Tom Warren is a elder editor and writer of Notepad, who has been covering each things Microsoft, PC, and tech for complete 20 years.
Sony is cutting the value of its PlayStation VR 2 headset successful March. The VR 2 will beryllium discounted to conscionable $399.99, down from the original $549 pricing erstwhile it launched successful February 2023. The headset will besides spot a value trim successful Europe (€449.99), the UK (£399.99), Japan (¥66,980), and different regions.
Sony is positioning the value trim arsenic a “fantastic clip to dive into the breathtaking world of PS VR2,” but it besides comes astir a twelvemonth aft the institution reportedly paused PSVR 2 production to clear excess inventory astir . A Bloomberg report successful March suggested Sony was trying to displacement unsold inventory of the VR2 headset, and this caller value trim suggests that the PS5 accessory still isn’t trading arsenic good arsenic Sony had hoped.
At $549, it was much costly than the PS5 itself, and a deficiency of contented has surely held it back. The $399 pricing could surely thief displacement units, peculiarly arsenic you tin besides usage the VR 2 headset connected a PC now acknowledgment to Sony’s $60 adapter. Sony is besides reportedly moving on Apple Vision Pro support for its PSVR 2 controllers, which we mightiness perceive astir astatine immoderate constituent this year.