I've had the chance to play around with a friend's DK2 quite a bit, and the Oculus is so cool, and I want one so badly, but it's unfortunately out of my price range right now. Hopefully I'll catch it in generation two.

 

First generation products generally aren't worth it. I know they had two batches of dev kits to work out the kinks, but I can pass for now.

 

I think I'm fine with TrackIR right now for my PC. I'd probably need to upgrade my card on top of the Oculus to play Elite well, that's like 2 grand... Besides, I've got my HOTAS setup on my PC too, dunno how I feel about not being able to see it while I play (which is what makes Microsoft's AR thing so interesting...)

I think I'll see what PSVR is coming out at, and I'm pretty sure it'll be launching with NMS. Much cheaper and prettier Space Pilot Fantasy

 

Yeah, I though about buying one earlier but with this price I will wait a year or two - it is simply to expensive (especially for people outside of the US) and I just can`t justify spending so much money on it when we have so very few games/media suited/optimizied for it. Sure playing Elite or Star Citizen with it would be a great experience and fullfill several childhood dreams but it simply isn`t something I can easily afford.

 

Maybe if I win the lottery.

 

What were your reasons for buying, Jon? That's an extremely hefty price tag - the sort that would put me off even if I wanted the thing more than I've ever wanted anything before.

 

I love VR as much as the next guy, although not as much as Jon apparently does, and I've been hyped for the release of the Oculus for ages. As long as I've known about VR I've wanted it and Elite: Dangerous has built the fantasy of being a space pilot in my head so much that the lack of VR in my life actually pains me.

Despite this, I won't be getting an Oculus because I just cannot justify spending that much money on it; if I were to buy it now I'd be be overjoyed but there'd be this little voice at the back of my head having a go at me for spending that much money. I expected it to cost around £350 and I would have happily paid for it then but at this price I'm not going to be able to get an Oculus for quite a while.

Quick Question: Do you call it an Oculus or a Rift? I've heard people call it both and I was wondering which is the more common term.

 

Better call it a Rift, then - because Facebook are the ones who own it now, and it'll tear a Rift through your pocket.

:awesome

 

I guess for most people it's not only the whopping $599 for the Oculus (did we really need an xbox controller in there though?) but also the cost of upgrading your PC. I'd have to put down 599 + a 970 gpu + new processor + shipping to try a couple of games, quickly get bored and wait for content to slowly become available. Too much at the moment.

It's an enthusiast product, no doubt about it. It's for people like Jon who have both the income and the passion for it. The good news is that there's lots of people with a passion for it. I think it looks good for the future of VR. Hopefully it won't share a dusty shelf with the Kinnect and Move.

 

Jon wants to be the Last Starfighter.

 

As if you choose to fly an x-wing in VR.

TIEs all the way. Dat view!

 

Honestly, I'm just pissed off about the entire situation.

Originally the Rift was estimated to be within the $300USD range. Obviously that's just a ballpark figure that came out around the release of DK2 (iirc), but the actual price is almost double that. I live in the UK, so the cost is around £499 here opposed to the estimated £250.

The entire reason I didn't get all doom n' gloom-y over the Facebook acquisition of Oculus was that it was 99x more likely the Rift would come out cheaper and with many more units upon release than they would as an independent company. The exact opposite has happened, and that's annoying as fuck.

This isn't even taking into account the upgrade costs for my PC.

There's nothing I would love more (well..) than to have a behemoth of a PC and a Rift, as the entire idea of VR seems so fucking awesome. But if the price remains this high, I'm going to hold off on pre-ordering and wait to see how the other options match up. In the event that they're all ridiculously expensive, well, I'll have to start saving.

 

If you're going to pay top dollar, you might as well go for the best. Vive is generally considered better than the Rift.

 

Wait until you know what the Vive is....