Sony said that of the 130 VR titles now in development for PlayStation VR, more than 50 are expected to launch this year, including highly anticipated games like CCP Games’ Eve: Valkyrie and Ubisoft’s Eagle Flight.
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It was also announced that Electronic Arts Inc., DICE and Lucasfilm are working on an all-new Star Wars Battlefront gaming experience only for PS VR.
Sony Corp’s version of virtual reality (VR) is likely to cost a few hundred USA dollars less than competitors when its headset is released in October. VR at PlayStation has been quite the journey.,”With VR we can offer unprecedented immersion to gamers”.
Priced at $399 (£350), the headset will be released in the second half of 2016 – $200 cheaper than the Oculus Rift and have as expensive as HTC’s Vive.
“We firmly believe getting the price right is crucial to driving consumer adoption of any new technology”, he said. It also features an unwarped output to a TV, either for others to view what the headset wearer sees, or a separate display to compete against the headset user using a standard PS4 controller (DualShock 4). While Oculus Rift is for third party gaming console, PlayStation VR is for Sony’s own PlayStation gaming console.
That’s because Sony feels that many PlayStation 4 owners already have a PlayStation 4 Camera, which will still be available for purchase separately ($49-$59 USD).
Retailer GAME confirmed on Thursday that pre-orders are now open for Sony’s eagerly awaited PlayStation VR headset in the UK.
Sony has revealed that a PlayStation VR bundle that includes the PlayStation Camera and PlayStation Move controller is coming, alongside the standalone headset.
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The Sony PlayStation VR package comes with a bunch of cables, but not with the required PlayStation camera needed to play VR games.
