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Offering the Rift with Touch controllers for $598 does many things at once: The Touch controllers are now closer to becoming standard issue, which means that the market will be less split moving forward. You can still buy just the Rift for $499 if you'd like, but we'd argue against it; the Rift becomes a complete platform with the Touch controllers. Without motion controls it feels more like a fancy display than true VR.Oculus Rift $200 price cut is great news for mainstream VR, will put pressure on Vive - Polygon
It won't be long until more players have the Touch controllers than those who don't, especially since the controllers themselves have also seen a $100 price drop; you can now pick up a set for $99 if you already own a Rift.