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HTC finally gives in! The Vive price cut has arrived

Zenbane
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This news just came in...

HTC Vive Now $599, Gets A Permanent $200 Price Cut

all that technology came at a premium price that has, until right now,
remained at $799 for the Vive headset, two motion controllers, and two
base stations for tracking. Other than a few flash sales and minor
discounts it’s been stuck at that price.

The updated package, priced at $599 for everything mentioned above, includes download codes for Richie’s Plank Experience, Everest VR, and Tilt Brush on Steam, as well as a one-month subscription to Viveport. The Viveport service has over 200 apps available, but you can only pick five to get access to over the course of a single month. It’s sort of like selectively renting content.


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:

“we haven’t dropped the core price of the Vive because we think it offers the best room-scale [experience], hands down.”

O’Brien elaborated further on HTC’s perspective on the Vive’s price, saying that there are certainly price-sensitive customers who are looking for the lowest cost option, but there are also ‘value-sensitive customers who are willing to pay more if they feel they are getting better value out of their purchase;’ the latter is where a large portion of VR early-adopters fall, he said.


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/


*EDIT*
Latest damaging articles/discussions:

https://forums.oculus.com/community/discussion/comment/552854/#Comment_552854

465 REPLIES 465

KenSniper
Adventurer
Was just about to post this, beat me to it! 

Zenbane
MVP
MVP
I got Alexa over Christmas, after I installed her my first command (after asking the Time) was:
"Alexa, notify me everytime Oculus wtfpwns HTC. Wake me if you have to."

She's always on point 😛

pyroth309
Visionary
At 599 that would put the Oculus 3 sensor setup (with extension cabling also) in the same ballpark from the 499 price. But you'll still need to buy the Deluxe Audio Strap and Knuckles to be on par but it's a lot better than 799 for sure. 

Anonymous
Not applicable
This is good news though. They're both great headsets and it'll only do good things for the hobby as a whole. Price was what locked me out of VR for a long time and it was only the recent Oculus price cut that allowed me to get my own headset. I always wanted a Vive over the Rift but I must admit that this new Vive price cut probably isn't enough for me to have picked one up over the Rift. Especially if they haven't improved the controllers yet.

vannagirl
Consultant

Zenbane said:

I got Alexa over Christmas, after I installed her my first command (after asking the Time) was:
"Alexa, notify me everytime Oculus wtfpwns HTC. Wake me if you have to."

She's always on point 😛


Honestly

Im crying you crack me up sometimes 
Look, man. I only need to know one thing: where they are. 

Zenbane
MVP
MVP

vannagirl said:


Zenbane said:

I got Alexa over Christmas, after I installed her my first command (after asking the Time) was:
"Alexa, notify me everytime Oculus wtfpwns HTC. Wake me if you have to."

She's always on point 😛


Honestly

Im crying you crack me up sometimes 


But it's not funny if it's true 😛

Alexa's response was, "Okay. But please be warned, you will never sleep again."

All true.

vannagirl
Consultant
Hahaha

But the best comedy can be unintentional.
You brightened up my morning  😄

This is good for vr in general i did wonder though when htc would feel the pressure, seems the oculus has been flying

Hey i wonder if they read places as this
Look, man. I only need to know one thing: where they are. 

Zenbane
MVP
MVP
The Oculus forums often come up as a Top Search Result on Google for nearly every major subject matter, hot topic, and debate in VR. A big part of that is due to the fact that VR is still in its infancy, and the consumer base is so small that the rest of us arguing all the time end up creating some of the largest metadata available.

The only other competition is Reddit, commercial articles, and YouTube videos.

For example, if you Google "HTC Vive Knuckles"
https://www.google.com/search?q=htc+vive+knuckles

... the very first link on Page 2 goes here:
https://forums.oculus.com/community/discussion/53921/vive-knuckle-controllers

vannagirl
Consultant
So you are saying

Memes and fights are getting vr out there

This day keeps getting better and better
Look, man. I only need to know one thing: where they are.