
Zenbane said:The bigger question:
Will Vivarians spend yet another year praising HTC for its ability to half-heartedly mimic every major action performed by Facebook and Oculus? I think they will.
The bigger question now is - how long will OH compete with the AAA games coming to SteamVR? As the SteamVR user base matures in size Devs are less lightly to take bribe money to go exclusive. They'll simply be self sufficient as PCVR HMD sales hit 2 million. FB will need to dig even deeper to keep these exclusives coming.