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PlayStation VR2 Release Date & Price Revealed

From vrscout

Sony’s next-gen VR headset arrives in Q1 2023.

After long last Sony has revealed the price and release date of the PlayStation VR2, its latest and greatest VR headset for PlayStation 5 consoles. The next-gen device was first announced in February 2021. Since then the company has shared a number of details, including the official specs as well as several confirmed titles.

Today we learned that the highly-anticipated console VR headset will be available for purchase on February 22, 2023, starting at $549.99. Every purchase includes a PlayStation VR2 headset, a pair of new-and-improved PlayStation VR2 Sense controllers, and stereo headphones.

Sony is also offering a second bundle for $599.99 that comes with all of the aforementioned goodies as well as a PlayStation Store voucher code for Horizon Call of the Mountain, an original VR experience set in the Horizon Zero Dawn universe.

As previously mentioned, every PlayStation VR2 headset comes with a pair of Sense controllers with rechargeable batteries. As such the company will be offering a PlayStation VR2 Sense controller charging station for an additional $49.99. The device will allow you to charge your Touch controllers without having to connect to your PS5 console, freeing up the USB ports for other uses.

The PlayStation VR2 will be available to pre-order on November 15th starting in the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg via PlayStation’s online store. You can register for an invite to pre-order PS VR2 starting today here.

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Report: Sony Plans to Produce 2 Million PSVR 2 Headsets by March 2023

From roadtovr

Sony plans to release PSVR 2 sometime in early 2023, although exactly when is still a mystery. Now a Bloomberg report maintains the company is aiming to produce 2 million units by March 2023, which would signify a sizeable uptick in sales expectations over the original PSVR.

Citing people familiar with the matter, the report maintains the 2 million figure “could be adjusted depending on the device’s sales momentum.” The company allegedly hasn’t faced any supply chain issues after initially heading into mass production in September, however.

Released in October 2016, the original PSVR for PS4 reached that two-million-unit sales mark after about 14 months on store shelves. In late 2019, Sony announced the headset has sold over five million units. By the time PSVR reached that two-million-mark Sony had already sold 70.6 million PS4s however—a large potential install base that PS5 frankly just doesn’t have yet.

Photo by Road to VR

According to sales figures obtained by Android Authority, the company has only sold five million PS5 consoles as of August 2022. The Bloomberg report maintains though PSVR 2 sales will begin with “an expected relief of supply chain bottlenecks” that affected the rollout of PlayStation 5, so it’s possible the company is looking to significantly increase production on PS5 to further maximize PSVR 2 sales.

On the standalone side of things: it’s uncertain how many Meta Quest 2 headsets have sold to date, however data obtained from independent analyst IDC maintains it reached around three million in sales in the first quarter since launch in 2020.

IDC further claims Quest 2 has already reached 14.8 million units sold as of June 2022. Standalone headsets present the best-case scenario for headset sales right now since they include onboard processing, giving you everything you need in one box.

Want to learn more about PSVR 2? Check out our detailed hands-on with the headset, and some of the top titles coming to the headset including Resident Evil Village and Horizon Call of the Mountain.