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Retail Vive a bargain in AU

Discussion in 'VR Headsets and Sim Gaming - Virtual Reality' started by noorbeast, Jun 8, 2016.

  1. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    The Australian retail price of the Vive, from the Microsoft store, is already down to a bargain price of AU $1,009.00 incl. GST, free delivery and free returns: http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msaus/en_AU/pdp/HTC-Vive/productID.1925804100

    The Vive is pretty much shipping on order now, while the Rift still has significant pre-order backlogs.
    noorbeast, Jun 8, 2016
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    That's handy I'm planning on getting another one plus a couple of 1070's
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    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    I am somewhat surprised at the significant cost difference between pre-orders and retail, given HTC needs to make a profit somewhere.
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    Looking at that again I have a sneaky suspicion that they may have made a mistake on that price because isn't the Vive US$1009 before shipping? Perhaps someone at the Microsoft Store assumed it was Australian Dollars.
    Hopefully wrong though.
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    If they publicly list it at that price then that is what they are obliged to sell it at, irrespective of it being a mistake or not.
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    Probably me just being a pessimist. :) Seems the cost of entry to VR is getting cheaper quite quickly, what with that and the 1070 being around US$400.
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    Yes, and this is still the first generation of hardware.

    If you've gone back to the first iphone it is terrible in contrast to a 6. It didn't have apps and everything took forever to load.

    I got my Vive a few days ago and can't wait to see what the next gen has in store :D
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    PaulMac000, Jun 10, 2016
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