HTC RE Vive VR Headsets Delayed - Blue's News Comments

HTC RE Vive VR Headsets Delayed
[Aug 28, 2015, 09:25 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments

Those surprised that the HTC (RE) Vive VR headset being made in partnership with Valve was announced for release this year will be less surprised to learn that HTC has now revealed the VR headsets will not be widely available until 2016 (thanks VG247). The Verge has word from a press release stating: "HTC will offer the first commercial Vive units via a limited quantity of community and developer systems" later this year, "with larger quantities shipping in calendar Q1 2016." This more closely aligns their release with competing units from Oculus Rift and Sony Project Morpheus, which are also both due next year. No reason for the setback is provided.

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Re: HTC RE Vive VR Headsets Delayed
Aug 28, 2015, 22:27

theyarecomingforyou

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Re: HTC RE Vive VR Headsets Delayed Aug 28, 2015, 22:27

Aug 28, 2015, 22:27

theyarecomingforyou

1badmf wrote on Aug 28, 2015, 18:25:
Bundy wrote on Aug 28, 2015, 18:08:
TangledThorns wrote on Aug 28, 2015, 17:24:
I only suspect this has something to do with Half-Life 3.

HL3 CONFIRMED!

wouldn't that be a wicked marketing move?

Yup. If I was Valve I'd have HL3 as a VR launch title (playable without VR as well) and give it away free with Steam Machines and the Steam Controller. That would get their hardware into millions of homes and establish them as a major player in the console market. Then again I'd have also bought up Black Mesa and bundled that with it.

At this point Valve really isn't a developer any more. They've yet to release a threequel to any title - TF, L4D, HL, Dota. They make so much from Steam they don't need to do anything.

"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."