Oculus Rift Users Angered By Pre-Order Snafu (roadtovr.com)

fluor2 writes: In April, Oculus announced that many of the Oculus Rift CV1 pre-orders were getting bumped from March to early May or even June...but they're still finding CV1's for supplying Rift+PC bundles. The solution for some has now been to cancel their order, order Rift+PC bundles...and cancel the PC portion.
This tactic appears to have mixed results, and those Rift+PC bundles have now also sold out, adds the Road To VR site, which reports that some of the original pre-orders "are now shipping out significantly ahead of the initial delay estimates provided by Oculus." For one customer, "Oculus estimated the Rift wouldn't ship until sometime between May 23 and June 2, around two months after the official launch date. However, the customer tells us that their Rift was shipped today, about one month ahead of the delay estimate, and about one month after the official launch date."

Comments

why?

[JustNiz]

>>> The solution for some has now been to cancel their order, order Rift+PC bundles...and cancel the PC portion.

Seems to me the far better move would be to just order a Vive instead. You'd not only get it sooner but you'd also get room-scale VR, a front camera and hand controllers immediately instead of still having to wait for Touch to come out even after you finally received your Rift.

Re:why?

[spire3661]

This is like saying 'Dont play Asteroids, wait for Pac-Man'.......

Re:why?

[Type44Q]

So you're saying you've never tried either one.

trying to jump the queue?

[frovingslosh]

" trying to jump the queue ." is harsh. These marks, I mean people, ordered first. Oculus decided that they already had their money and would sell their devices to other marks who were also willing to buy a PC. Some learned that they could reduce the already too long wait by playing some games with the Oculus order department. Who do you feel they are jumping the queue on? They are still behind the people who ordered a device and a PC yesterday. They may be getting ahead of the people who ordered the device only yesterday, but since they ordered months ago they certainly should be. The only people who they are jumping ahead of are the marks that Oculus told they were getting screwed and said they were OK with that.

Re: trying to jump the queue?

[Namarrgon]

Oculus decided that they already had their money and would sell their devices

Except of course, Oculus hasn't charged them anything yet, and the devices are not "theirs" in any sense.

All these preorders are is a place in a queue. You don't know which place, and it isn't even the only queue. If you want to try your luck with a different queue, then go right ahead, but feeling anger that "your" device isn't in your hands yet just sounds whiney to me. (Disclosure: am also somewhere in an Oculus queue)