HTC Vive has announced today a price reduction dropping the price of the VR system to £599.

Starting today the Vive will be more attainable to the mass market by knocking off over £150 from the price tag in the UK and will still come with a free trial to Viveport.

Our goal at Vive has always been to offer the best and most advanced VR system and drive mass market adoption for VR across the globe.

– Cher Wang, Chairwoman, HTC

The Viveport subscription lets gamers try out up to five titles per month from the most popular pieces of VR content including Google’s Tilt Brush, Everest VR and Richie’s Plank Experience.

We’re continuing to deliver on that commitment with this new price for Vive, making VR more accessible to a broader audience and driving the entire VR industry forward. Vive’s game-changing technology, best-in-class content and unmatched global partners are fulfilling the promise of VR like never before. With highly anticipated titles, and the upcoming launch of Vive Tracker, there has never been a better time to embrace Vive, and enjoy the most immersive VR experience available.

The recent price drop will make a lot of gamers happy who are looking forward to playing Fallout 4 VR or Doom VR in the only room-scale virtual reality in a single box. The base Vive package comes with everything you need to get started including; 2 base stations, 2 motion controllers and a headset with all the cables.