Japanese Corporation Sony has waited a long pause, allowing the competition from Oculus VR and HTC to announce the prices and launch date for their virtual reality headsets. Now, when main rivals revealed their plans, the Japanese are also willing to share the marketing strategy. We are primarily interested in the price of the PlayStation VR headset, and the date of its receipt in sale. It seems that all this will be known on 15 March in a press conference that Sony has organized for selected members of the press.
We remind you that Oculus Rift headset goes on sale in March for $ 599, and the other Vive headset from HTC and Valve will cost $ 799 and will be available from 1 April of the current year. According to rumors, Sony will set the price tag on your gadget in the region of 300-400 dollars. But with the date of commencement of sales – it’s not that simple. Earlier officials of the company claimed that PS VR will go on sale before the end of the current financial year, i.e. until the end of March 2016. However, recently the head of trading networks GameStop Paul Raines mentioned that “they will sell a new gaming gadget Sony autumn”, which as it suggests.
Press conference within the exhibition GDC 2016 should dot the i and, finally, to quench our thirst for new information. Given that worldwide has sold over 30 million consoles PlayStation 4 virtual reality headset from Sony is sure to find its audience. Some market analysts portend her sales in the region of 1-4 million boxes in its first year of existence. It only remains to wait until mid March and see what is still conceived this clever Sony.