Week in Gaming: If you think the Oculus Rift is too expensive, you’re missing the point

By Kate Gray

This week, the Oculus Rift pricing was finally revealed, after years of speculation and hopeful estimates. A million op-eds have been written. The word “ballpark” has been said repeatedly. Basically, the issue is this: it’s really bloody expensive.

Eye-wateringly so, in fact, although there is a chance this is just a side effect of having all that virtual reality in your face.

Oculus Rift will cost $599/£499/AU$649. That’s a lot. Samsung Gear VR, by comparison, is $100/£80. A lot of people have been handing out Google Cardboard for free. Cardboard is just a cheaply made cardboard box, given, but for access to VR it’s still quite a gulf in price.

Hot take incoming.

Now, it’s not like I’m the first to pipe up and say this – the internet is full of opinions, then opposing opinions, and then the backlash to the opposing opinions, so this is all pretty much covered – but maybe $599 is… perfectly reasonable?

It’s a big number. A lot of money. Many people will not be able to afford it (like me). But it’s a new type of technology, and rather than thinking about it in terms of new games consoles, think about it as if it’s something …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Gaming