PS4 VR or Oculus Rift?

[MajoritySix]

Hey!

I'm hoping you can help me decide... partner's Christmas present. I am idealess this year; so I'm thinking one of these might be good?

He's recently got a PS4 that he likes; although he's usually a PC gamer. He'd need a new graphics card for the Oculus, though, which would make it pretty expensive...

I've heard the resolution on the PS4 VR is poor; but the Oculus has some rubbish reviews, too. Is the Oculus worth £200 more? There's games that he'd like on both, I think.

If both are rubbish, any other ideas for good Christmas presents? I was going to get him a PS4 Pro, but he bought himself one. We've both already got Xbox Ones; he's got a decent phone; I can't really stretch to a laptop.

Thank you!

 

[MajoritySix]

If your partner isn't in to the whole VR hype-train and already has a PS4 then PSVR would be my choice. Yes, the Rift and Vive are better but its content that makes or breaks a system and at the moment the PSVR has some killer games for it (although both Vive and Rift have some excellent titles too).
The Rift and Vive take a fair amount of setup and once you've added a new GPU in to the mix you are well over £1k for either and that's assuming his PC meets the rest of the minimum specs which are pretty high.
I have owned both Vive and Rift (sold Vive, kept Rift) and have spent a fair amount of time with PSVR.

Moved thread to VR section for you.

Thank you! Totally didn't spot that before posting...

Good luck getting a PS VR atm, without paying a fortune on ebay.

I got one on Amazon this morning; delivery on the 16th Dec. I'm just doubting it now that I don't have long to cancel...

Oculus isn't just the cost of the head set either. If you want to play with motion controllers you will need to shell out for those also. And for full roomscale, extra sensors. You can get a smaller game area with 2 sensors, but 3 will be needed to match Vive size etc. Vive would actually be cheaper but they are so closely matched now I would look into the pluses and minuses and see which suits you better (they both excel slightly in different areas)

PSVR cheapest and probably has the best content list 'at the moment', but it is inferior hardware.

I would be looking at a 4k hdr tv to go with his new PS4 pro, but they are not cheap either hehe

Ha that's an excellent idea; but I suspect he'd see it as a present for us both...

Don't forget that to make best use of the PSVR you will also need a PS camera (£40) and the PSMOVE controllers (£70) and a game (£25-50).

I have the camera included; I'd need the game and I'd totally forgotten about controllers. Thanks

Thank you all for the replies! I think PS4VR makes most sense if I'm going VR; he can then upgrade his PC and then upgrade his VR if he wants.

His friend has just reminded me that he hates 3D films; they give him headaches. Is VR likely to do the same? I haven't tried it. I want to!

Eurgh presents are hard.