Suggesting massive sale discounts (valve index)on steam aging hardware

[76561199648916059]

Things like valve index are under preformimg, while I have zero intension of getting back into VR others might want to, steam should capitalize on this and promote sales of valve index, it's been years now and VR is just not getting any better.

But it doesn't mean some people still don't want to experience it, steam needs to cut its losses and do a massive VR sale with index bundles and push what ever remaining back stock of the product out to its customers.

Now before people get upset, let me again assure you I have no desire VR made me vomit, but I do things for others, this is one of those things and I hope steam can see the compassion and creativity to create a sales event to encourage customers to engage in a new found discovery or a return to VR captivated entertainment.

[rawWwRrr]

Steam is taking losses on VR hardware?

[Mad Scientist]

None of the accounts used to suggest deep discounts of free stuff has even bought anything, so even with a strong discount I doubt that would change.

Originally posted by Majestically Awkward:

let me again assure you I have no desire VR made me vomit

and there it is.

Massive discounts are usually to clear remaining warehouse space for products no longer sold typically when wanting that space for other upcoming products.

Originally posted by Majestically Awkward:

but I do things for others, this is one of those things and I hope steam can see the compassion and creativity to create a sales event to encourage customers to engage in a new found discovery or a return to VR captivated entertainment.

Why would they need to have "compassion" for a pure luxury product? You're not giving a strong reason to sell something on a high discount, like all of the accounts used have suggested already.

[Ben Lubar]

Where did you find the information about VR hardware sales figures?

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

A sale isn't going to happen until at least right before the new version comes out.

[76561199648916059]

VR is a cringe market, is steam coming out with a AR index? Meta basically owns VR now a days, as stated I don't care I won't be buying one , but I figured it was a good suggestion since it's a 5 year old item nobody wants.

It's sad I had high hopes for VR. However it's still dangerous and even meta is trying to dump them off the shelves.

[Start_Running]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

A sale isn't going to happen until at least right before the new version comes out.

:cool_seagull:

And there's not likely to be one for a while. VR tech seems to have hit a stability point.
Dropping sales figures are more likely to indicate that the market is near or at saturation. I.e People that are interested in VR more or less already have their VR kit iof choice.

Those that are left are those that can't or don't have interest.

[76561199648916059]

Here is some data for the data hounds

It touches on PS5 VR2. Which is a major upgrade over a valve index at half the price, consider a customer could buy a PS5 and Ps5vr2 for the same price of a index


600,000 Units
PlayStation VR2
Units sold <600,000
Units shipped 2,000,000
Display OLED, HDR, 110° field of view
Graphics "4K" PenTile (2000 × 2040 per eye; 90 or 120 Hz refresh rate)
Controller input PlayStation VR2 Sense controller, DualSense


And I will say most likely sonys data is inflated and a large portion over 1,400,000 units where unaccounted for , never purchased yet and still remain on store shelves.

[Tito Shivan]

I suggest massive discounts on luxury yatchs.

Originally posted by Ben Lubar:

Where did you find the information about VR hardware sales figures?

Same place where he finds the information about the corruption of moderators, or his figures about bot accounts in the forums.

[Brian9824]

Originally posted by Tito Shivan:

I suggest massive discounts on luxury yatchs.

Originally posted by Ben Lubar:

Where did you find the information about VR hardware sales figures?

Same place where he finds the information about the corruption of moderators, or his figures about bot accounts in the forums.

I suggest massive discounts on AC units since i'm having to install a new one today.

[Tito Shivan]

Originally posted by brian9824:

I suggest massive discounts on AC units since i'm having to install a new one today.

I installed mine at home years ago. They became a blessing since I started WFH.

Being honest, I wouldn't mind a sale on Index headsets, I've been wanting one for a long time.
But being realist they're not going to put them dirt cheap given the kind of hardware it is. That's wishful thinking at best.

[76561199648916059]

I just got a chuckle over

Originally posted by brian9824:

I suggest massive discounts on AC units since i'm having to install a new one today.

It's surprisingly similar in the sense you can bare life without one but it's more enjoyable with, I suppose a VR headset isn't quite the same, nobody's died without one, however I'm sure some people have died or became deathly sick with a vr helmet.

The major issue is psvr2 beats valve index at everything but motion contro handsetl tracking, however psvr2 has eye tracking. Also there is now a optional cable that can connect the psvr2 to your PC and Sony has drivers to run it with steam VR.

I would get myself a psvr2 over a index at half the price and nearly double the features and no need for base stations.

It's about player satisfaction not about corporate greed and profit hounding, if steam really cared about its customers or the VR industry they helped to reboot, they would be trying to influence the market on VR by bottoming out the headset prices, forcing the whole industry to make it more mainstream for everyone.

Remember nobody is buying a VR game unless they own a VR headset, sales for VR games likely to increase the more VR headsets people buy.

[Brian9824]

Originally posted by Majestically Awkward:

I would get myself a psvr2 over a index at half the price and nearly double the features and no need for base stations.

You'd also be restricted to only using it on PS5 (although supposedly there are some plans to make it work on PC possibly) and the PSVR 2 is basically abandoned currently by sony because of poor performance.

So you get what you pay for.

[Spawn of Totoro]

Originally posted by brian9824:

You'd also be restricted to only using it on PS5 (although supposedly there are some plans to make it work on PC possibly) and the PSVR 2 is basically abandoned currently by sony because of poor performance.

So you get what you pay for.

And so few games for it too, even if you include the ones from the PS4.

[Brian9824]

Originally posted by Spawn of Totoro:

Originally posted by brian9824:

You'd also be restricted to only using it on PS5 (although supposedly there are some plans to make it work on PC possibly) and the PSVR 2 is basically abandoned currently by sony because of poor performance.

So you get what you pay for.

And so few games for it too, even if you include the ones from the PS4.

Well yeah, they didn't really support it at all, and game development is very limited. The PC market for VR is much more robust.

[76561199648916059]

Did you guys miss reading the part where optional cabling can be used to allow psvr2 to connect to steam VR via PC?