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HTC releases Vive prices ahead of pre-orders opening

Discussion in 'VR Headsets and Sim Gaming - Virtual Reality' started by noorbeast, Feb 28, 2016.

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  1. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    HTC just release the pricing and clarified payment options ready in advance of pre-orders opening tomorrow.

    So far free ground shipping is confirmed for the US, but is not yet known for elsewhere.

    For Aussies there is a handy Google Spreadsheet where you can speculate on the price of Oculus Touch and compare the Rift costs to the Vive: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...c4k_t6smaiIHQ/edit?pref=2&pli=1#gid=981926132

    I am in for a late night tomorrow, flogging the F5 key to get my pre-order in. I hope HTC does not have the same sort of problems Oculus did when its web page could not handle the load.

    [​IMG]
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    Me too!
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    Thank you for sharing this @noorbeast, I will wait until the end of the year which vr google has been successfully approved in combination with the ac racing game.
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    This first gen consumer VR is definitely expensive, limited in content and really is still really aimed at the niche enthusiast market, so it is wise to wait @Pit if what you need is wide game support as that will take some time.
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    10 minute starters call for Vive pre-orders ;)

    [​IMG]
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    My Vive order is in but not overly happy with the $110 shipping fee for Aussies, when it is free shipping in the US.
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    I have an order also. 11 minutes past. I'll make my mind up between this and or the cv1 now. Still it's nothing compared to trying to get Glastonbury tickets. That's a true melon twister.
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    I had to do mine twice before it confirmed.

    The Vive comes in at 1,299.66 AUD with shipping, which is pretty hefty, but I expect the Rift + Touch will be slightly more because of two lots of shipping.
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    F'in a holes!!! got through. OUT OF STOCK!!!!!
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    @noorbeast . How long did it take you to get through?
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    Keep trying, people on reddit are saying it eventually gets through.
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    8 minutes, I expected a link on the countdown page and when that did not appear I had to fine the order page via Reddit, then had to confirm my address twice.
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    Well, yes it went through eventually, MAY shipping though, perhaps HTC aren't much better than Oculus after all.
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    And back to the $110 shipping, it's just taking the mick as, as you say free shipping in the US.
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    AU$1300, mid market rate. So will be a bit more than that.
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    HTC really stuffed up not having an order link on the countdown page. Apparently the order page link came up a couple of minutes early on Steam, but I only run Steam on my sim computer so no joy there.

    Have to agree with you @jangomoose the $110 shipping stings, but I suspect I can be confident they will actually ship to Tasmania, while that is in doubt for Oculus.
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    Oh yes, forgot about that, bit of a bonus. :)
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