OCULUS RIFT VR HEADSET SAVE £200 LIMITED PERIOD ONLY

NikTheSHNIK · 18 Jul 2017 at 08:27

henson0115 said:
ordered, hopely itl comes before next week when i am off work. pleaseeee

The last I heard about stock was on Thursday last week. There were two estimates 5-10 days and 2 weeks, both from different distributors. I'd take both estimates with a handful of salt and estimate 3-4 weeks if I'm being honest - just to avoid disappointment. The good news is that the summer of rift promo price should be extended to make up for the lack of stock over the promotional period.

GHazy · 18 Jul 2017 at 09:07

My only question would if I pre-ordered one today would the price be honored ?

SupraWez · 18 Jul 2017 at 10:39

NikTheSHNIK said:
The last I heard about stock was on Thursday last week. There were two estimates 5-10 days and 2 weeks, both from different distributors. I'd take both estimates with a handful of salt and estimate 3-4 weeks if I'm being honest - just to avoid disappointment. The good news is that the summer of rift promo price should be extended to make up for the lack of stock over the promotional period.

How many promo units have OCUK sold?

henson0115 · 18 Jul 2017 at 12:06

NikTheSHNIK said:
The last I heard about stock was on Thursday last week. There were two estimates 5-10 days and 2 weeks, both from different distributors. I'd take both estimates with a handful of salt and estimate 3-4 weeks if I'm being honest - just to avoid disappointment. The good news is that the summer of rift promo price should be extended to make up for the lack of stock over the promotional period.

not sure how occulus can decide to run a promo without having the stock to fulfil the orders, seems there's a stock shortage ordering direct according to there forums.

SupraWez · 18 Jul 2017 at 12:15

henson0115 said:
not sure how occulus can decide to run a promo without having the stock to fulfil the orders, seems there's a stock shortage ordering direct according to there forums.

Or maybe they under estimated the take up with the price drop.

DrBombcrater · 18 Jul 2017 at 12:41

I think sales of the Rift have been muted up till now because its been seen as a risky purchase and the price was too high for most people to take that risk. But £399 seems to be an important price point, where a lot of people will say what the heck and buy in. It looks like Oculus weren't really prepared for that.

Thekwango · 18 Jul 2017 at 13:19

GHazy said:
My only question would if I pre-ordered one today would the price be honored ?

I'd say the below quotes means yes

NikTheSHNIK said:
The good news is that the summer of rift promo price should be extended to make up for the lack of stock over the promotional period.

NikTheSHNIK · 18 Jul 2017 at 14:06

SupraWez said:
Or maybe they under estimated the take up with the price drop.

This

Thekwango said:
I'd say the below quotes means yes

Correct. If the stock takes two weeks to arrive they have said they'll extend the promo by two weeks.

GHazy · 19 Jul 2017 at 11:09

Oh well to late, all gone now and any new orders wont have the xbox pad and remote. Looks like I will wait for another offer!

Born2BSlow · 19 Jul 2017 at 11:51

If you have the Touch controllers you don't need either of those things...

henson0115 · 19 Jul 2017 at 12:30

received the notification this morning regarding the xbox controller, not bothered in the slightest as the touch controllers replace the need for an xbox controller.

GoogalyMoogaly · 19 Jul 2017 at 12:43

How do the Touch Controllers work with racing/driving games?

Doz007 · 19 Jul 2017 at 12:53

Well, I ordered the Gaming PC and Rift bundle at lunch time!

To say I'm excited is an understatement, it's been a few years since I could call my PC a Gaming PC and it will be my first time experiencing VR too!

Great job with the bundle & pricing chaps, even the missus' agreed that the deal was too good to miss! :eek:

seabiscuit · 19 Jul 2017 at 12:58

She's right!

foster grant · 19 Jul 2017 at 13:03

Doz007 said:
Well, I ordered the Gaming PC and Rift bundle at lunch time!

To say I'm excited is an understatement, it's been a few years since I could call my PC a Gaming PC and it will be my first time experiencing VR too!

Great job with the bundle & pricing chaps, even the missus' agreed that the deal was too good to miss!

GHazy · 19 Jul 2017 at 13:08

It's not just the controllers, you actually get more free games as you are sent the individual boxes. The new one is a single box

Born2BSlow · 19 Jul 2017 at 13:38

GoogalyMoogaly said:
How do the Touch Controllers work with racing/driving games?

Don't know as I have a wheel but the touch controllers are effectively a split apart gamepad with oculus remote buttons too...totally mappable in games to use the sticks, not sure about using movement for steering though sorry....most racing games pre-exist touch so they are unlikely to have specific support...

henson0115 · 19 Jul 2017 at 14:18

as above they are simply a split xbox controller if you like with extra buttons and sensors etc.

GoogalyMoogaly · 19 Jul 2017 at 22:50

I was thinking of getting one (not been overly interested in VR really, but the price...), but if they now give you less than they were it just feels "wrong".
I realise it's probably still a good price, but it's less of a good price than it was.

henson0115 · 20 Jul 2017 at 09:12

its technically not less than it was meant to be, the xbox controller was temporary a controller whilst the touch controllers where not finished and because the original package was old stock it came with the original xbox controller.
hence why you used to get the package in two boxes, 1 with older package contents (rift, xbox controller, sensor) and 1 with touch controllers and extra sensors. its really not that difficult to understand why its been done that way.... now you get the new adjusted 1 box solution which has headset, touch controllers and 2 sensors.
the original package was always temporary until the new stock and package was finalized

** OCULUS RIFT VR HEADSET SAVE £200 LIMITED PERIOD ONLY **

OCULUS RIFT VR HEADSET SAVE £200 LIMITED PERIOD ONLY