Just trying to characterize the current situation impartially.
As many have already calculated, the most beneficial option for backers is the “current owners program”, in which we simply get a discount of 8K + at $ 150, and at 8KX - $ 200.
At first glance, options A and B might seem delightful. According to “Plan A”, the full-package backers who switched to 5K + could get 8KX for $ 649 !! (1299 - 649 = $ 650). $ 650 is minus 50% of the price for ordinary customers, miracles.
But not so simple.
What does such a grand discount include?
And here everything is very simple.
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$ 300 - controllers and stations LH 2.0. ( is the money of the backers, for which we should receive more worthy rewards, and not a discount in the same amount on headsets, which the current 8K should have become)
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$ 100 - a coupon for a decrease from 8K + to 5K + (in fact, this is the money of backers who are held by Pimax).
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$ 100 - a discount for rejecting all stretched goals (which is again disadvantageous)
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$ 150 ($ 100 + $ 50 until 12/31/19) - Pimax net discount for backers for a headset worth $ 1299.
ps: There is no point in considering “Plans C / D”, they are at the same prices as the plan “for current owners”, but with the loss of all stretch goals. (Only for those who switched from 8K to 5K +, you need to find a way to use the $ 100 coupon in another way.)
And I could consider options A and B if base stations and controllers were priced at least $ 500-600. (I suspect that their cost will actually be even higher. One LH 2.0 base station costs $ 149 from Valve, consider it yourself).
And here at this moment lies the biggest minus in these plans of the becker (not counting the rejection of all the stretch goals).
If this plan “for current owners” is valid for all backers, then this can be considered the maximum discount for both them and current owners ( Total $ 150 and $ 200 for 8K and 8KX, respectively )
That is, at the moment, the backers have been equated to the current owners.
It is unclear why Pimax is so with us, for all the support on Kickstarter and more than 2 years of expectations / experiences, a lot of time, etc.
We can say that we all together helped build new headsets.
As a result, we are forced to buy them at a standard discount, as for the current owners.
Anyway, I intend to get 8K +, and not 8KX.
There are several reasons for this.
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I want to get what I supported on Kickstarter (4K RGB on the eye).
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I do not see much difference between 8K + and 8KX (And I know how Pimax 4K works with upscaling, so here I am fine)
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Performance.
I suspect that in the next couple of years, most of the owners of 8KX will most likely use the mode with upscaling from 2560x1440 to 4K.
(And in a couple of years you can buy 8KX by selling your 8K +, if 8KX really deserves it).
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Price. The difference, though, is $ 200 for backers, but it’s still money that can benefit elsewhere.
In any case, I intend to get 8K +, despite the fact that I will have to pay “$ 849 + shipping” to the plan “for current owners”.
I will try to sell my 8K for $ 500, and the improvement will cost me about $ 400
In general, it turns out that I’m overpaying something in the region of $ 400 and plus $ 891 paid on kickstarter
Total: I pay about $ 1,300 at the moment for the full 8K + package, thanks to Pimax.
In fact, I pay so much for 8K +, which should have been 8K from the very beginning.
And on this I lose about $ 400 (if I successfully sell my 8K).
In fact, for me it looks like updating my screens in 8K for $ 400 
It would be better if I just sent my 8K back to Pimax for a replacement with 8K + and paid them $ 400.
But Pimax, as always, decided to go the most difficult way for backers 
