New Rift owner, initial thoughts after lurking here in the community a bit.

[Jonfl1]

So I still have memories of the Virtual Boy from way back (ouch...) and I've absolutely been in love with my Gear VR even with its limitations. So having been wanting to pick up a Rift or Vive for some time, I finally jumped in with the latest Rift price dop and couldn't be happier!

My main reason for commenting though is because I've noticed several 'buyer's remorse' and/or angry posts where people paid more than $399 for their Rift and are varying degrees of bitter. My thought on this is that with any new or innovative product, you're going to have those that get in at the earliest possible moment to support the product very early where the cost is at its highest, those that wait until a product reaches a very mature stage in its development when the cost is typically at its lowest, and everyone else on the consumer spectrum in between.

Knowing what I do now, I would easily have paid more to get in on the Rift earlier, had I the means to do so. I can understand those that may have purchased in the last month or two prior to the latest price drop being a little upset, but even then, now that I've had some time with it I can very honestly say that I would have easily paid more to get in on this experience sooner and not felt one bit bad about doing so.

Another point to consider for those earlier adopters reading that may feel sour about getting theirs before the latest price drop is that those of us in my boat that are buying into the Rift due to the $399 price point only add further value for existing Rift owners. These increased adoption rates help expand both the general user-base, increase the likelihood of further major software investment outside of just Oculus-funded efforts, and drives both healthy competition and technological innovation when looking forward to the next piece of hardware. Your early adoption dollars helped get Oculus where it is today, and late adopters like myself are helping to sustain the success and ensure that we continue to see new and innovative software continue to come, and AAA type software titles increasingly find a home on the Rift.

So I suppose the TLDR here is 'thank you to the early adopters that paved the way for Oculus to reach this point where I can come in today and immediately get an amazing experience that will only get better for all of us!'

[Shadowmask72]

You're welcome. 😉

What many of the complainers here are also not seeing is the massive supply issues we all had to endure back then. It was incredible. You would order online in the first few seconds the Rift became available to order, the website would overload, you got your order in then had to wait weeks after official launch until you actually got the Rift. It was madness, Oculus support was madness, spreadsheets were made and people cross-referencing order numbers so they could guestimate when their Rift would arrive.  People today are moaning about 4 days radio silence from Oculus Support and think they got it bad and that's even when they have the Rift in their possession. 

Golly gee. How times have changed.