It probably hurts a little bit for people who funded Occulus's kickstarter to be priced out of early adoption, but in reality all these price points are completely justified.

I remember when my dad brought home our first home PC that cost 4,000 dollars. By today's standards I wouldn't be able to pay someone to take it.

how much were bluray players when they first came out?

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It is .. I was waiting for the Vive , saved up almost 500$ for this. I think i am jumping out for now. At 799$ usd its too much.

Waiting for a price drop and by the time i get one maybe they will have a few good games bundled in as well.

Flatscreen TV's were also expensive when they were released..... The price will come down soon enough.

With the release of Samsung Galaxy S7 which can do a 360-degree video/photos that can be viewed using VR-headsets, I think the prospects of VR price going down will likely happen more quickly I believe.
With so many mobile users', word of mouth about VR/tech/headset will grow bigger and demand I think will push prices down in a much shorter span.
It will be inevitable.

VR isn't "too expensive", it's just priced out for budget users. But the bright side is that the prices will only go down once everything is settled.

However the anger or price shock is well warranted because Oculus created a toxic illusion that VR was going to be cheap. They took advantage of the confusion on the dev kit prices and continued to push higher end hardware way beyond the build price of the dev kit.

I don't think it is. PSVR isn't out yet. So far only Vive is expensive. PSVR will be cheaper.

Only broke people say that ______ is too expensive.

It's all relative. Maybe just get a better job.

Phones are starting to push 700+ dollars without extra bells and whistles. Insurance on a phone costs 120+ a year....Your opinion is completely invalid, the price on this new technology will come down as everything else does...This isn't a kinect or a wii mote, it's worth the price, at least in terms of the parts. In terms of entertainment, well that's on the software and you're own mileage, which as always, may vary.

People that think it's too expensive at this point are the people that will probably be jumping in at 2-5 years from now when the technology is more mainstream and the prices come down. Also with all of the other companies trying to build their own VR, competition will drive prices down even further. This is a great new age we're living in.