The PSVR2 just revealed a release date, and the jaw-dropping price point that comes with Sony’s next big step into the world of virtual reality.Enter physical and digital storefronts February 23 Next year, you’re going to have to pay a staggering price $549.99/$599.99/£529.99 For the product – it’s not just PS5!
For that, you can get a PSVR2 headset, sensor controllers, and some stereo headsets. Only gear, no VR games. However, if you have more cash, you can pay an extra $50, EUR or GBP for the Horizon Call of the Mountain bundle. This gives you everything listed above, but also a coupon for a fancy new VR Horizon game, which looks pretty good.
Want to recharge something? Fortunately, you just plug it into your PS5. But if you want to really beautify your gaming space, you can buy a charging stand for another 50 buckeroos. It all adds up to a pretty expensive kit, right? Of course, you don’t need a charging station, but this is quite possibly the biggest money blow to the people of Europe since the 2008 financial crisis, and there are no big shorts to get us excited about.
Alongside this announcement, the platform has also announced some rad games, including:
- Dark Pictures: Switchback VR
- Crossfire: Squad Sierra
- light brigade
- City VR – Enhanced
- total height
- Hello Neighbor: Search and Rescue
- Jurassic World Aftermath Collection
- Pistol Whip VR
- Zenith: The Last City
- after autumn
- tentacle
This isn’t a jab at any of these games, I’m sure many of them are great, but nothing on this list is a “must have” and certainly not enough to warrant a price point ratio when all our pockets are looking Usually empty. I guess Horizon is designed to be a big carrot for people, and adobe’s title can keep you warm after you get points.
As cool as Pistol Whip and as creepy as the VR horror awaiting in The Dark Pictures: Switchback, seems like a rough selling point at that price point. But maybe it makes sense! It’s certainly an expensive toolkit to make, and since VR isn’t quite the medium of appeal to the industry yet, perhaps the relatively niche user base needs greater support for the entire PSVR project to be viable in the minds of corporate suits and investors at the top .
Either way, it’s a tough sell. With pre-orders starting on November 16th, we’ll be keeping a close eye on whether PSVR2 can attract a large audience at a high cost.
For more VR news, check out our coverage of Resident Evil Village VR being playable at the Tokyo Game Show on PSVR 2, and F1 2022 getting some VR support.