HTC surges past Oculus , promises to ship all Vive orders within 72 hours

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When HTC and Oculus launched their VR headsets, both companies ran into fulfillment problems that caused significant delays. Oculus, however, seemed to be more significantly impacted than HTC, and suffered a larger number of delays. As of today, HTC claims to be shipping out all orders within 72 hours, while simultaneously expanding its retail availability and demo locations.
According to HTC’s press release, the Vive is now on sale in 24 countries and can be purchased from select Microsoft stores, GameStop, and MicroCenter locations. Pre-orders placed through these retailers will begin shipping this week as well. The company also notes that it’s expanding its demo locations up to 100 stores across North America. Microsoft Store demos will expand to 51 showrooms, up from the current 29, GameStop will have 40 demo locations (up from 10), and MicroCenter will have 10 total, up from 5.