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Oculus Rift is extremely hard to get hold of. The VR headset manufacturer has had parts supply and manufacturing problems that have severely restricted the number of headsets available to the extent that it still hasn't fulfilled all preorders made through its own website. (Its launch date was March 28th.)But, as ever, there are other ways to get hold of one. There was a limited retail release through Best Buy in the US last month, and now a small handful of units have been put up for sale on Amazon UK by a seller called Daily Electronic Deals. At time of writing, there are seven available. You can even have it delivered tomorrow, if you want.
But you'll have to pay for the privilege. The Rifts are listed at an eye-watering £899, "reduced" from an "RRP" of £1299. The actual price of Oculus Rift is £499 / $599, and I don't think the pound has crashed quite that far in the past few days. Bear in mind that the price doesn't include motion controllers, either - in fact, Oculus' Touch controllers haven't been released yet.
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