{"id":861,"date":"2025-02-28T06:26:12","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T06:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/?p=861"},"modified":"2025-02-28T06:28:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T06:28:08","slug":"sony-permanently-drops-playstation-vr2-price-amid-uncertain-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/archives\/861","title":{"rendered":"Sony Permanently Drops PlayStation VR2 Price Amid Uncertain Future"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/search?keyword=Sony&amp;post_type=product\">Sony<\/a>&nbsp;is permanently reducing the price of its PlayStation VR2 headset, bringing it down to $400, \u20ac450, and \u00a3400 starting in March. This marks a significant drop from its original launch price of $550, \u20ac600, and \u00a3530. The price cut also applies to the Horizon Call of the Mountain bundle, which will now cost the same as the standard package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"898\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0228-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0228-1.png 898w, https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0228-1-300x124.png 300w, https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0228-1-768x316.png 768w, https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0228-1-400x165.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 898px) 100vw, 898px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While recent sales have already seen the PS VR2 dip below $400, this new pricing strategy gives retailers more flexibility to offer even steeper discounts in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s hard to say what this means for the future of the PS VR2. Arguably, it was too expensive at launch, and at $400, it still costs more than the Meta Quest 3S, a standalone headset that doesn\u2019t require a PlayStation 5 or PC to power it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sony has made some improvements, such as adding low-latency hand tracking, but overall, its commitment to the PS VR2 platform seems lukewarm. Major first-party studios haven\u2019t released many VR-exclusive titles, and some that have\u2014like the developers behind Horizon Call of the Mountain\u2014have faced layoffs in recent months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While a price drop could boost sales, it\u2019s uncertain whether it signals a renewed commitment to VR gaming or a last attempt to move more units before support dwindles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sony&nbsp;is permanently reducing the price of its PlayStation VR2 headset, bringing it down to $400, \u20ac450, and \u00a3400 starting in March. This marks a significant drop from its original launch price of $550, \u20ac600, and \u00a3530. The price cut also applies to the Horizon Call of the Mountain bundle, which will now cost the same [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[78],"class_list":["post-861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-sony"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=861"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":864,"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861\/revisions\/864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}