u/mnemonicmonkeys

I'm really excited about playing Hellish Quart in VR. I haven't played the non-VR version because I'm not interested in button mashing.

Long story short, I'm in the SCA, so I do a fair bit of sword fighting, though not fencing. Wanting to see how well VR can do it.

Other VR titles I'm looking forward to are Half Life: Alyx, Skyrim VR, Fallout VR, Boneworks, and I still need to see if there's a VR mod for Kingdom Come Deliverance because if there's one that'd likely be good too

And at this point you're just being deliberately stupid. Goodbye.

I really doubt they're going to stop manufacturing with the waitlist filled. There may be price changes that lead to people leaving the waitlist, but Valve's not just going to leave them high and dry

How many batches will there be?

I doubt that even Valve knows that

> Quite being pedantic just because you got called out for being wrong.

Having a different opinion is not something you can be right or wrong about. There's this wonderful thing called "points of view". You might want to look into it.

Here's (roughly) what you said: "Wah, Valve's scamming us! They're charging so much for acceasories that the *minimum* price is actually $1400!!!1!"

As you admitted (after I called you out), the $1400 claim is *factually* untrue. That is *not* a "difference of opinion"

The accessories kit is really the only "mandatory" thing on this list due to the hand straps for the controllers. The top strap for the headset seems to be personal taste with some people hating it and some people needing it.

Charger + cable - $30

Most people already have chargers and cables for this, even for 45W.

Please note that, for some reason, there is no 3.5mm jack

This has been a thing with smartphones and motherboards for years. This is too old to actually ve an argument anymore. If someone wants to use 3mm jack they most likely already have a splitter

Headstrap + headphones and battery - announced, no price yet

That's not really even announced yet. It's an "fyi we're wanting to drop this in a few months" they told reviewers

Quite being pedantic just because you got called out for being wrong.

Super sour about the not included PSU. Hate it about the smartphone market, too.

Tbh, we've collectively been getting so many usb chargers and cables with devices over the years that most people probably don't need more of them. I'm generally fine with it being an optional accessory so long as 3rd party options work since it reduces E-waste and somewhat reduces the price for people who already have chargers

Valve's also said they're considering releasing a strap later on with more adjustments, better speakers, and hot-swappable batteries

Tbh, that's hard to tell in a single letter

Tbh, it's Satan's partner's cum. The grammar suggests that Satan is the one letting loose the cumfart, implying he's the bottom

According to the Gamers Nexus review, playing locally on the Frame (i.e. not streaming) can reduce latency by 15-20ms. That's actually noticable

Tbh, I'm not going to buy any VR games until I have a headset in hand. I wishlisted a bunch of VR games last night in preparation, but I'm not going to screw myself out of (at minimum) half of the refund window in case any are duds. *Especially* when the order queue starts off as a lottery.

According to the Gamers Nexus review, Valve thinks there my be an issue with the software controlling the charge rate and are looking into it. So we might see a software update soon to improve the charge times

The accessories are only $50 total besides the charger. So no, the "real minimum price" *isn't* $1400. Quit fucking lying

Maybe you should shut up and let people enjoy things

My husband actually put in for the lottery for the steam machine and didn't get picked.

The lottery is only for the first batch. Everyone else is supposed to be chronologically based

but the general idea is that the new should be better and cheaper.

Tbh, that doesn't really hold true anymore in the current tech market due to AI. RAM and Storage is several times more expensive than they were a year ago

Also, this has several years of sensor and hardware improvements over the Vive, so it doesn't need the separate sensors all over the room

If you already have an Index or Vive, or are willing to buy ones used you're better off doing that. But if you want a new headset this is likely the best you'll get without buying something that will sell all your data (aka Meta)

I wonder what the performance is like over SD however. It might be substantially slower

Likely minimal difference apart from loading times. Framerate shouldn't be significantly affected

I believe that was specifically the Steam Machine, due to the risk of being mass ordered as cheap workstations.

While there's *some* commercial uses for VR, there's not much. Selling near cost is actually feasible since the vast majority will be used for gaming. That being said, they likely won't account for as many sales on Steam as the Deck did, given the smaller market

An extra note the other user didn't mention: no official support for 360 treadmills due to the hardware manufacturers not giving a shit. One dude figure out how to get a KAT Walk C2+ working on Bazzite/Nobara though: https://github.com/BBPSBB/katwalk-linux

Honestly not a big deal for most people. But I have a dream of *eventually* setting one of these up for a heavily modded Skyrim VR