Oculus Rift Deals & Offers

Yeah I totally agree. PCVR using an HMD of any repute from the past couple of years will provide a fairly similar experience up to a point. The Index is twice the price of the Rift S but it provides nowhere near twice the experience. Perhaps nigh on 15% - 20% better of an experience if you include the finger tracking controllers, much higher refresh rate much larger FOV etc. As for immersion I guess the most sceptical VR user may struggle to get immersed in a Valve Index whereas I get fully immersed in even just Quest native games like Echo VR as I'm seriously into VR and extremely willing to take that leap via my imagination.

Well last Christmas you could get the rift s for £350 direct from Oculus. With the reverb being £600 all told £350 Vs £600 means they are in different brackets and will appeal to different markets. The reverb 2 price might affect index demand mind you. I have been thinking about updating my Lenovo explorer to one of the newer headsets but I saw an amazing review saying Lenovo explorer compared to index means 90% of the immersion for 25% of the price. Cheaper and lower spec doesn't necessarily mean poor quality, just lower quality.

A budget Valve Index with a lower refresh rate and standard Oculus Touch style controllers Twice the resolution of the Index though $599 "Doesn't have Lighthouse tracking, same gen 1 fov (114), stuck with WMR tracking, stuck with gen 1 wand-style controllers, is only 90hz. But BMR audio and really great clarity! Lots of compromises for this kit. It's better to buy an Index for the money."

The reverb announced walks over the Rift S in many ways, I would expect to see the Rift S get a more permanent price reduction as a result.

not sure why this is expired, it's still available to order from more than one of my local branches.

Yep, pretty shoddy stock control. They should at least sweeten the deal and offer free P&P

Dear Sir/Madam, Thank you for making your recent purchase with us. It has been brought to our attention that there has been a delay in the dispatch of your order. We are now expecting stock week commencing 7th June 2020 As soon as we receive stock we will dispatch your item and we will email you once stock has been received to confirm delivery arrangements. If you do not wish to wait please give us a call on 0344 561 1234, we would be happy to issue a full refund I would like to take this opportunity to apologise wholeheartedly for any inconvenience caused. We look forward to hearing from you. ----- DSG being awesome as usual. Selling items before they even had stock in. Cancelling my order

Update: I received my rift s today (purchased directly from Oculus). I'm impressed with the speed of delivery. It looks like the rift is out of stock now on their website, but the quest is still available (both 64 and 128gb)

eBay curry’s not been dispatched yet

Curry's main site. Within 5 minutes of the deal being posted here. I almost cancelled and bought from eBay but couldn't see an easy way to cancel. eBay seemed to list 100ish in stock at the time.

Manages to nab one, coming Sunday :) Quest 128 in stock

Out of stock already.

Not really I have a 1060 in the laptop and it runs them fine. Higher demanding ones it’s a bit of an issue on max but the Med setting is fine. I dock the laptop to the amplifier and hits the 2070 super and it’s fine If you get a laptop make sure u go Alienware for this reason the ability to use an actual gpu to 80% helps prolong the laptops life Don’t bother with the other thunderbolt ones they are balls. Quest is only good for having no GPU to run from other than that the rift S has so much more if ur willing to go looking for those things you can use it with. Reddit is ur friend

I’ve got a couple. (y) Just need to spring for the graphics card first...

They've just released a beta update that makes the cable in the box compatible, but I'd still get a usb 3 cable just to be sure.

I can’t offer much in the way of comparison, as I’ve not done much PCVR, but I have played a bit of PlayStation VR and I can say this: If you can free up a couple of square metres of space to play in, the Quest is phenomenal. I like tech, and I hate Facebook (who own Oculus) and I can say hand-on-heart that I am more impressed with the Quest than I have been with any tech product in years. As a dyed-in-the-wool HUKDer it galls me to see that some games are cheaper on Rift store (or Steam) than they are on the Quest, but frankly, I’m having such a great time playing Beat Saber and Thrill of the Fight That I don’t care! Plus, if I can bring myself to spring for a powerful enough graphics card, I can play PCVR games too!

