A follow-up to the company’s 2016 PlayStation VR is due to be released in February 2023
Sony’s new PlayStation VR 2 virtual reality headset will be released on 22 February 2023, the company has announced. It will cost $550.00 USD / £529.99, more than the PlayStation 5 console needed to use it.
The price includes the headset itself, two motion controllers and headphones. An optional charging station costs an extra $50 USD / £39.99. Sony is billing it as a more premium device than the previous PlayStation VR, which was released in 2016 at $400 USD / £349. It features haptic feedback in the controllers, eye-tracking, higher fidelity OLED screens and 3D audio. Games bought for the older device will not be compatible with the newer one.
There will be about 20 games available at launch or shortly after, many of which are also available on other VR platforms. The Sony-exclusive titles include tie-ins with PlayStation’s most popular games, including Horizon Call of the Mountain, which puts you behind the eyes of hero Aloy as she climbs rock faces and fights robotic creatures with a bow and arrow, and horror game Resident Evil Village.
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