PlayStation VR2 is getting a $100 value hike in Japan attributable to current international financial system adjustments and “difficult” exterior influences.
Sony Interactive Leisure is elevating the costs of the PS5 console, PlayStation VR2 headset, and numerous equipment in Japan on September 2, 2024. “We now have come to this determination based mostly on the affect of current adjustments within the international financial system and difficult exterior influences on our enterprise,” said SIE in a Japanese PlayStation Weblog submit.
Commonplace PS5 consoles will now retail from ¥66,980 ($463) to ¥79,980 ($553), whereas the PS5 Digital console value will improve from ¥59,980 ($415) to ¥72,980 ($504). As for the PlayStation VR2 headset, that is being elevated from ¥74,980 ($518) to ¥89,980 ($622), whereas the Horizon Name of the Mountain PSVR 2 headset bundle will rise to ¥94,980 ($656).
The Sense Controller Charging Station and PlayStation VR2 PC Adapter are each unaffected, and we might speculate the latter accent is because of its current launch. There’s additionally no signal of those value hikes coming to different areas, although it is value remembering Sony beforehand elevated PS5 console costs throughout North America, Asia, Australia, and Europe in 2022, citing excessive inflation charges.
As we speak’s information additionally follows PlayStation VR2 gross sales reportedly skyrocketing following a steep $200 low cost a month in the past, and The Shortcut said that retailer information revealed a 2350% improve in PSVR 2 headset gross sales. Reportedly, this represented extra models bought in someday than had been beforehand bought all yr at the moment.
PlayStation VR2 Gross sales Reportedly Skyrocket At $350 Worth
A retailer reportedly bought extra PlayStation VR2 models in someday on the sale value of $350 than all yr up to now on the common $550 value.
Quotes from Sony Interactive Leisure have been independently translated for UploadVR by Alicia Haddick, considered one of our freelance writers presently dwelling in Japan.