To caveat this the rift s offers no option to change the ipd of the lenses, which can make it completely unplayable depending on how close/far you are from the optimum value. I had one and sent it back because anything that required reading text was unplayable. It has software compensating but I found it made no difference personally. I'm planning to get a quest once I can find a decent deal (unlikely for a while given these are selling out instantly at RRP) and hoping that it gives a better experience given my understanding is it retains the ability to adjust the ipd on the lenses still.

This was on sale for what... 24 hours? Damn I just went to buy.

Thanks for the detailed update. (y) Considering RR unplugged from Quest store to get the cross play on the Rift

Robo Recall was free when you purchased Touch Controllers or a Rift with Touch controllers... Not anymore. SImarly you could also now refuse to pay for Vader Imortal which used to be free with the Quest but isn't anymore. Robo Recall is for the Rift and Rift S whereas Robo Recall Unplugged oddly is the wireless version for the Quest. If you buy one you get the other free so you will have to buy Robo Recall Unplugged on the Quest Store to get the offer now as it has expired on the Rift Store. I just bought the Unplugged version for the Quest and was able to get the Full Rift Version then for free on the store.

Robo Recall was the rift version (i.e you needed a PC to run the high end graphics) and Robo Recall Unplugged is for the quest (with reduced graphics) As for the comment about there are better shoot them ups, your probability right, however this is the best rip the arms, legs and head off the robot and make them die in imaginative ways gave I have played.

Hi, I'm a little confused about this deal. Looking on google ppl say Robo Recall is free or was free? Is this no longer free with the Oculus Rift anymore? Also there seems to be two versions Robo Recall and Robo Recall Unplugged can't find a answer what the difference is. Then to make it more confusing Epic has Robo Recall Mod Kit for free and according to above post only part game/demo?? I have a Oculus Rift, but not setup yet as I'm still building my PC to play VR. My question is should I spend money on this game while its on discount or is it free for the Oculus Rift? I'm kinda getting the impression this paid version is for the other Oculus headsets like Quest and Go maybe? Appreciate the clarification as I don't want pay a game I can get free. Thanks

Thanks for this @Philkensebben Sure it might be RRP but it seems just like the Nintendo Switch that you have to be quick to get it. They're going for silly money on Ebay.

It looks like Rift S has been available on Oculus website

That’s subjective to what you want to use it for. The rift is no use if you don’t have a PC

I’m afraid it is

No it's not.

Thank you for the tip! I ordered a 64GB Quest for collection from my local Argos on Sunday.

Amazon has been releasing small batches of Rift S in the last few. I managed to order one yesterday. Also saw some available this morning but you need to be quick

It's going straight to ebay

Ive just been able to order a quest 64GB from argos for collection on saturday. So might be worth checking your local stock on the site

Ahh yikes, that was quick... sorry shared as soon as I saw they were in!

Maybe, but need a decent gaming PC and don’t have one.

Will work with Quest Link though.

Only for Rift and Rift S not Quest. Shame. Good price though.

Any good ?

I have it on Viveport and play it wirelessly via VrD on occasion. It's fine for what it is. A large playspace isn't needed as you just play quarterback so you don't run about a lot.

No it's because it's easier to pirate games on the rift. Throughout the history of consoles and game systems whenever a platform was difficult to pirate games on, they would push the prices up as much as they could.

would assume its because the oculus rift is a more mature market now while quest was only released last year the fact they can still get away with charging full RSP rather than any kind of discount or freebies and for it still to be sold out within an hour is another factor. I can see better sale discounts for games and the quest itself by christmas but then we will probably have the xbox x and ps5 on the market with oculus quest 2 sometime next year.

Hi,the sale on the Oculus quest store are pretty bad don't seem to discount much,I have a rift as well the deals on games better value.

