PlayStation VR2 will launch next February for $550 - Ars Technica

More than the console —

Six games disposable for preorder alongside headset connected Nov. 15.

Kyle Orland - Nov 2, 2022 3:03 p.m. UTC

Enlarge / Say truthful agelong to the archetypal PSVR's glowing bluish lights.

Sony's PlayStation VR2 headset volition outgo $550 successful the US erstwhile it launches connected February 22, 2023, astir precisely 2 years aft the headset was archetypal announced.

The $550 bundle volition travel bundled with 2 tracked, handheld "PS VR2 Sense" controllers and stereo headphones, Sony announced successful a blog station Wednesday morning. A $600 bundle volition see the VR-exclusive Horizon Call of the Mountain.

On the surface, $550 seems similar a sizable summation implicit the $400 asking terms for the archetypal PlayStation VR backmost successful precocious 2016. But that examination is simply a spot misleading. First, $400 successful October of 2016 is worthy the aforesaid arsenic astir $490 successful today's dollars erstwhile accounting for inflation. Second, the archetypal PlayStation VR required a tracking camera and 2 PlayStation Move controllers to power galore games.

Those accessories were sold separately oregon included successful a $500 bundle erstwhile the archetypal PSVR launched (about $613 successful today's dollars). PlayStation VR2, connected the different hand, is packaged with 2 hand-tracking controllers and uses "inside-out" tracking that doesn't necessitate an outer camera.

Enlarge / While prototype PSVR2 controllers person been all-black, they present lucifer the achromatic of the PS5 itself.

Sony's caller headset is not compatible with the PS4 and will not enactment with archetypal PlayStation VR games, either. Today, Sony besides announced 11 caller PSVR2 titles that volition motorboat sometime successful 2023.

Of those announced games, six volition beryllium disposable for preorder alongside the PSVR2 hardware starting connected November 15, suggesting they volition beryllium disposable astatine oregon adjacent the headset's launch.

Those titles are:

• The Light Brigade
• Cities VR
• Cosmonious High
• Hello Neighbor: Search and Rescue
• Zenith: The Last City
• Tentacular

Sony has antecedently revealed astir of the applicable specs for the PSVR2 headset, including a 2000×2400 per-eye OLED display, 110-degree tract of view, 120 Hz maximum refresh rate, and headset vibration. The headset besides features a simplified single-cable console connection and cameras for some eye-tracking and a "passthrough" presumption of your environment.