I just wish they had another batch of basestations to sell. I'm back to my 1.0s from 2016 since one of my 2.0s broke last year. HTC still has them, but they're overpriced.

Seems overpriced, might as well get the Frame.

Easier said than done.

I got excited for a sec, but I think this only makes sense for people who already have an Index and need replacements. Otherwise you would pay over 800 and then spend another 500 on vive base stations.

Seconded. I have an index and only thought about the replacement parts for future proofing my current setup.

I wish they had both controllers for sale. I have an OG Vive and I’d love to upgrade to the index controllers, there are a few games I can’t play because they don’t support the vive wands

Patience is a virtue.

So is having stock

I think this is more about buying replacement parts for existing users. Right now there is little reason to get into the old Vive for most people.

The main reason for the Vive would be low cost.

But it's not really low cost. All 5 parts together would cost me 944 Euros (in Europe/Germany). And this includes only one base station, but 2 are recommended by Valve: https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/105E-66E3-962A-1577 It still requires a (not that powerful) PC and will use the storage of it. The Steam Frame on the other hand can be used on its own when needed (so no need to buy a PC, but it will be better with one), and it comes with a builtin SSD. The Frame starts at 1049 Euros for me.

So overall I don't see a huge price advantage, even if the tech is a bit older now. Note: I am not dunking on the Vive. I just do not believe that there is a huge price advantage for someone who just getting started.

Not really, last time I saw one on sale it was like $300 for the whole set. You can't buy Vives at retail/new anymore as far as I know.

Paying full price for a Vive these days would be a bad idea and you'd be waaaaay better off getting a Frame provided you are willing to wait. Even if you didn't want to wait, you're better off looking for a much better price on a used Vice compared to paying around a thousand.

I was strictly speaking at the official offering from Valve from the given link at https://store.steampowered.com/hardware/valveindex .