Gerucht: PlayStation VR gaat 400 dollar kosten

Sinds kort kun je de Oculus Rift voor 599 dollar pre-orderen. Volgens de grote baas van Oculus Rift, Palmer Lucky, is de prijs hoog vanwege de enorme investeringen. Maar de Oculus Rift is niet de enige virtual reality-bril. Morpheus, de PlayStation VR, maakt dit jaar zijn opwachting. Volgens analist Michael Pachter van Wedbusk Morgan zal de PlayStation VR rond de 400 dollar kosten.

I think Morpheus (PlayStation VR) is highly likely to be 400 bucks. It's gonna be hard — if you actually look at the headset, there's a lot there. So, I think it's gonna be hard to price it below 300; It's possible if they believe they're gonna make enough of them.

A lot of people don't have a really high-end PC laying around, so I think the PlayStation 4 crowd has a huge advantage. Sony's got an install base, as of november, of thirty million of them. So, I can see Sony planning to sell ten million Morpheus units. I doubt that they will sell those in the first year, because there probably won't be a lot of content, but I can see them planning to sell 10 million over time.

Vermoedelijk is de PlayStation VR dus 200 dollar goedkoper dan de Oculus Rift. Maar of dit de daadwerkelijke prijs wordt, is natuurlijk nog maar de vraag. Wat vindt jij van deze investering?