Ah been waiting for this to go on sale!

Good little game this, very immersive but you need your vr legs3

Thanks mate, I have the virtual desktop app but my pc it's not vr ready I'm afraid

I just googled it. It's not even out on quest, let alone cross buy. You can still play it on quest via your pc though. You'll need a link cable or virtual desktop etc

Wish the Quest store had sales like this instead of the odd shameful £1.50 - £2 off

Have a nice big meal before playing maybe a few beers as well. (devil)

How do you guys check price histories?

Just that I never got to play it :) Bought it last time at this price, wouldn't install so got a refund. Seems some sort of odd glitch, had all my other Oculus Store games installed but this one would not (seems the fix for this is just to repair the Oculus install). Bought it yesterday,installed but not played it yet..

"Not sure about this one." Why not (confused) I got it full price at release and its a great narrative game, very immersive and interesting story and presentation. Combat is rare and usually VR mini game type things so don't go into expecting epic battles (which people shouldn't from an eerie horror game) and in general you'll have a fun time with it. 79% metacritic and user score. I'd say we need more fully realised satisfying VR experiences like this and eleven quid is a good deal. Its about 5h long but also worth going through again some time after first playthrough.

I think they had stock, but maybe some confusion over the back orders placed previously. I ordered 24th and it dispatched after they sold out. My newer order was then cancelled due to the same issue of oversold

yeah it’s all a bit of a mess at the mo it seems, oculus clearly don’t have a lot of stock and are trickling it out to stores as they get them in. Not ideal, as with most things at the moment, but it’d be nice if stores could manage stock properly and only accept orders for items they have, or at least be a bit more clear about preorder queues etc without having to contact customer services.

In case anyone does attempt to order via scan.co.uk instead, I've just spoken to them and they have 600+ preorders and that's after the stock received today. Am told it'll likely be June until the order is fulfilled.

Think I might just keep it to stay "in the queue". Just re-reading the oversold email, two spelling errors make me think someone screwed up big time and it was a rush to get the "aplogies" out XD

you keeping the preorder?

This is now back in stock for anyone interested

Thanks man - if it helps, from what I've read, they often get stock in on a Tuesday, so hopefully if you don't grab one before then, next time it'll work out! It looks like a few were available in Very this morning, and there were some in JL last thurs - so maybe they are worth keeping an eye on tomorrow in case they have a weekly restock too :)

The order has just been simply cancelled. No 'processing for shipping' message. It looks like your order might be on track.

That sucks!! Sorry dude. Do you mind if I ask, did it move to 'processing for shipping' first? Just want to brace myself for the worst, as it seemed to have trouble accepting my credit card info yesterday, and then later miraculously worked.

My yesterday order has been cancelled

There's limited songs and no way you import your own. Also there's rarely someone online to play against so your are stuck with single player which gets boring quite fast. My missus enjoyed it though - for a few days only...

Nice quick review hope it helps - I play it daily though I absolutely love it!

This is one of the few Quest games I didn't pick up. The demo that comes with the Quest didn't really sell it to me. Anyone have any thoughts on whether it's worth £19?

What do people think vs other dancing games ?

It's my daily exercise

Oculus is still saying notify me

I cancelled mine last week after they changed it back by 3 weeks & stock now in at Oculus.

They must have taken hundreds (someone said over 600 a couple of days ago) They are taking money on order and they have no idea when they will get stock (they and Overclockers had some yesterday but this looks like it was in the 10's). I think Oculus should look at this and stop it as they are an approved re-seller. I asked them to cancel today and was told I would get a refund but my status of "picked" it's very strange and looks very dishonest.

scan have said that may 12th is only the date they’re due to get stock in from oculus. They can’t guarantee how many they’ll receive or how many orders they can fulfil, so it’s still a bit of gamble as to whether you’ll get on even if you “preorder“ this.

Have you got it yet?