HTC Live lowers its price to 699 euros

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After more than a year after its launch, the HTC Vive have received a permanent discount of 25% on its official price. HTC's virtual reality glasses, which cost € 899 so far, can now be purchased for € 699 at the manufacturer's official store. Even with all, they do not face the recent discount (in that case is not permanent, eye) of the Oculus Rift, which have seen their price temporarily reduced to 449 euros.

HTC has announced that its HTC Vive glasses will cost from now 699 euros in Europe, thus putting in half a reduction of 200 euros in the price that these glasses had in the official store of the company until a few days. In the new price are still including the two drivers of the glasses, as well as three games (Google Tilt Brush, Everest VR and Richie's Plank Experience) that are accompanied by a month of testing in the service of VIVEPORT.

In view of the fact that the new version of the HTC Live is still waiting for some time, the Taiwanese company has decided to take advantage of the focus of the Gamescom event that is being held these days in the city of Cologne (Germany) to announce a significant reduction At the official price of their virtual reality glasses. It is an unprecedented move in the price strategy of the HTC Vive, since all this time these glasses have kept its price practically intact in the HTC Europe store.

On the other hand, in the official store of the company it is still possible to buy the Deluxe Audio Strap accessory separately for 119.99 euros, as well as the pack with two spare parts for the face holding area 26,99 euros).

Therefore, HTC Live are positioned a little closer to the prices of its main competitors: they are only 150 euros difference from the Oculus Rift, which include glasses, two controls and six games for 449 euros, and Closer still to the PlayStation VR, which cost less than 500 euros.