Sony Drops Playstation Vr 2 Price To $399

Sony is cutting nan worth of its PlayStation VR 2 headset successful March. The VR 2 will beryllium discounted to conscionable $399.99, down from nan original $549 pricing erstwhile it launched successful February 2023. The headset will too spot a worth trim successful Europe (€449.99), nan UK (£399.99), Japan (¥66,980), and different regions.

Sony is positioning nan worth trim arsenic a “fantastic clip to dive into nan breathtaking world of PS VR2,” but it too comes astir a twelvemonth aft nan institution reportedly paused PSVR 2 accumulation to clear excess inventory astir . A Bloomberg study successful March suggested Sony was trying to displacement unsold inventory of nan VR2 headset, and this caller worth trim suggests that nan PS5 accessory still isn’t trading arsenic bully arsenic Sony had hoped.

At $549, it was overmuch costly than nan PS5 itself, and a deficiency of contented has surely held it back. The $399 pricing could surely thief displacement units, peculiarly arsenic you tin too usage nan VR 2 headset connected a PC now acknowledgment to Sony’s $60 adapter. Sony is too reportedly moving connected Apple Vision Pro support for its PSVR 2 controllers, which we mightiness comprehend astir astatine immoderate constituent this year.