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GribbleGrunger on 18 January 2016

A Swiss online retailer has listed Sony's VR headset, PlayStation VR, for 498 Swiss francs (that's around €455 / £347). According to the retailer's listing, shipment of the VR headset is scheduled to commence on June 30, 2016. Sony has yet to comment on the matter.

It's a stark contrast to another recent retailer listing, when Amazon Canada suggested a price at $1,125 Canadian Dollars (that's around $800 USD), although that price point was denied by Sony immediately.

When it comes to VR, pricing is a sensitive issue, as demonstrated when Oculus recently announced the retail price for their headset. We asked then if the high cost of the tech might well stall the VR revolution before it even started.



 

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Normchacho on 18 January 2016

Considering the Rift costs 499 pounds in the UK while it costs $599 in the U.S. if the 347 pound price it true that converts to about $420 in the U.S.

Probably still wrong, but much more realistic.



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Boskabo on 18 January 2016
GribbleGrunger said:

 June 30, 2016.


Placeholder date for H1 or Q2 2016. Price is  bound to be placeholder too.



Ruler on 18 January 2016

was it listed with the camera and move controller?



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barneystinson69 on 18 January 2016

I don't want to sound negative, but if its going to cost this much, its almost certainly dead in the water.



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Damagon on 18 January 2016

With this and considering Amazon tends to estimate double the actual price of a product without an official price tag , I'd say $400 is almost a given now.



GribbleGrunger on 18 January 2016

People are looking at this in the wrong way. This isn't going to be releasing in the hope people buy a PS4/Camera/MOVE, it's releasing to people who already have the PS4/Camera (MOVE is optional). It may shift a few PS4s at some point but that's not the aim and the reason Sony are positioning it as a product in its own right. You wouldn't see a Blu-ray advert ending with 'TV not included' and it's the same here.



 

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JRPGfan on 18 January 2016

So 399$ in the US?

Was hopeing it wouldnt be more than 349$ but oh well.. still cheaper than the Oculus Rift by a good margin.



Lafiel on 18 January 2016
zero129 said:
Better price then the Rift but still too expensive to hit the mainstream anytime soon. I cant really see them launching at that price. For me the perfect price would be €250-299

I think $/€400 is a realistic price

as the various sensors need to work quicker, the tech inside is not smartphone standard stuff and the screen is specifically designed aswell - there is no other 120Hz RGB OLED screen with that size and Sony said they even arranged pixels to have a slightly higher density in the middle of the fov to reduce pixel-visibility/increase perceived resolution

the whole mounting system doesn't exactly look "cheap" either





Zoombael on 18 January 2016
barneystinson69 said:

I don't want to sound negative, but if its going to cost this much, its almost certainly dead in the water.

 

considering that rift sales exceeding expectations at a price 599$/740€ - confirmed increase in production - and the strong resonance, ps vr is everything but dead in the water. only aspect that could hinder ps vr to have a good start is lack of games.



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