HTC sold 15,000 Vive VR headsets in the first 10 minutes of pre-orders going live

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Published on Tuesday, 01 March 2016 08:59

Written by AndrewH

As we reported last week, the HTC Vive Consumer Edition VR headset bundle went live with pre-orders on February 29th, 2016. One concern that some people has with the possible success of this headset was the pricing, with the pre-order package coming in at $799, which is $200 more than the Oculus Rift.

The HTC Vive package comes with the headset itself, room scale movement sensors, and an HMD featuring a built-in camera and phone, as well as two of the grip controllers which you will use for anything related to using your hands. So it isn't just the headset. Still, at $799 it isn't the most affordable VR headset out there in the least.

However, pre-orders went very well for HTC, with the Vive package netting the company over 15,000 orders within the first 10 minutes of the pre-orders going live, according to Shen Ye, a VR product specialist at HTC. That's roughly $12 million in sales which means this jump into Virtual Reality for HTC is already starting to look like it'll pay off. The partnership with Valve probably has a good chunk to do with the headset's success.

If you happen to have snagged a pre-order package for the HTC Vive, you should expect your headset to arrive at some point in May 2016, which is when HTC has pre-orders slated to ship out.

Website Referenced: Mashable

AndrewH - Andrew is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of DroidGamers. Having been a hardcore PC and console gamer all his life, this passion is now applied to Android gaming and writing about it. When not playing or writing about Android games, he spends his time with is wife and son.

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