Oculus hits Best Buy and others before pre-orders fulfilled
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[QUOTE=Map in a box;50256127]Or they, you know, could have fulfilled their existing obligations instead of going out for more money.[/QUOTE]
Idk, they're not really getting more money quicker this way.
Remember, you don't actually pay until they ship your unit.
[QUOTE=Map in a box;50255826]They still should have fulfilled preorders first
[editline]4th May 2016[/editline]
Otherwise it just feels like a horrible cashgrab[/QUOTE]
I think Best Buy must be more responsible for this than Oculus/Facebook. I've been getting Best Buy emails all of a sudden about their shit daily. They are on some warpath to prove they're still relevant or something
[QUOTE=TheTalon;50257226]I think Best Buy must be more responsible for this than Oculus/Facebook. I've been getting Best Buy emails all of a sudden about their shit daily. They are on some warpath to prove they're still relevant or something[/QUOTE]
Both sides would've still needed to agree on it. Facebook over Oculus knowingly and purposefully signed away x amount of Rifts for retail thinking that they would be fine with their then-status on pre-orders.
I did hear one analysis of this that retail was a very -good- thing (proliferation, people being able to get it, et cetera) even despite the fuckup because it gave people a chance to actually do things like:
1. get actual customer support
2. buy something having not preordered it a while ago
3. learn about VR in general
Like from a greater scale it can be interpreted as important for VR -as a whole- that this shit happens, but it does still look really bad and is an annoying crock of shit to people that preordered
[url]https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/4hmw4b/after_years_of_witnessing_the_recent_nature_of/[/url] Sue me for lolreddit if you want but I think this person has some decent points
I'd probably be angrier if I actually pre-ordered, but I'm also glad I waited and didn't
Any word if Valve and HTC are going to have instore demos for the Vive?
[QUOTE=Mio Akiyama;50258150]Any word if Valve and HTC are going to have instore demos for the Vive?[/QUOTE]
[url=http://fortune.com/2016/04/07/gamestop-microsoft-stores-htc-vive-demos/]They already do.[/url]
[editline]4th May 2016[/editline]
[QUOTE=redBadger;50256765]VR so far seems like a complete fuck up.
Going to wait until gen 2[/QUOTE]
In what way? Both the Rift and Vive are amazing products, the only thing that has been fucked up so far is the Rift's launch. Waiting for Gen 2 is probably a smart choice for most people but the current state of VR is pretty amazing dude.
[QUOTE=Vitisus;50258143]I did hear one analysis of this that retail was a very -good- thing (proliferation, people being able to get it, et cetera) even despite the fuckup because it gave people a chance to actually do things like:
1. get actual customer support
2. buy something having not preordered it a while ago
3. learn about VR in general
Like from a greater scale it can be interpreted as important for VR -as a whole- that this shit happens, but it does still look really bad and is an annoying crock of shit to people that preordered
[url]https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/4hmw4b/after_years_of_witnessing_the_recent_nature_of/[/url] Sue me for lolreddit if you want but I think this person has some decent points
I'd probably be angrier if I actually pre-ordered, but I'm also glad I waited and didn't[/QUOTE]
I dont' see best buy offering customer service for something that each store only sales 5 of -- noone getting this won't know hardcore about the rift beforehand, again, because only 5 units per store which is also relevant in your 2nd point because they'd probably fly off the shelves before anyone got a chance.
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