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/
09-10-2017 12:32 AM
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09-10-2017 02:56 AM
Atmos73 said:
Infact it's leaving the Rift for dead.
09-10-2017 11:23 AM
09-10-2017 11:30 AM
BeastyBaiter said:
I really never thought I'd see a console war between PC gamers and yet here we are. It will hurt the entire VR community if either the Vive or Rift fail. We need every major VR manufacturer and game developer to succeed.
09-10-2017 12:22 PM
09-10-2017 12:29 PM
kojack said:
Scraped rankings from Amazon over time:
https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/6z26d7/amazon_sales_ranking_the_past_month/
09-10-2017 12:34 PM
Atmos73 said:
LG is not replacing the Vive unless it either comes out long before the Vive2 or has had a significant technological advantage over Vive2. At this time no one knows exactly what each will offer as with Rift2.