Should Oculus Bother Releasing CV1?

[GalaxyDollVR]

Anyone know if they have plans on building/acquiring more factories? Can't imagine they'd be able to keep up with hundreds of thousands of orders. Maybe they'll stockpile them over the next few years, then release them? .......making it easier for some 'other' headset to rush into the game.

Consumers aren't too patient. I wonder how they're going to figure it out. Really seems, as if, they're going to have to mass produce these, first, then offer them to the masses.

[Chivas]

VR won't sell millions over night. Its initially going to take time, with the gaming community leading the charge. Selling units as they're made from their website should work just fine, until VR really starts too snowball.

[raintitan]

"GalaxyDollVR" wrote:
Anyone know if they have plans on building/acquiring more factories? Can't imagine they'd be able to keep up with hundreds of thousands of orders. Maybe they'll stockpile them over the next few years, then release them? .......making it easier for some 'other' headset to rush into the game.

Consumers aren't too patient. I wonder how they're going to figure it out. Really seems, as if, they're going to have to mass produce these, first, then offer them to the masses.

You know Apple doesn't own the factories that make iPhones? Seriously you are clueless and this post is a waste of forum space. Sorry, but this isn't the place for basic business foundations.

[bostromnz]

"raintitan" wrote:
You know Apple doesn't own the factories that make iPhones?

Actually they own a lot of them. Part of their vertical supply chain strategy.

[raidx]

you people just need to wait untill the shipping date when ordering is in the same month as when you order

Stop that I WANT IT NOW WHANNNNNNNNNN

Fuck please!!

[ThreeEyes]

I don't get the entitled whiners either. They knew the shipping date was an estimate. They could have canceled. They could have waited like the rest of us.

Instead they started thread after thread demanding updates, calling OVR names, predicting doom, and then as in one case when they got their shipping notice, starting yet another thread to try to justify their tantrums and excuse their behavior.

And if they have accomplished anything, if Oculus pays any attention to them (which they shouldn't), all they will have done is delayed when everyone gets a CV1.

Many or most of these children have either gotten their DK2s already or will soon. If they had their way, what they don't seem to get, is that they would be waiting until October or later - so it could all be "fair" in their eyes.

Let's see the whining if Oculus announces they will build stock before they ship CV1. More likely is Oculus will just do it silently if they change the model, and these idiots will never realize they shot themselves in the foot. One day CV1 will be announced for sale, months after they could have been shipping.

And mark my words, these same children will have been all over these boards, throwing their same tantrums, and demanding progress reports and updates on CV1. It amazes me that they can't understand all they accomplish by these behaviors is possibly delaying their (and our) CV1s by months.

Great job. It's disgusting.

[Axulus]

"ThreeEyes" wrote:
I don't get the entitled whiners either. They knew the shipping date was an estimate. They could have canceled. They could have waited like the rest of us.

Instead they started thread after thread demanding updates, calling OVR names, predicting doom, and then as in one case when they got their shipping notice, starting yet another thread to try to justify their tantrums and excuse their behavior.

And if they have accomplished anything, if Oculus pays any attention to them (which they shouldn't), all they will have done is delayed when everyone gets a CV1.

Many or most of these children have either gotten their DK2s already or will soon. If they had their way, what they don't seem to get, is that they would be waiting until October or later - so it could all be "fair" in their eyes.

Let's see the whining if Oculus announces they will build stock before they ship CV1. More likely is Oculus will just do it silently if they change the model, and these idiots will never realize they shot themselves in the foot. One day CV1 will be announced for sale, months after they could have been shipping.

And mark my words, these same children will have been all over these boards, throwing their same tantrums, and demanding progress reports and updates on CV1. It amazes me that they can't understand all they accomplish by these behaviors is possibly delaying their (and our) CV1s by months.

Great job. It's disgusting.

While I agree with some of what you say, how will their complaints and rants delay anything? Are you saying that it might cause Oculus to consider stockpiling a lot of units before releasing CV1 so that they can ship out more at once?

[AntDX316]

they can sell millions overnight

but it takes lots of prep work

like lots of demo conventions all over the place and multiple superbowl commercials with demos at the stadium and all over the place

Cingular did and they got so big they got bought by AT&T

if it's innovative enough and people would want it they would buy it the problem is they don't know about it so it sometimes the result of good marketing in super mass to get the word out like T-Mobile with their massive profits recently

[peregrinesfury]

"AntDX316" wrote:
they can sell millions overnight

but it takes lots of prep work

like lots of demo conventions all over the place and multiple superbowl commercials with demos at the stadium and all over the place

Cingular did and they got so big they got bought by AT&T

if it's innovative enough and people would want it they would buy it the problem is they don't know about it so it sometimes the result of good marketing in super mass to get the word out like T-Mobile with their massive profits recently

Incorrect, Cingular wasn't bought out by AT&T. They BOUGHT AT&T. Then changed their name to AT&T. (I know it sounds weird but it happened).

You see, AT&T got to big, so the FCC made them divest its wireless portion into a different company. This company became Cingular. (Maybe a jab at the FCC?). Anyway, then mobile took off. Then somehow the FCC gave the go ahead for Cingular to buy them. They did have to give up several wireless markets in order to do it. (These became the smaller carriers that use gsm based tech such as cellularONE and republic wireless)

[AntDX316]

"peregrinesfury" wrote:

"AntDX316" wrote:
they can sell millions overnight

but it takes lots of prep work

like lots of demo conventions all over the place and multiple superbowl commercials with demos at the stadium and all over the place

Cingular did and they got so big they got bought by AT&T

if it's innovative enough and people would want it they would buy it the problem is they don't know about it so it sometimes the result of good marketing in super mass to get the word out like T-Mobile with their massive profits recently

Incorrect, Cingular wasn't bought out by AT&T. They BOUGHT AT&T. Then changed their name to AT&T. (I know it sounds weird but it happened).

You see, AT&T got to big, so the FCC made them divest its wireless portion into a different company. This company became Cingular. (Maybe a jab at the FCC?). Anyway, then mobile took off. Then somehow the FCC gave the go ahead for Cingular to buy them. They did have to give up several wireless markets in order to do it. (These became the smaller carriers that use gsm based tech such as cellularONE and republic wireless)

wow.. the power of marketing and venture capitalism...