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PlayStation VR2 launches February 22, 2023, with pre-orders starting November 15 - $549.99

That price for all the tech built in. Fuck me people are really ignorant thinking it's too expensive.
Well just saw the Canadian price this morning....I take back my comment...
PSVR2 Canadian pricing detailed
PSVR2 $749.99
Horizon Call of the Mountain bundle $819.99
Charging Station $64.99

Ouch....definitely not a day 1 purchase..First you get the games and then you get the sale Sony..Having said that if Alyx was a launch title I'd probably pre order it.
 

StreetsofBeige

Gold Member
Well just saw the Canadian price this morning....I take back my comment...
PSVR2 Canadian pricing detailed
PSVR2 $749.99
Horizon Call of the Mountain bundle $819.99
Charging Station $64.99

Ouch....definitely not a day 1 purchase..First you get the games and then you get the sale Sony..Having said that if Alyx was a launch title I'd probably pre order it.
For gamers interested just wait a year or two for a deal. More games will be out, VR2 isnt even BC with VR1 for backlogging new games or playing existing VR games at boost mode like next gen consoles might do to older games. At least for next gen consoles at launch, it's a smooth transition so you can at least keep busy with the giant existing library of games.

And some gamers said they got VR1 at a good price later. I think someone in this thread (or the purple board) said they got VR1 at half price a few years later for $199.
 
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Trogdor1123

Member
Is there a longer form video where they show all the things you can do with it? Usually there is some kind of video showing how you can watch movies and stuff while creating a 3d location of your choice or there is integration with YouTube 3d or something
 
I will be there day 1 cause I love new toys but that line isn't great at all.
Horizon looks like their "killer app", but im not convinced even if I love the Horizon franchise.

I would love a zwift app on PS5 and VR.
 
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poppabk

Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
Is there a longer form video where they show all the things you can do with it? Usually there is some kind of video showing how you can watch movies and stuff while creating a 3d location of your choice or there is integration with YouTube 3d or something
I am guessing they are gonna trickle out info, drop the bomb of the price now and then build up to launch once the shock of the pricing has receded.
 
No need to be a jerk about it.

You're right, it may have launched at an unreasonable price also for the time, but it was cheaper than what was available on PC at the time, so $399 actually seemed like a bargain when it came out. This was when other VR headsets for PC were going for around $800 for something like the Vive.

Times have changed though, and we've seen VR headsets for as low as $300 brand new like when the quest 2 first came out.

Quest 2 is HEAVILY subsidized, Facebook/Meta have said as such themselves. By hundreds of dollars per unit, in fact.

Not to mention the PSVR1 dropped in price pretty quick. You could find it for about half the launch price after a year. I know I did, that's when I first got one.

Nah. If you were looking for second-hand units in random eBay or Craiglist listing, maybe. But retail chain stores were not chopping the units down 50% MSRP a year after its release.

Whatever this headset offers, I can tell you, most consumers are not gonna see a huge difference over it and what something like the quest 2, or original PSVR offered. If anything, it has felt like VR is fading from relevance, even among gaming enthusiasts.

Quest 2 literally sold 10 million units in a single year.

These companies are acting like it's in some position where they can ask top dollar price, when it's still in "convince people to buy" phase. They can't just improve the technology slightly, charge more than the console it's for, then people will just flock to it like PS5 itself.

What makes you think PSVR2 is just a "slight improvement" over the PSVR1 tech? I don't think you take almost seven years between hardware iterations for marginal spec improvements? We're talking about a platform holder here; if they use that time for significant hardware improvements between their own consoles, why would they not have that same mentality for a high-end peripheral in a growing segment of the gaming medium?

Logic does not compute.

They're going to get a rude awakening I think.

People said the same when they increased the price of PS5 yet look where we're at now. Some lessons seem never learned, apparently.

We're still in a phase where they need to be proving the technology was worth the price people paid for PSVR, not to mention what this price is. $549 for a lot for something that most people don't want unless you get it in their hands at a reasonable price.

It's a two-way street, and some people are NEVER going to want VR unless they can pick it up for the price of a typical controller. But at the point where things are, maybe those shouldn't be among your valued customers to appeal to? The time for VR for them will come in time down the line.

For the people this device is primarily aimed at, I'm fairly confident they will be wanting to pick a unit up at the price it's being advertised at. The one thing that could mess projections up is lack of BC, but if there is a breakout killer app or two among the initial launch lineup, that can more than make up for that drawback.

But some of you who are trying to make it sound like this thing is an immediate Virtual Boy level bomba, are just being ridiculous IMHO.
 

aclar00

Member
It's not expensive considering the technology inside, but I can't afford it.

