PlayStation VR Restock Date Revealed; Amazon Holding Prime-Exclusive ‘Pre-sale’ in Europe

A number of UK-based retailers have today indicated when they expect to receive fresh stock of Sony's PlayStation VR headset, which has been in short supply since launching in October.

[OB1Biker]

February then.

[SavageKuma]

Might actually pick up one.

[DeadlyOreo]

Do it. You won't look back. Playing that Resident Evil demo on the PSVR was mindblowing. Nothing like it.

[zaherdab]

Agreed the game looks like a different league on psvr ... looks quite stale on TV by comparison. though walking still feels like a chore in VR ...

[fllysurfer]

Odd how it seems only certain markets have stock issues. In Portugal, it was a walk in and buy experience. It wasn't even a spur of the moment thing, repeatedly there were units available in several local stores.

[Aenea]

Here in the Netherlands you can still buy PSVR itself rather easily but the camera and the Move controllers is a whole different thing altogether...

[zaherdab]

yea the move controllers are 90 $ for the bundle on amazon canada and that's a sale price. ... these things were selling for 10 $ a few years back!

[1nsomniac]

That's because it's the usual & highly predictable marketing move that we've become accustomed to. The highest selling areas had extremely low pre-orders & lack of interest. Therefore sell stock to any country that will take them first but hold back selling to the usual priority markets. This creates the illusion that it's the latest "must have" item that you'll have to fight over to get. Building & creating hype then slowly filter it back in to the markets this way lengthening the time you are able to sell the item at full RRP (sometimes higher) without having to lower the price to get it into homes.

[TheKingslayer]

Yup. There are not many quality titles for PSVR. Did Sony reveal how many PSVR units would ship? We'd have to know that to get a framework of where they sold, and how hot the device was for consumers to pick up.

[1nsomniac]

Well Sony themselves went public claiming both that pre-orders were not what they had hoped & that there would be no stock shortages. Then miraculously back tracking claiming that pre-orders we're off the scale & shortages going all the way back to 2017.

In all fairness I think it's worked well for them. Whether it's right or wrong I'm not going to get involved in though.

[KakashiHotake]

I still want a PSVR but I'm just waiting for some more complete games to come out for it or better use of the peripheral. A lot of it's uses so far seem like mere demos. There is a couple that have some meat to it but it's not enough for me to go out and spend $500 bucks for it. For instance Final fantasy XV has that Chocobo VR mission which feels more like a mini game. When I'm thinking VR I want to put the helmet on and play "Final Fantasy XV" in VR and not some side quest crap. Until we reach the point where you can play complete games in VR then I don't think it's worth it. As of right now it just seems like something that will take up alot of space and be a dust collector.

[MadMax]

For Rush of Blood alone it is worth the admission price!

[jukins]

You mean like the upcoming resident evil. The

[thejigisup]

I've spent the past 5 weeks looking for one in NY. Can't wait to finally get my hands on one.

[Vasto]

Nobody will buy these anymore.

[akurtz]

were talking about the psvr, not your lemonade stand.

[Dragonscale]

Selling like hotcakes. For the price psvr is awesome.

[Hardiman]

I was an idiot. My local Wal-Mart had one awhile back and I didn't get it. Needless to say when I went back all that was in the case was Move controllers and a stand accessory or something.