by Derek Kraneveldt Tuesday 15th March 2016

Playstation VR Will Launch In October For $399

Briefly: Sony’s Playstation VR is just seven months away.

Playstation president Andrew House took to the official Playstation blog to reveal the peripheral’s new release window, price, as well as the final contents of the Playstation VR retail package.

That doesn't look confusing at all. — That doesn’t look confusing at all.

Playstation VR will launch in October for a cool $399 US (or… $549 Canadian), which puts the cost of the unit and a Playstation 4 well below the price of the Oculus Rift or HTC Vive headsets (when you factor in a compatible computer, of course).

The company also notes that “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.”

Based on the fact that I already own a Playstation 4, and do not have a compatible PC, I think that the Playstation VR headset is going to win by default for me. Which headset (if any) do you plan to pick up? Be sure to let us know in the comments below!