Buying a VR headset and a new gaing computer today is still significantly cheaper than buying a home computer in the 90's for the early internet
https://pifflelab.com/2012/07/22/computers-the-1990s-you-pai...
https://pifflelab.com/2012/07/22/computers-the-1990s-you-pai...
So, if by "VR" you mean Vive/Rift-level VR, very few people will have a computer already lying around the house that can cut the mustard, even if they bought that computer relatively recently.