The new VR headset from Sony is out in three months, with only a few games and a massive price tag.
While Sony never provided an exact release date for its next VR headset, the PlayStation VR 2, it did say it was aiming for an early 2023 launch.
Now, in typical Sony fashion, the company has casually dropped the news that VR enthusiasts will only need to wait another three months for the headset to launch on February 22.
That’s the good news, the bad news, however, is its price. A standard headset, which comes bundled with the new Sense controllers and a pair of stereo headphones, will cost £529.99.
For comparison’s sake, that’s £50 more expensive than the standard PlayStation 5, following Sony’s August price hike which saw it go up from £449.99 to £479.99.
It’s also far more expensive than the price of the original PlayStation VRat launch. As a reminder, it launched at £349 in 2016, making its successor over £180 more.
Sony will also be selling a charging station for the controllers separately, for £39.99 (so you don’t need to charge them by connecting them to the PlayStation 5), and a bundle that includes Horizon: Call Of The Mountain for £569.99, which will be sold separately at launch.
Sony also unveiled 11 more games coming to the headset via a separate PlayStation Blog post, starting with a new exclusive entry for Supermassive Games’ The Dark Pictures Anthology.
Entitled The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR, it’s described as a ‘fast-paced roller coaster action-horror-shooter’ (just like the studio’s Until Dawn VR spin-off) that runs through all the settings from the other Dark Pictures entries like Little Hope and the upcoming The Devil In Me.
It won’t be a launch game for the headset, though, and is scheduled to arrive in the spring.
The other 10 PlayStation VR 2 games are:
- Crossfire Sierra Squad – a first person shooter scheduled for 2023
- The Light Brigade – a roguelike that’ll also be available for the original headset
- Cities: VR – Enhanced Edition – a city builder and management simulator slated for 2023 and already available on Meta Quest 2
- Cosmonious High – an adventure game exclusive set in an alien school
- Hello Neighbor: Search And Rescue – a new entry in the survival horror series that’s also releasing for the original headset
- Jurassic World Aftermath Collection – a port of both Jurassic World Aftermath stealth titles available on Meta Quest and Meta Quest 2
- Pistol Whip VR – a port of a rhythm action game that will be a free upgrade for those who bought the original PlayStation VR version
- Zenith: The Last City – an MMO role-player launching day one and another free upgrade for anyone who already owns the game on the original PlayStation VR
- After The Fall – a 2023 re-release of a co-op shooter currently available for the original headset
- Tentacular – a physics-based adventure game where you play as a giant octopus, it’s another port of a game currently available on Meta Quest 2
The likes of Pistol Whip VR and Zenith being free upgrades is certainly welcome considering original PlayStation VR games are incompatible with the PlayStation VR 2.
However, of these 11 games, most of them not only lack a release date, but only five of them are brand new, with two of them also slated for the original PlayStation VR.
Sony is apparently banking on the PlayStation VR 2 to be a sales success as it was reported that it would be making 2 million headsets for early 2023. Between its so far slim looking launch line-up and £529.99 price tag, though, it’ll be interesting to see how well it performs.
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