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[spectre51]

With the annual Game Developers Conference in full swing, I’m pleased to give you an exciting update on PlayStation VR. Today, we are announcing that PlayStation VR will release in October of this year for a recommended retail price of £349.99/€399.99/AUD$549.95/NZD$629.95.

That is a bit later than the timeframe we previously stated, and I want to thank everyone for their patience and continued support. PlayStation VR represents a transformative experience in gaming, and we wanted to take the time needed to launch with a broad variety of content and a sufficient supply of hardware. We are beyond excited to deliver to consumers the amazing experience that PS VR offers.
I’m also pleased to reveal the final consumer version of PS VR, including all of the contents that will come in the package.

Today, more than 230 developers are building content for PlayStation VR, from smaller independent teams to larger studios at the industry’s top publishers. We expect to have more than 50 games available from launch in October 2016 until the end of the year. Of course, the full promise of PlayStation VR will continue to grow over time as talented developers create new experiences and new genres that wouldn’t be possible outside of VR. The future looks bright indeed.

Additionally, The Playroom VR, from our very own Japan Studio, will be available as a free download from PlayStation Store for all PS VR owners at launch. The Playroom VR will include six games that can be enjoyed with friends and family, demonstrating why we believe virtual reality can also be an impactful experience when it’s shared.

All those who purchase a PlayStation VR system will receive a PlayStation VR Demo Disc that will feature a number of playable experiences from some of the best games from the launch line-up.

The standalone PlayStation VR headset will be launching in UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Australia, New Zealand, Poland, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Russia and Czech Republic, in October 2016.
PlayStation VR will be available to pre-order soon. For all the details on PS VR and information on how to pre-order head over to playstation.com/psvr. Please note, the PS4 system, Dualshock 4 wireless controller and PlayStation Camera are sold separately.

With PlayStation VR, the future of gaming is almost here. We’re excited to share more with you as we head into launch later this year.

Source: PlayStation Blog

[Axe99]

Cheers for the latest Spec, very exciting .  Not sure if I'll be there at launch (depends a lot on the line-up, I'm not up for much fast paced stuff these days, so while the ambient stuff looks good, there'd need to be $550 worth of it to check out, and I'd need a lazy $550 at the time), but it deffo looks very cool .

[GasClown]

Definitely won't be getting it - and whatever VR headset I do go with in the future, it'll probably be the v3+ version of it.

[Axe99]

GasClown, on 16 March 2016 - 09:05 PM, said:

Definitely won't be getting it - and whatever VR headset I do go with in the future, it'll probably be the v3+ version of it.

That's smart thinking Clowny - I reckon the first iteration will probably still be pretty impressive, but not unlike smart phones and flat-screen TVs, it'll take a few 'generations' of iteration to get 'em 'right'.

[AroGantz]

I'm all over it with the order for both of our sets going in yesterday, we have the Gear VR and I'm impressed with it. Axe, VR headsets are made for you with games flight sims, Eagle Flight could be relaxing in a Flower sort of way but I will need to see more about it before getting it.



And I'm not sure of the target audience for Tea Party Simulator considering VR is not recommended for under 13's



Just the heads up that JB are only getting 1100 sets nationally at launch and as of 1800 last night 349 preorders had been taken so if anyone wants one it would be best to get the order in, I'm not sure about EB's quota but I imagine it would be similar. I do know there have been three sets ordered at our local JB and they are all coming to our house

(You may have noticed I have given up on trying to embed vids here, I'll leave that for you Axe )

EDIT: The confirmed game list is here

[Axe99]

Cheers Arogantz, appreciate it .  It does have the benefit of being launched not long after tax time, so there's a fair chance I'll have a little extra money floating around, and I don't have the zip to get out these days, so the idea of being able to relaxingly enjoy virtual worlds does have its appeal (that mech shooter has appeal to, but is waaaay too fast for me, although looks very cool ).  Not sure about the Tea Simulator, lol.

Will embed those vids as well .  Will be very interested in your thoughts once it hits .

[AroGantz]

I just got back from JB and there are over 800 orders now.
EDIT: JB and EB are sold out but Raz found some here.