Sony Announces PlayStation VR Price and also the Release Date

Sony's E3 press conference doubled down on PlayStation VR content

You can get Sony's electro-blue-lit PlayStation VR headset on October 13, the organization uncovered amid its E3 presser, subsequent to introducing the date drop with a trailer for the following Resident Evil. At $399, the new PlayStation 4-selective headset checks in $200 less expensive than the following most costly standard virtual reality headset (the Oculus Rift, at $599).

Sony Interactive Entertainment chairman Shawn Layden says you can expect 50 games in all for PlayStation VR between launch and year’s end, including a mix of existing and completely new experiences. In a demo reel, the company teased support for a slew of games, including Resident Evil VII (simultaneously outed and dated for January 24, 2017), Final Fantasy XV, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and a new Rocksteady-developed Batman VR game.

There’ll even be a Star Wars riff on the Battlefront shooter-verse, dubbed “Star Wars Battlefront X-Wing VR Missions.” Think wraparound X-Wing dogfighting (as if the “Star Wars VR” weren’t enough).