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Exclusive: PSVR 2 sales surge over 2,000% after Sony's huge price drop


The PSVR 2 headset is being sold at a $200 discount and suddenly it's selling to PS5 gamers

The price of the Sony PSVR 2 was always too high, and further proving that widely-held theory, we saw sales of the PS5 VR headset suddenly skyrocket yesterday. It had the potential to bring well-known PlayStation game IP to virtual reality when few other VR headset makers had established in-house franchises. With Sony due to announce a PS5 Pro console this fall (likely in September) and PSP 2 handheld in 2025, gamers I talked to hope that its launch-day pricing strategy is more like the PlayStation Portal than the PSVR 2.

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