Oculus Rift And Touch Controllers Price Drop To $399 As A Summer Deal

Oculus Rift

Oculus Rift one of the major brands in the virtual reality world which created huge hype during its initial launch and though the sales of the VR device was not really high it still was a great advancement in the field of VR gaming.

On its blog from the official website, it was announced that as a part of celebrating VR community and making the device more accessible and affordable the device is getting yet another price drop but this time the discount will be available only for a limited period.

Described as a summer deal it can be bought by VR enthusiasts for a price of $399 and it will come along with the touch bundles which will contain the Oculus touch controller, Oculus Rift headset, and two tracking sensors and with it Oculus is also offering heavy discount on all of its game.

The deals come right after the Steam Summer Sales where the Valve-owned HTC Vive price were slashed from $799 to $749 along with the discount the new Vive owners received a $50 steam gift card, bundles copies of games like Star Trek: Bridge Crew, Richie’s Plank Experience, Everest VR and a sweet one month subscription of Viveport and also all the Vive studios titles were available for up to 75% discount.

As mentioned above its the second time Oculus Rift is slashing its price after the company was bought by Facebook the price of the VR kit was reduced to $499 and the Touch Controller dropped from $190 to $99.

All the constant price drops may seem that the VR is field dying and for damage control, the prices are being slashed but in a recent interview with Reuters Jason Rubin VP of Oculus Rift content said that the price reduction is not a sign of poor sales. they could have reduced the price earlier but wanted to wait till there were enough games in the market for it.

So if you want to get your hands on VR now is the time to grab the Rift for $399 and immerse yourself in the virtual world.

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