PS4's VR Headset Not as "High-End" as Rift, Palmer Luckey Says

@thunderborne:

A guy who's tried it???!!

NOBODY is going to listen to you.

@ahpuck:

Spencer is very good at marketing PR on Twitter.

@barcaazul:

I know several people that have a ps4 and gaming rig.

I'm at a loss how you came to the conclusion one cancels out the other.

Edit:

Never mind, I misread. You're just saying you don't know anyone with both not that people don't own both.

@barcaazul: I just live that he doesn't say HOW its better...

@sampson3121: Kind of like Xbox One did.

@merwanor: there was another one on amazon the other day for $1125.35.

@merwanor: The listing, spotted by Forbes, was swiftly removed and Sony issued a statement, claiming: “This was an error by Amazon, we haven’t announced price for PlayStation VR.”

@smoovone1:

It amazes me how much internet commenters don't know about business.

Read a book or two.

There either is right now, or was, people sitting in a board room at Sony crunching numbers, deciding how many millions of dollars they can lose to win the battle later on software.

Go grab a business book bud, or maybe a magazine. Things aren't always priced at "what they cost". Sony IS going to take a loss, and you have NO idea what Sony can afford. It's just ridiculous, people like you who "know".

If you don't think that several smart people- with more business degrees than you have fingers, who make millions of dollars a year, who made the PS4 a resounding success- know damn well that their product is widely considered "a step below" the Rift, and that they CAN NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT sell it for the same price, than your naive at best, stupid at worst.

I will bet you my entire next paycheck ($2,343.09) against yours, right here right now, that there is ZERO chance that PSVR comes in above $450, and probably $400.

If there's a way to make it an official, legal bet, show me, I'll do it.

It is SUICIDE for PSVR to cost as much or more than the Rift.

You think those CEOs, CFOs, CTOs, and Marketing Firms don't know that???!!

@smoovone1:

And who's to blame that people don't know J shit about VR? The very companies that want to sell it. I've been preaching for days now about what VR could really be and I'm getting a bit tired; if people who frequent sites like these don't even understand, how will VR ever take off? VR is so much more than just some half baked Kinect like experiences we've seen so far, but neither OR nor Sony cares enough to educate people. They rather show of a shark cage and a pew pew, bang bang demo, which I admit was impressive, but will ultimately grow old very quick.

A VR headset will be your our own personal cinema for TV, movies and gaming, and not just tailor made experiences: every game can be played on your own virtual 140" screen! VR will give us the chance to have front row seats for every concert we like, we can sit in every major stadium or arena in the world watching the game you want to see, live as if you were there. VR will let us shop for pants, buy new cars after seeing them in VR and VR will let us travel the world while we're sitting in our lazy boy. $600 is peanuts for everything VR will be and it's absolutely crazy that they are able to do it at that price!

@smoovone1: Well they officially said it'd be roughly the cost of a current gen system. So thinking it'd be twice as much is kind of dumb. That oculus guy had to eat his words because of his $350 ballpark figure. I doubt Sony is that stupid to make the same mistake.

@smoovone1: It's lower end ie cheaper.

Lol at you thinking that this will take a loss at the same price when the higher quality rift isn't taking a loss.

@smoovone1: Don't blame the gamers.... Sony and microsoft sold shitty, budget gimped PC's as entertainment devices claiming that nobody who games on a console could afford any more.... Then Samsung came out with "yeah... just buy this little thing and use some technology you probably already have"...

...Now Sony is about to put their hands out and ask for upwards of $600 because "you want a premium experience right?".

Sony and Microsoft consoles to me symbolize budget hardware. That's a reputation they've earned and worked towards. Asking for upwards of $300 for a toy that connects to the ps4 is going to be an extremely big ask. Why not just do it properly, get an occulus rift and have some degree of flexibility with your device and it's uses?

@smoovone1: Sony can take a hit if they feel the rewards later on will be bigger(over the last few years, even pre PS4, they have been making money instead of leaking it), simple economics.

@kyelo: None of them will, but you can stream XB1 games on the Oculus Rift with Windows 10. The games won't be in VR, it'll just play on a 2D big screen in a virtual room.

@xbotspam: He also doesn't address the PSVR's processing unit. It's not just the PS4 running things on the PSVR.