pushsquare writes: "PSVR2 won't support backwards compatibility with original PSVR games, but the developers who are upgrading their games for the new headset are offering free upgrades. Announced alongside the device's release date and price, Pistol Whip VR and Zenith: The Last City are all giving owners free upgrades if you already own the game."
VGC writes: "Both the standard and digital models are going up by around $90."
Even accounting for the weak yen, that seems a bit excessive. It’s even stranger considering the rumors of a PS5 Pro possibly launching by the end of the year, which means that in Japan, it could cost significantly more than $600, probably close to $700 - a high price for a console.
The price increase is excessive. If the value of the yen is to blame, then I would expect the console price to be adjusted to match the price of the $500 disc PS5 at which would be ¥71916.58. Instead Sony added an additional $50 USD raising the total to ¥79,000.
I'm not sure if they have to pay extra fees to import the console but the PS5 has had so many revisions that Sony should be able to keep the price inline with the US price at this point. I believe part of this increase is because they can increase the price without worrying about any fallout.
Global inflation combined with Sony having such a large share of the console market they can do whatever they like and you will damn well accept it.
Xbox has a smaller share of the market(miniscule in japan) and still raised the price(twice this year) of the series X in japan...so everyone is doing whatever they like.
Yet inflation fell in the last year in the United States. Though I’m not sure about Japan.
Sony just leaving it up to Nintendo at this point. PS5 obviously not gonna be a mainstream product over there. Xbox is not relevant.
Folks in the U.S. don’t understand that the U.S. had one of the lowest rates of inflation. It’s worse in almost every other country and the U.S. dollar is a lot stronger which makes imports even cheaper. I would love to see deflation but we’d need a recession and mass layoffs before that would happen,
Nooooo you do not want to see deflation that spells complete disaster for an economy. What you want is wages and growth to be consistently higher than inflation.
The VR Games Showcase has come and gone.
So much stuff has been announced and revealed. We get our first look at games like Grim, Hitman 3 VR, Vendetta Forever and much more.
Here is everything that was announced.
Upcoming VR adventure for Meta Quest, PSVR 2 and PCVR, Skydance's Behemoth, has a confirmed November launch date.
This looks amazing. Shadow of the Colossus crossed with Blade and Sorcery combat. I can't wait.
This is big news, because people were upset about the lack of traditional backwards compatibility.
I was hoping for this. The top X biggest/ best/ most popular games should get free upgrades, even if that means Sony funding it themselves - especially given the price point - and they need to announce that soon.
I'm already in - and seeing Switchback just made me even more pumped for it - but it won't be enough for many.
Hoping Vader Immortal is one of those games.
Well that's a good thing. But it depends on the list of games for this to really matter. What games are being updated is the question. Sairento? Super Hot? Astrobot? Farpoint? Iron Man before the Facebook purchase of Camouflaj? Skyrim before the Microsoft purchase? Ace Combat 7 full VR? Wipeout? Blood and Truth? It's got to be the tippy top of the top games.
The tech looks awesome. The price of the headset is only $50 more than what I paid for PSVR 1 with Move Controllers.($499)
But there needs to be hard hitting PS VR 2 games to compliment the free upgrades. Spider-Man would have sold the headset. A Devil May Cry or Golden Eye type game. So far, my wallet isn't even twitching.
That’s some good news glad to hear it.
I’m getting it, this is simple though. You want it? Buy it. You don’t want it? Don’t buy it