Brexit has influenced HTC Vive's price in UK

Now it costs £759 + P&P.
Text: Fabrizia Malgieri
Published 2016-08-01

HTC Vive is probably the most expensive of the consumer VR headsets on the market. However, it seems that if you're a citizen of the United Kingdom, the VR headset will cost a bit more, this after the recent Brexit vote that has the UK preparing to leave the EU.

The launch price of the HTC Vive was set at £689 plus shipping costs (about 815 euro), but now it costs £759 plus shipping. This now means a total of £815.69 (about 964 euro) delivered to your door. Here's what the official HTC blog has to say on the matter:

"HTC continuously monitors and adjusts pricing to ensure we are providing our customers with the best value possible. Due to recent currency valuation changes and the current value of the GBP we are adjusting the price of the HTC Vive in the UK to £759 + P&P."

Then the blog adds: "We are committed to providing the best possible VR experience with Vive and would like to thank our UK customers and partners for their continued support."

If you'd like to know more about the headset, you can read our review impressions here.

Thanks, Videogamer.

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