PlayStation VR to Cost $299

A Sony representative has stated that PlayStation VR will cost $299 without the Playstation Move controllers or the Playstation Camera, half the price of the Oculus Rift.



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Wow, was not expecting such a big difference.

Doesn't it also need an external box that helps aid in processing?

Kushiro said:

Wow, was not expecting such a big difference.

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I was. Just another example of how PC gamers are exploited and conned.

B4 you get to excited wait to see what the controllers and camera will cost, and the games to play it with

So $299 for a usb face mounted screen basically.

This will not cover the entire extra console you'll need to run in order to get that framerate they've set UNLESS this is going to be a <720p experience..

Completely read all the specs and facts before you consider the PSVR

AlienALX said:

I was. Just another example of how PC gamers are exploited and conned.

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I really hope you own a PC so you know the argument against that. Both PC and Consoles exploit their audiences, both pretty much but not exactly evenly. The PC gamers have it worse because of some developers putting emphasis on consoles and pulling the graphics and effort put into ports down on PC due to that. Also, console games generally cost a serious amount more than the PC.

It seems like if anything it's the console players who have been conned due to the fact you have a $300 - $400 dollar headset but will need an extra graphics box at who knows what price, and honestly it's probably not going to be able to run any highly demanding graphical games, unlike the Oculus. Most likely the graphics processor will be nothing over $150-$200 (at a guess) but but that's still a lot. And to have efficient and effective VR motion control and a camera to track head movements are pretty much a must. So therefore it's most likely that people should buy the $400 if they're looking for anywhere near the tracking precision that the oculus offers. PSVR has the tracking LEDS but what are they there for if not to be tracked by a camera or sensor. Also, add on the probable $150-$200 price tag of the processing box and you're looking at around $550-$600. So at best a $49 cheaper option compared to the Oculus, and at worse a $1 more expensive option should the box be $200. Not the huge price difference that people thought they saw. (Plus, don't expect to play Uncharted 4 on the PS4 in VR. Nope. Never gonna happen)

With no support for older games, I as a PS4 and a PC user would pick the Oculus due to the fact you can most of the time force non-oculus compatible games into VR, whereas with PSVR that isn't going to happen until they somehow simulate 3DVR and that's going to be interesting.

Oculus: Expensive, huge range of games (whether VR or not), controllerless motion tracking (but also has controllers if needed)

PSVR: Expensive, small range of VR compatible games, have to use handheld controllers, however interesting to see where it goes. Maybe the PS5 will learn from the VR part of it's predecessor and have some graphical and processing upgrades to make Full PSVR gaming a reality without being limited

ScruffyBadgerLord said:

I really hope you own a PC

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If he did not he would be on a console forum and not a pc one and as for splashing out cash on hardware oh my god when you game on a PC the money you can spend is "Bonkers Mental (sorry TTL)" compared to a Console

Tolemac said:

If he did not he would be on a console forum and not a pc one and as for splashing out cash on hardware oh my god when you game on a PC the money you can spend is "Bonkers Mental (sorry TTL)" compared to a Console

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Sort of depends. But fair enough on hardware costs. It's just people think it's cheap that irritates me

barnsley said:

So $299 for a usb face mounted screen basically.

This will not cover the entire extra console you'll need to run in order to get that framerate they've set UNLESS this is going to be a <720p experience..

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Without saying too much, it doesn't work the same way others' do that people currently have in their homes on their PC's

ScruffyBadgerLord said:

I really hope you own a PC so you know the argument against that. Both PC and Consoles exploit their audiences, both pretty much but not exactly evenly. The PC gamers have it worse because of some developers putting emphasis on consoles and pulling the graphics and effort put into ports down on PC due to that. Also, console games generally cost a serious amount more than the PC.

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Over the past year and 3 months I have put over £5000 into 4k and trying to run it. Mostly with GPUs that don't even have a model number any more just a stupid name with double the price tag of what used to be a top end GPU.

And do you know what? it still doesn't run flawlessly.

That's about all I am going to say but that says it all really. We, as PC gamers, are completely ripped off being charged ridiculous money for technology.

I'm aware that console games are more expensive too, that's because they have a licensing fee. Does that mean you have to buy absolutely all of them at top prices? no, because we don't do that on PC either. You judge whether you want the game and then you decide what you are willing to pay for it and then you wait.

I built a £3500 PC in August of 2014. A year later I got around £1450 parting it out.

I think that should answer all of your questions.

AlienALX said:

Over the past year and 3 months I have put over £5000 into 4k and trying to run it. Mostly with GPUs that don't even have a model number any more just a stupid name with double the price tag of what used to be a top end GPU.

And do you know what? it still doesn't run flawlessly.

That's about all I am going to say but that says it all really. We, as PC gamers, are completely ripped off being charged ridiculous money for technology.

I'm aware that console games are more expensive too, that's because they have a licensing fee. Does that mean you have to buy absolutely all of them at top prices? no, because we don't do that on PC either. You judge whether you want the game and then you decide what you are willing to pay for it and then you wait.

