Touch is Going to be £250 - £300 Here's Why

[Shadowmask72]

This is my opinion and not fact despite the hyperbole in the title 🙂  but anyone hoping touch is going to be sub £200 might want to think again because today HTC launched their online accessory store with some eye opening prices.  A single Vive wand will set you back £116 NOT INC. TAX and Shipping. Two of those then is likely to cost around £250 or more when shipping and TAX is added depending on your country.

OK, Oculus is a different company to HTC and the technologies are not the same, but Oculus are maintaining superior quality which to me suggests that the Touch controllers aren't going to be cheap.

The only saving grace is whether we'll get a pre-order bonus discount over the retail price.

[Zoomie]

I still say $250 USD with a  $50 rebate for pre-order consumers. 

Bundled the Rift + Touch can be sold at a $50 discount, so $800 for the pair - just like Vive.

No one should fall into the group that buys the Touch for $250, but it will look like we're all getting a discount when in fact they're just selling Touch at the planned normal price.

[jon]

Touch is Going to be £250 - £300 Here's Why

...Brexit?

[Mr_Creepy]

Shadowmask72 said:

Oculus is a business after all not a charity.

Sadly, I'm probably in the minority here but I would pay for them regardless of the price.

Yeah, they are a business, everyone knows that. All businesses don't do business the same way though.

[xi11ix]

The touch controllers will be cheaper than the Vive wands.

1. Touch dev kits use AA batteries rather than built in rechargeable batteries like the Vive wants which will lower the price.
2. Touch controllers don't need sensors like the Vive wands. They just need the IR lights so constellation can track them which will also make them cheaper.

The material cost for building the touch controllers is probably less than the Vive wands. It is possible that the bundled second camera could offset the savings on the controller materials, but buying a replacement touch controller should be cheaper than a replacement Vive wand.

[Iblysi]

Well i already bought the Rift for 700€ so 300€ extra for touch to get the full experience i would not mind. But i doubt it would cost that much. i am sticking with the 200€ guess so far.

[maxpare79]

I am reading this thread and as a Canadian/North American, I keep asking myself how the hell do these guys type this weird Euro symbol lol...

Moving on, I am sure it will be 199usd. It will be more then that if they bundle like like 5 games with it, but I can't see that happening

[nalex66]

maxpare79 said:

I am reading this thread and as a Canadian/North American, I keep asking myself how the hell do these guys type this weird Euro symbol lol...

If I need a Euro or Pound symbol in a post, I copy/paste it from a post by a European/British forum member.  😉

[Percy1983]

I don't think the camera is going to cost all that much, it essentially just a decent webcam.

As for the controllers not needing a full array of detection sensors will have money past that there isn't much more tech than that of a dualshock 3.

I am sticking with £200.00 at most.l