Htc: playstation vr is 'cheap' but it's also 'misleading'

We know that a battle in the field of virtual reality is being fought between various products, HTC Vive and Oculus Rift are already on the market today for prices of approximately 700 and 900 euros respectively, representing the best that virtual reality can offer. as of the date. In the month of October a new competitor will arrive, Sony's Playstation VR, which will only be able to be enjoyed if we have a Playstation 4 at home.

Playstation VR comes to Playstation 4 in October

Before its arrival on the market, HTC has made a few statements to warmly welcome Sony's proposal:

"The price set by Sony for the PlayStation VR is 399 euros, they may seem cheap to users, but it is misleading."

What does HTC mean when it says it's Playstation VR is misleading? HTC does not clarify it because apparently there was no 'cross-question' but we can guess what they mean.

399 euros is just the base price that Sony glasses cost, but to that we should add the cost of the compulsory Move controller for many titles that costs around 35 euros and the camera with which it could not work and which costs another 50 euros. In total we see that the full Playstation VR experience actually costs about 485 euros, not 399.

HTC Vive boasts superiority over Playstation VR

This would be one of the first reasons but there is more. It is well known that the image quality and immersion of the Playstation VR is inferior to what HTC Vive or Oculus Rift offers. While ' PSVR' offers an image with 1080p resolution, Vive and Oculus offer a superior image of 1200p and a viewing angle of 110 ° compared to 90 ° that Sony's virtual reality glasses have.

As a personal reflection, it is not that the Playstation VR proposal is 'misleading', simply the VR experience fits its price.