Sony is said to have significantly scaled back production of the PlayStation VR2, which will be available from February 22, 2023, due to low demand and disappointing pre-order numbers. The company is currently only planning around half of the previously targeted virtual reality headsets for the PlayStation 5.
Sony is said to have stopped producing the PSVR2 have halved
The PlayStation VR2, a virtual reality headset for the PlayStation 5 (test) with two high-resolution OLED panels at 120 Hz and a total of 4,000 × 2,040 pixels, is about to be released under a bad star, as Bloomberg would like to know now.
As the news channel group reports, Sony is said to have halved production and the associated forecast for sales of the PlayStation VR2 from two million headsets to one million. Bloomberg cites sluggish demand and overall disappointing pre-order numbers as the reason behind the PSVR2 production halving, which has been confirmed by those familiar with the process.
Originally, Sony aimed to ship 2 million VR headsets in the launch quarter and leverage the second-gen PlayStation VR to further drive user growth and adoption of virtual reality in gaming.
Sony anticipates rather low demand
As Bloomberg further reports, Sony anticipates only low demand and is therefore initially planning only 1.5 headsets in addition to the one million headsets in the first quarter Millions of additional PSVR2 between April 2023 and March 2024.
Pre-orders from 599.99 euros
The PlayStation VR2 will be available in stores on February 22, 2023 at a recommended retail price of 599.99 euros and can still be pre-ordered directly from Sony. In addition to the PS VR2 headset, buyers also get the PS VR2 Sense controller and stereo headphones for the price.
Sony also offers a bundle with Horizon Call of the Mountain for 649.99 euros, which in addition to the above devices includes a voucher code for the PlayStation Store for the game.