Sony unveils PlayStation VR2 price tag and release date - New Atlas

After astir 2 years of drip-feeding america details, Sony has yet revealed the past tidbits of info we needed astir the PlayStation VR2 – the terms and the merchandise date. The cherry connected apical is simply a slew of caller games to effort to entice america to it.

Sony volition driblet the PS VR2 connected February 22, 2023, and it’ll outgo US$549.99 astatine launch. The battalion volition see the PS VR2 headset, a brace of the Sense question controllers that Sony outlined past year, and stereo headphones. There’s besides a bundle that comes with a download codification for the crippled Horizon Call of the Mountain, for $599.99.

That mightiness beryllium a hard merchantability for immoderate radical erstwhile you recognize that it costs more than the PlayStation 5 console itself, but stacked up against different VR headsets it’s not excessively atrocious – it’s lone 50 bucks much than the Meta Quest 2, and acold much powerful. Plus it’s lone astir a 3rd of the terms of the Meta Quest Pro oregon fractional the terms of the Vive Pro 2, which person comparable specs.

Sony besides unveiled a charging presumption for the Sense controllers, which volition tally you $49.99. One bully interaction is that this tin beryllium plugged into a regular outlet, truthful it won’t hog each the USB ports connected your PS5.

So what volition we beryllium playing connected this pricey accessory? In summation to antecedently announced titles similar Horizon Call of the Mountain and Resident Evil Village, 11 caller PS VR2 games releasing successful 2023 person conscionable been unveiled. And it looks similar a bully premix of genres and styles – shooter fans tin take from the competitory Crossfire: Sierra Squad and the co-op After the Fall. There’s the MMO Zenith, the roguelike puzzle-shooter The Light Brigade, the bushed shooter Pistol Whip, oregon the fearfulness roller-coaster-shooter Switchback VR.

Put connected your municipality planner chapeau with Cities VR – Enhanced Edition. More stealthy players tin lick puzzles successful a psycho’s basement successful Hello Neighbor: Search and Rescue, oregon flight dinosaurs successful Jurassic World Aftermath Collection. And much family-friendly titles see Tentacular and Cosmonious High.

Preorders for the PS VR2 volition beryllium statesman connected November 15.

Source: Playstation blog [1],[2]