I built a £3500 PC in August of 2014. A year later I got around £1450 parting it out.

I think that should answer all of your questions.

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Not really a fair representation dude given you bought titans, the most grossly overpriced cards that have came out when most gamers don't buy those cards, not looking for conflict just stating that observation fella.

1440 is where the smart money gets spent.

tinytomlogan said:

1440 is where the smart money gets spent.

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Indeed Guv, an that is where I will be heading as soon as I grab my new cards

tinytomlogan said:

1440 is where the smart money gets spent.

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I fell for it

Thankfully I've had time to reflect and won't be falling for anything else. When I have to start looking at medium settings I am going to get a cheap 1440p monitor (for around £200) and then when that isn't enough I will go back to using my 27" 1080p one.

Graphics cards are the biggest con so they're on the no list now.

I think I'm going to start playing less important games on my lady's 1080p rig with the Titan Black in it so I get used to it again.

Tripp said:

Not really a fair representation dude given you bought titans, the most grossly overpriced cards that have came out when most gamers don't buy those cards, not looking for conflict just stating that observation fella.

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I was told Titan Blacks were the best solution for 4k given they had more VRAM than quote "you could ever need!" and so on and so forth. Two of them were the ideal solution for 4k. Only they weren't.

But ironically you have just mentioned one of the biggest cons in computing history without even realising it. Yup - The Titan branding. Another fine example of how badly ripped off PC users are.

Can you imagine what young Johnny's mother would say if he approached her and said "Mum I need £2000 for 4k gaming thx m8 gr8".

However, Sony know young Johnny must approach his mother and ask her for a VR headset, and mothers aren't stupid or gullible like PC gamers so there's a ceiling price with peripherals for their consoles.

That's why the PS headset costs half of the PC one. They know if they want it to take off then they will probably make a loss at first.

tinytomlogan said:

1440 is where the smart money gets spent.

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As a 4K gamer I have to agree. 4K doesn't gain you much and the performance hit is big.

1440p offers everything, high res, high refresh etc.

AlienALX said:

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4k is still a joke. People have said its not worth the money for ages. Of course you're going to get screwed over if you're trying to run technology that isn't fully supported and mass adapted yet.

Unless if you're parting PCs out three years later you only loose as much in depreciation as someone does with selling any electrical goods. This is based on launch prices obviously.

barnsley said:

4k is still a joke. People have said its not worth the money for ages. Of course you're going to get screwed over if you're trying to run technology that isn't fully supported and mass adapted yet.

Unless if you're parting PCs out three years later you only loose as much in depreciation as someone does with selling any electrical goods.

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It wouldn't be anywhere near as bad if it wasn't for the rip offs dude. 7970 was £400 or so at launch. Two would have been £800 I got fleeced that for ONE Titan.

As far as technology and so on have advanced 4k is the only real major one. And I fell for it and have wasted god knows how much. And I could continue with that mindset and do another £900 on another pair of GPUs but I'm not going to bother now.

Next buy for me (aside from sundries like storage and so on) is a 1440p monitor. I couldn't agree more about 4k and what all you guys have said about it

barnsley said:

4k is still a joke. People have said its not worth the money for ages. Of course you're going to get screwed over if you're trying to run technology that isn't fully supported and mass adapted yet.

Unless if you're parting PCs out three years later you only loose as much in depreciation as someone does with selling any electrical goods. This is based on launch prices obviously.

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Nail meet head, couldn't of put it better. Also alien no one forced you to buy the titans, you did that while many others laughed at the pricing of them.

Tripp said:

Nail meet head, couldn't of put it better. Also alien no one forced you to buy the titans, you did that while many others laughed at the pricing of them.

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4k is the biggest advance in PC technology since Crysis. In all of those years since Crysis games have improved ever so slightly year upon year with nothing really huge for tech junkies to jump on. I believe they call it stagnating.

So as usual with anything modern I jumped on it at first. You may have laughed at the prices of Titan but in order to run 4k you needed two of them. Anything else was made for lower resolutions and even at their launch the 780s were already showing signs of running out of VRAM @ 4k. So as I said the only choice you had was Titan/Titan Black in my case and they cost what they cost because Nvidia had you over a barrel. What was the other choice? two 290s with broken drivers and no proper Crossfire support or Frame Pacing (that came later).

So to make that jump to this truly remarkable level that was the price.

Only it wasn't, because within six months there were newer cards out etc.

And the next big advance is VR. Something I will not be touching with a barge pole for at least two years or so until it's all settled down but something I will absolutely be buying on console with a console to go with it.

As the PS4 evolves it will still be the PS4. Games released on it will work on it without question and without the need for ridiculously overpriced hardware that gets two good games a year if you are lucky. The consoles get all of the games, not just the odd one that the devs can be bothered to compile for PC and then make them work.

So yeah, like everything else you plug into/load on a console PSVR will just work and also doesn't need a £1000 anchor to run it.