PlayStation VR2 has a release date and it’s more expensive than a PS5

The PSVR2 has just announced its release date, as well as the eye-popping price attached to Sony’s next big move into the world of virtual reality. Coming to physical and digital stores 23 of February next year, you’ll have to fork out a staggering $549.99 / €599.99 / £529.99 for the product, that’s more than a PS5!

For that amount, you get the PSVR2 headset, sense controllers, and some stereo headsets. Just the gear, no VR games. However, if you have even more cash stashed away, you can pay an additional $50, Euro or British Pound for the Horizon Call of the Mountain bundle. That gets you everything mentioned above, but with a coupon for the fancy new Horizon VR game, which looks good.

Do you feel like charging the thing? Fortunately, you can connect it to your PS5. However, if you really want to spruce up your gaming space, you can spend another $50 on a charging dock. All of this adds up to a pretty expensive piece, right? Sure, you don’t need the charging station, but this may well be the biggest monetary hit for the people of Europe since the 2008 financial crisis, with no The Big Short for sexy for us either.

Some great games have been announced for the platform alongside this announcement, including:

• Dark Pictures: Switchback VR
• Crossfire: Sierra Squad
• the light brigade
• VR Cities – Enhanced Edition
• High Cosmonious
• Hello Neighbor: Search and Rescue
• Jurassic World Sequel Collection
• VR Gun Whip
• Zenith: The Last City
• after the fall
• tentacular

This isn’t a knock against any of those games, many of which I’m sure are great, but nothing on that list screams “must have”, certainly not enough to warrant the price at a time when all of our pocketbooks are searching. significantly emptier than usual. I guess Horizon is meant to be the big carrot to entice people, while the adobe titles are there to keep you interested once you hit the credits.

As cool as Pistol Whip is, and as creepy as the VR horrors await in The Dark Pictures: Switchback, it seems like a tough sell at that price. But maybe it’s justified! It’s surely an expensive piece of kit to produce, and since VR isn’t exactly the medium that’s appealing to the industry so far, perhaps the relatively niche user base will require more involvement to keep the entire PSVR project viable on the market. mind of companies. suits and investors on top.

Either way, it’s a tough sell. With pre-orders opening on November 16, we’ll be keeping an eye on whether PSVR2 can attract a sizable audience despite the cost.

For more VR news, check out our reports on Resident Evil Village VR being playable at the Tokyo Game Show on PSVR 2, as well as F1 2022 receiving VR support.