Skip to main content

Oculus Touch controller pricing revealed on Amazon ahead of Oculus Connect show

Oculus Connect 3 is set to take place October 6, but one of the big expected announcements may have been spoiled by Amazon. Following along from several other etailers which jumped the gun last month, Amazon has revealed the U.K. pricing for the Oculus Touch controllers, listing them at 190 British pounds.

Oculus Connect is the third annual developer conference that the virtual reality company has run and it will feature a number of big announcements, including a lot of details about upcoming content. Perhaps the biggest revelation though was expected to be the final U.S. pricing of the Oculus Touch controllers.

Recommended Videos

Although we do still need to hear it from the horse’s mouth, we can do a bit of maths to get a pretty good idea of what Touch will cost in America. If we take the 190-pound price tag, knock off the 20 percent for VAT and convert that to U.S. dollars, we end up with $206. Considering the Brits (this writer included) tend to get stiffed by import duties and shipping costs, too, we wouldn’t be surprised to see the Oculus Touch controllers priced somewhere between $200 and $230 in the U.S.

This would be close to the estimations we made when we saw the leaked euro pricing, though the slightly altered value of the pound since then does skew the results a little.

Related: ‘Minecraft’ gets bossy next month with new support for Oculus Touch controllers

The official launch date given for Oculus Touch on the Amazon page is November 23, so likely the U.S. will have a similar launch date — though we may need to wait for the Oculus Connect to find out for sure.

Fortunately there isn’t long to wait. Oculus Connect begins at 1 p.m. ET on October 6, and you can find live-streams for it on Oculus’ YouTube and Twitch channels. As you might expect from a VR company, it will also be hosting a virtual reality stream of the event through the NextVR app.

Jon Martindale
Jon Martindale is a freelance evergreen writer and occasional section coordinator, covering how to guides, best-of lists, and…
This HP Chromebook is under half-price today — just $190
The HP Chromebook 14 laptop on a white background.

You should turn your attention towards Chromebook deals if you want to buy a new laptop on a tight budget, and we've found an offer that you won't want to miss. From its original price of $410, the HP Chromebook 14 is down to just $190 for savings of $220 from Walmart. You won't always have the chance to get this device for less than half-price though -- in fact, the opportunity may be gone as soon as tomorrow. If you want to take advantage of the discount, you need to buy the Chromebook right now.

Why you should buy the HP Chromebook 14

Read more
Avast’s most complete antivirus plan is 70% off right now
Couple making selfie inside car with open window.

Avast has been popping off with incredible deals this month. The antivirus company recently offered 70% off its Premium tier of virus protection. For the next 30 days, Avast is extending that offer to its Ultimate tier of protection. That means you can protect one device with Avast Ultimate for $33 for a year, down from its usual $110. If you want to cover 10 devices, you'll only pay $42 instead of $140.

Let's dive into what Avast Ultimate offers and why you might want it over the free tier or the Premium plan. This deal is live now, and will stick around for the next four weeks.

Read more
Amazon’s Kuiper satellite launch called off 30 minutes before liftoff
ULA's Atlas V rocket on the launchpad at Cape Canaveral in Florida.

Amazon is keen to get its second batch of internet satellites into orbit, but it won’t be happening just yet.

The launch of 27 Project Kuiper satellites was set to take place early Monday afternoon ET at Cape Canaveral in Florida, but just 30 minutes from liftoff, rocket operator United Launch Alliance (ULA) said it was standing down for the day “due to an engineering observation of an elevated purge temperature within the booster engine” on its Atlas V vehicle. In simple terms, this means part of the booster became too hot and needs to be investigated.

Read more