VR accessories are not necessary for the headset to work, but they sure do make using it more enjoyable. I couldn’t wait for my headset to be shipped from Amazon, so I went to Target and picked up my headset the same day. But the rest of this stuff you can get super cheap from Amazon, if only because you’ve got more time than money. The Oculus brand stuff is ridiculously expensive. China makes pretty much everything you could possibly need for your headset, and really cheap too. While waiting for shipping from China is annoying and inconvenient, you don’t really mind all that much if it breaks because it only cost you $15 bucks, not $50. So get what you can comfortably afford.