- It is reported that Valve’s new headphones cost $ 1,200 in a package
- The company is supposedly selling the headphones with loss
- The sources claim that you can play Steam Deck games on it
It is rumored that the next VALVE VR headset, with a ‘Deckard’ code name, will be launched towards the end of 2025 and it is alleged that will cost $ 1,200, according to new statements of a well -known content creator.
According to Gabe Foblower, a content creator with more than 200,000 followers in X, the new Valve Deckard VR headset will be available as a complete package for $ 1,200, which supposedly includes some games, as well as the two “Roy” controllers. Despite the high price, it is claimed that it will be “sold with a loss” per valve.
In addition to playing virtual reality games, it is believed that headphones can also play “flat games” similar to steam deck without requirements to use an external monitor or television. Gabe Foolwer states that “Valve wants to give the user the best possible experience without reducing any cost.”
In addition, it has been said that the models for “Roy” controllers were visible in a Steamvr update. Supposedly, the new VR headset will admit a modified version of Steamos as seen on the steam deck, but adapted for a virtual reality experience. The controllers seem to eliminate the traditional design of the company’s previous model, the valve index, in favor of something more similar to the Quest 3S goal.
As an independent device that can also be connected to a PC, it is currently unknown what type of VR headphones of the hardware valve will have an update rate of 120 Hz with a claimed resolution of 1440p on two screens. In the same way, the duration of the expected battery has not been mentioned at this time.
Previously, in September 2023, Valve certified a hardware device not announced in South Korea, and the company hinted at the next generation of its VR headphones. The product designer Greg Coomer said: “I can definitely say that we continue to develop VR headphones recently. Valve has a lot of experience in virtual reality devices and has faith in medium and virtual reality games.”
The next generation will be expensive
While the PC roof valve index was launched to $ 999 in June 2019, the next VR Standalone headset of Deckard seems to be more expensive at $ 1,200 for the “complete package”. As a device all in one, its main competition will not be of high -end PC VR options, such as the HTC Vive Pro 2 and the Pimax Crystal, but of the 4 peak and (most importantly) of the Quest 3 goal, as well as the cheapest quest 3S goal.
Most independent headphones are significantly cheaper than the supposed price of the Deckard valve. For example, the Quest 3 goal is sold for $ 499.99 for the 512 GB model, with the Quest 3s timing timing, from $ 299.99 for the 128 GB version. In addition, the 4 ultra peak, an entire headset in one of the average range, is sold for the equivalent of $ 670, although it is currently not yet available in the US. UU.
That puts the next independent headphones of VRS VR in a difficult market where it is a high -end headset aimed mainly to the PC players that also costs anywhere from double (or triple) most of its competition. While its functionality (essentially duplicate as a portable steam platform) sounds intriguing, that is an incredibly high sale price given the current market of the market, eclipseing all the conventional options available at this time.
We will not know if the Deckard valve is worth it until we see it in action or we try it, so it is too early to judge its qualities based on just the rumored prices. However, the factorization in you costs more than the index at $ 200 (and much more now from sales) and many of its competitors, looks like a niche product for a smaller subset of PC players who also want to play a premium for the use of the portable steam cover, when they probably already have their hand in their homes.
That said, it could be a success applied as a solution that covers to replace monitors and televisions if you are someone who lives in a narrow space. As we saw with the meteoric ascent of the steam platform in popularity in the last three years, with the now incredibly fierce competition, the Deckard could be doing something that is put on and ends up being imitated and innovated by others. However, if this is going to happen, you will have to offer a much lower MSRP than what is alleged here.
