PlayStation VR launches this October for $399
VR? Kinda cool. $399? Oh, okay, I’ll pass for a bit.
PlayStation VR, Sony’s virtual reality headset for the PlayStation 4, will launch worldwide this October for $399, the company announced at a special event at this week’s Game Developers Conference.
The platform formerly known as Project Morpheus will sell for less than some other VR headsets launching this year, namely the $599 Oculus Rift and the $799 HTC Vive.
In Europe and the U.K., PlayStation VR will cost €399 and £349, respectively. In Japan, the PS4 headset will cost 44,980 yen.
Andrew House, president and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, showed the final retail version of the PlayStation VR headset, and confirmed the platform’s hardware specifications. PlayStation VR will ship with a 5.7-inch OLED screen that supports refresh rates of 120 Hz and 90 Hz. The VR headset will support a field of view of approximately 100 degrees, feature 360-degree tracking and offer latency of less than 18 ms.
House said that more than 230 developers are currently making content for PlayStation VR. He expects 50 titles to be available for PlayStation VR between the platform’s launch in October and the end of 2016. House also confirmed the existence of a version of EA’s Star Wars Battlefront for PlayStation VR.
For more on PlayStation VR, read Polygon’s feature on the making of Sony’s venture in virtual reality for its current home console.