Don’t know where these guys get their prices from for the Oculus Rift, but you can bring it in directly from Amazon for under R7,000 (all costs included; shipping, import duties etc). It also includes the Touch controls and six games. I bought my Oculus in February from Amazon and it took five days to get to my front door. Don’t know how Amazon did it, but I was very impressed.

The Oculus is great and I don’t want to get involved in a Rift vs Vive argument, because they are essentially the same thing and use very similar lens technology. The Vive is very popular with players on Steam and is probably better suited to standing room-scale experiences where you move around a lot. The Oculus was originally more aimed at seated experiences like flight- and space simulators and car racing games, where you can have your hands on a joystick or steering wheel, but that has all changed after they launched their Touch controls, which has now given it room-scale capabilities as well.

In the end, it boils down to price, you can get the Oculus for R7,000 from Amazon. Not sure about the Vive, but it costs $200 (R2,500) more on Amazon, so it will probably be closer to R10,000 if you bring it in directly.

I own a Rift CV1 with touch controllers, bought for R8200 in Netherlands 12/12/2017 and very happy with it. My brother who owns Vive said that Oculus has higher resolution screen.

Yeah, nothing wrong with the Rift, the Vive is just better at roomscale and has the external cameras. The only issue I think people have with the Rift is that they like to push for exclusivity on titles.