Not trying to come off as an asshole, but what tech inside? Given my limited knowledge base, i would assume at least in terms of components it's fairly cheap to manufacter no? I posit that the controllers are the more expensive portion, then the screen and its components and then the exterior/interior camera? Everthing else is plastic right?

Is the screen thay expensive. Presumably it's difficult to produce a screen that size with the resolution it has, along with HDR. Part of me just cant quite shake that it's a small UHD monitor strapped to your head. No storage, no chipset, etc.... but maybe it has an internal powerbrick?

I guess im primarily looking at it from a manufacturing perspective, and not R&D, marketing, and distribution.
 

ResurrectedContrarian

Suffers with mild autism
Way too high, particularly given that the bulk of those new trailers are exactly like Quest2 games, or will almost certainly get ported to it later.

The Quest 2 is still an infinitely better purchase if you have even one mid-tier PC in your house. You can connect it to play an absolute ton of unique SteamVR experiences, the majority of which will run on your GPU even if it's a few years behind the latest generation. Plus homebrew, emulators of all kinds, it goes on and on.

They're trying to charge $550 for ... a smaller subset of what's on Quest, none of what's on Steam, apparently nothing of PSVR1, and just a few custom exclusive experiences. Insane.
 

bootaski

Member
Preorder now for sony store (select countries)

Preorder nov 15 at local stores (all countries)

I'm in the US.

"During this initial launch phase for our next-gen headset, players in the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg will initially be able to pre-order PlayStation VR2 solely through PlayStation’s online store at direct.playstation.com. Pre-orders will begin on November 15, and players may begin to register for pre-orders starting today. Orders from direct.playstation.com for PlayStation VR2 headsets and bundles will ship throughout the week of launch."

So maybe I can pre order on the morning of Nov. 15th without an invite?
 

midnightAI

Member
Way too high, particularly given that the bulk of those new trailers are exactly like Quest2 games, or will almost certainly get ported to it later.

The Quest 2 is still an infinitely better purchase if you have even one mid-tier PC in your house. You can connect it to play an absolute ton of unique SteamVR experiences, the majority of which will run on your GPU even if it's a few years behind the latest generation. Plus homebrew, emulators of all kinds, it goes on and on.

They're trying to charge $550 for ... a smaller subset of what's on Quest, none of what's on Steam, apparently nothing of PSVR1, and just a few custom exclusive experiences. Insane.
Yes, because we can judge what the PSVR 2 is capable of by looking at those Quest 2 games /s
 

Killer8

Member
Too expensive for me. Yeah, you could say it's a fair price for the technology inside it - like how many luxury cars are a fair price for the quality you get - but it's still too much for me to spend for a relatively niche product.

I would need to see a price cut, PC support and PS5 patches for some of my PSVR1 games before I even consider it.
 
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midnightAI

Member
Not trying to come off as an asshole, but what tech inside? Given my limited knowledge base, i would assume at least in terms of components it's fairly cheap to manufacter no? I posit that the controllers are the more expensive portion, then the screen and its components and then the exterior/interior camera? Everthing else is plastic right?

Is the screen thay expensive. Presumably it's difficult to produce a screen that size with the resolution it has, along with HDR. Part of me just cant quite shake that it's a small UHD monitor strapped to your head. No storage, no chipset, etc.... but maybe it has an internal powerbrick?

I guess im primarily looking at it from a manufacturing perspective, and not R&D, marketing, and distribution.
the screens are a major factor, as are the lenses, the eye tracking probably isnt cheap either.

The screens, as far as I am aware, are the first for any VR unit, 4K HDR OLED

Why would it have an internal power brick? but maybe the rest of your post is a sly dig at it not being wireless (forgive me if not as that's what most people who don't have any intention of getting PSVR 2 keep bringing up, like, get over it, it's not fricken wireless)
 

R6Rider

Gold Member
Shit prices.
Shit games.
Shit tech.

No thanks.
No Way Meme GIF
 

Clover904

Member
So maybe I can pre order on the morning of Nov. 15th without an invite?
I got an invite to pre-order. It gives me a unique link to an event to pre order on nov 15.

“This URL is unique to you and not meant to be shared with anyone else.
• If the URL is accessed on multiple devices, you may be locked out of the order system”

Seems like you’re going to need to be invited to preorder the psvr2
 
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midnightAI

Member
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Do you know of any other PS studios who hinted at PSVR2 projects?

Not really, but there was a rumour that Supermassive was working on a Killzone VR game but the higher ups didnt like the direction it was going in so pulled it in house at Guerilla
Also Sony has confirmed over 20 first and third party games for launch so there's a few not been announced yet.
Oh, and Insomniac are VR experts, so woudn't be surprised if they have something up their sleeve
 
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DeepEnigma

Gold Member
The lack of retro compatibility really put a dent into this one.
True to some, but developers have been announcing free PSVR2 versions for several titles already.

