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Originally Posted by MinusEV
Pretty much everyone thinks it's overpriced, especially given what was said/hinted at about price from OR previously.
I don't think the price of Sonys PS4-set will matter that much though - the pc is wastly superior when it comes to this and the main competition for OR there is the Vive and that's likely to be even more expensive than the Rift.
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Originally Posted by MinusEV
This has nothing to do with what I've written though - I'm not sure why PS4 is being dragged into this at all? My point is that the market that is currently most keen on the OR/Vive typically consists of more serious gamers who therefore have more serious hardware. And by default they're all pc-owners so PS4 has nothing to do with the argument.
I have offered no opinion on who will "win the war", certainly not against the PS4-version. Did you really think there was a realistic pc-spec and OR-price that was going to out-compete the PS4-version?
That was not going to happen - the PS4-version is a cheap version because it can't offer what the PC-versions can. They're (currently) aiming at different markets.
You said the Vive is the "Main competition" for the OR... I've been disagreeing with this thought the whole time saying the PS4 VR is going to do better from a competition stand point than either the OR or Vive. Reason being install base, games, price, ect.
Yes, anyone can gin up a god tier pc and go for it, but I simply see this market different as in people will happily save, what I believe is a material amount of money to most ($500-$X for a OR/Vive and good PC), and opt for what may not be the best experience out there but is more affordable and provides an acceptable level of quality. PS4.
And I never even implied that you said who you thought would "win". From the start here I just was saying that if Sony prices their head set aggressively they will have, what I believe to be, a huge advantage in this market space.
As an aside to that, I also disagree with the line that they will all do fine over time. The market will consolidate to one or two dominate players and the rest will be left behind imo.
Irrelevant to all that, I hope those on 2p2 who get any VR headset enjoy it and post updates on the games they find fun and their experiences as I may someday get one of em.