Sony is slicing the value of its PlayStation VR 2 headset in March. The VR 2 shall be discounted to simply $399.99, down from the unique $549 pricing when it launched in February 2023. The headset may also see a value minimize in Europe (€449.99), the UK (£399.99), Japan (¥66,980), and different areas.
Sony is positioning the value minimize as a “improbable time to dive into the thrilling world of PS VR2,” but it surely additionally comes practically a 12 months after the corporate reportedly paused PSVR 2 manufacturing to clear extra stock practically . A Bloomberg report in March steered Sony was making an attempt to shift unsold stock of the VR2 headset, and this recent value minimize means that the PS5 accent nonetheless isn’t promoting in addition to Sony had hoped.
At $549, it was costlier than the PS5 itself, and a scarcity of content material has definitely held it again. The $399 pricing may definitely assist shift items, significantly as you can too use the VR 2 headset on a PC now due to Sony’s $60 adapter. Sony can be reportedly engaged on Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional assist for its PSVR 2 controllers, which we’d hear about in some unspecified time in the future this 12 months.