The list will probably keep on growing, as it's also a new avenue for those games to sell on PSVR2 adopters that did noy buy PSVR1.
 
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DenchDeckard

Moderated wildly
Wow, kinda funny games absolutely nailed their opinions on this...

Sony are going to ditch this like vita, psvr etc in no time.

Doesn't mean their won't be enjoyable games at some point but I'm deffo waiting to pick up on a deep discount.
 

ZehDon

Member
who said its ok and whats your point anyway? crying and moaning is gonna do fuck all either. if its such a problem for you, then stop "consuming" and save your money. problem solved. nobody forces anybody to buy any of this luxury shit. we are each adults who can decide if its worth our money or not. do you complain about other shit you cant afford aswell? Oh and there's this thing called price cuts. Wait for it like the rest of us if its too expensive for you.
What a joke of a post. You're on a discussion forum, and the price of the PSVR2 - as well as everything else - is going to be discussed, complained, and puzzled over. If you're not here for it, then why bother posting at all? Following your advice, if someone posts something that - clearly - upsets you, why not act like the adult you're pretending to be and ignore it and move on, right? Is it because you're on a discussion forum, and every post is made and available to be replied to for that purpose? You're two posts into our little discussion and your entire outlook can be summed up as: "Don't complain, just consume". Do you have something more to add, or is that the best of it?
 
All the complaining about this device and it's going to sell out.
Most likely will, but to say it's a good price and has good game is just downright lying to yourself. Why would you want to spend $550 to play Horizon in VR? VR is just not cheap enough yet and the tech is still weak imo. I really wanted to get a valve index and as much as I am a fanboy of Valve and Half-Life the $1000 is just too much to justify the purchase on PC. Give VR another 10 years and it will be in a much better spot and much more mainstream.
 

Putonahappyface

Gold Member
PSVR2 made NeoGAFians turn on one another. It is truly a cursed peripheral.
It's a great bit of kit and my girlfriend gave me the wink and the nod to buy a bundle and a cradle lol. Most of the games on offer at launch so far are absolute garbage imo. Hopefully they'll be some launch surprises fingers crossed. I barely touch my ps5 and I don't want a similar situation with the headset.
 

Tygeezy

Member
Most likely will, but to say it's a good price and has good game is just downright lying to yourself. Why would you want to spend $550 to play Horizon in VR? VR is just not cheap enough yet and the tech is still weak imo. I really wanted to get a valve index and as much as I am a fanboy of Valve and Half-Life the $1000 is just too much to justify the purchase on PC. Give VR another 10 years and it will be in a much better spot and much more mainstream.
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StreetsofBeige

Gold Member
If someone wants to buy it for $550 US or a whopping $750 CDN, go ahead it's your money.

Gamers the last few gens already should have learned by now that new hardware lately doesn't equate to giant improvements like 20 years ago. PSVR2 even lacks the current model of systems being BC so you can play existing games. You got to start new unless games get updated to be BC with the new control scheme.

Just wait for more games or reviews of the first batch of 10-20 games. But if you want to roll the dice being a day one gamer hoping it lives up to the hype, do what you want.
 
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Close but no cigar my friend. I fell into the hype when the first Oculus came out and it was the biggest waste of money and over-hype ever. Since then I decided to hold off for quite a while. If you find value in it great for you, but there is nothing of value for me at all right now.
 

Tygeezy

Member
Close but no cigar my friend. I fell into the hype when the first Oculus came out and it was the biggest waste of money and over-hype ever. Since then I decided to hold off for quite a while. If you find value in it great for you, but there is nothing of value for me at all right now.
If you truly had a dk1 you probably wouldn't write "shit tech and shit price." It's the cheapest consumer headset that includes eye tracking and the only one that does dynamic foveated rendering on top of having it's own Fresnel lens tech to remove the glare.

Games are very subjective but this is pretty similar to a standard console launch. You have the "killer exclusive app" with Horizon and you can count resident evil village too considering it's getting an official port and is flanked by some high quality indies and AA projects like Saints and Sinners 2.
 

SLB1904

Banned
Most likely will, but to say it's a good price and has good game is just downright lying to yourself. Why would you want to spend $550 to play Horizon in VR? VR is just not cheap enough yet and the tech is still weak imo. I really wanted to get a valve index and as much as I am a fanboy of Valve and Half-Life the $1000 is just too much to justify the purchase on PC. Give VR another 10 years and it will be in a much better spot and much more mainstream.
There is a meme here somewhere

Edit: ffs 😆

 
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If I had the cash I'd go for it, but I'd be more excited to save the psvr2 for my personal Christmas gift next year. 2023 has so many great games coming out and I'll be too occupied with them to care about a seemingly weak launch lineup of vr titles.
 
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