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PlayStation VR Release Date Confirmed for October 13

Sony's VR headset finally gets a release date.

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Sony announced that the PlayStation VR will release on October 13, 2016. Retailing for $399, the VR system will feature 50 launch titles. The announcement was made at Sony’s E3 press conference.

In addition to the launch date announcement, Sony showcased a plethora of new VR games on the stage. The titles include:

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Now Playing: Farpoint VR Trailer at E3 2016

  • Farpoint, which looks to be a futuristic first-person shooter set in a sand dune.

  • Star Wars Battlefront X-Wing VR Mission, which allows gamers to pilot X-wings in the Star Wars universe.

  • Resident Evil BioHazard, which is Capcom’s latest survival horror entry, albeit in first-person VR this time around.

  • Batman Arkham VR, which showcased a teaser of the Joker vocally taunting Batman. Sony revealed that the game will launch on October 2016.

  • Final Fantasy XV VR Experience, which showcases some first-person shooting elements in the FF15 world.

We’re at Sony’s E3 press conference and will be at the E3 2016 showfloor all week, so expect more PlayStation VR coverage in the coming days.

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My only experience of VR is phones and Gear VR and Cardboard. All I am really going to say is 1080p isn't high enough resolution and the screen door effect is fucking horrible.

When VR hits 4K and above or they start making 1080p screens with the pixels closer together I'll jump on board. Till then it is too much money for too low quality. Plus the games look shit so far which never helps.

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Really interested. Be curious to know how VR will be on a console, compared to the pc. Hope we get the Hatsune Miku VR game they announced.

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VR is Amazing at first and your in awe. Then after a little bit you realize that games are so shallow and boring. Your VR headset will then collect dust. The infinite loop never ends with VR.

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That's a fair price point my son's Bday present is sorted then .. and I get to play with it while hes in bed !! Win Win !!

I also believe my OR will work with the new Xbox "Scorpio" and I plan to get that so its all good !!

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Cheapest gaming VR to date yet it's still bloody expensive. Welp, looks like we still need to wait for another year before an eventual price drop...

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399 is expensive... and you still have to add the cost of a playstation neo I guess. So jumping into this VR hype will cost around 800 USD... maaaan that is way to expensive.

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@gralvader: Why do you need to add the cost of whatever Neo will be?

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The most important question. Will it be able to play XXX VR movies?

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@pacmariofighter: You can search for them through the browser but most of the websites cap the resolution at 720p which means they look like shit in VR.

Source: This was the first thing I did when I got my hands on Google Cardboard. Not even kidding, the FIRST thing. Not a great experience. Not even a peep downstairs it was so grainy.

I suppose if you downloaded yourself a proper Blu-ray quality vid it would be much better but you'll have to play it from a memory stick for it to work.

And that is like pandoras box with Sony there is a chance PSVR won't even be able to run videos outside of a dedicated app or something equally stupid. Sony fucking suck at software compatibility and usability so don't hold your breath.

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@pacmariofighter: Not on the PS4. Publishers have a longstanding tradition to not allow AO rated games.

You might have more luck with the Vive/Rift though.

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@Barighm: @dexda Modders will probably give PSVR some unofficial PC support pretty soon after launch.

At $400, it could be a more appealing option than Rift or Vive for those who are only interested in VR porn

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@Spartan_418: Yeah with a nice healthy dose of bricked console for your efforts. No thanks.

VR will be dead in a few years anyway. PSVR will only accelerate that. You know of all of the gamers at my work (aka the average casual dudes) none of them give two shits about VR and they have already said they won't be buying it.

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@dexda: Bricked console... from using a peripheral on your PC instead? You have no evidence of that.

The thing about VR is that actually putting a headset on and trying it makes a huge difference; it makes converts on contact that way. Stores will have VR demos, and as headsets make their way into more homes, it should have a sort of word-of-mouth effect where people demo it through their friends. PSVR and Scorpio making VR affordable and accessible will help with this, the massive expensive gaming PC won't be a barrier the way it is now.

Those "average casual dudes" might change their minds after trying a VR game for the first time. Personally I don't care much about the opinions of the "gamers" who only intend to ever play CoD or FIFA, it's not like they dictate everything.

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@Spartan_418: I thought you meant modding the PS4 to run unofficial games. My bad.

The only thing that would end up with is a bricked PS4.

Yeah I suppose PSVR might get a mod on PC. Kind of depends what sort of firmware they've added to it. Knowing Sony it will be some garbage jumble of coding nonsense that no one can decipher.

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Wait a sec...can the PS4 even handle VR? There has been a quantum leap in tech recently all because of VR. Even MS is jumping on the bandwagon so soon into the console life-cycle. Do they really expect us to buy a NEO AND a VR helmet or can the PS4 candle it?

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@Barighm: It may be able to run on the original PS4, though it may not run so smooth unless you bought the PS4K.

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@Barighm: Don't expect the same specs as the rift/vive... but yes.

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Well that was disappointing.

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--playstation is gonna blow xbox off the map this holiday
--and going into next year(as if they havent for 3 years anyway)
--because
--i have both a ps4 and a xb1
--and i can assure you
--if you are a real gamer
--you have to acknowledge
--PSVR is a MUCH MORE interesting
--than a xb1slim

--how in the hell
--did xbox miss out on VR?

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@TheZeroPercent: derp. Read much

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@sleepnsurf:
--PSVR is dated and slated for a holiday release(october)
--PS has been planning it for A WHILE(so it is 'ready')
--all xb1 is getting anytime soon is nothing
--and all they are getting in the future is a failed game of catch-up(a game they must be tired of playing)

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@TheZeroPercent: PSVR is a joke....

And technically xbox didn't miss out on VR with scorpio being able to use either vive or rift...

You want a VR experience, go PC

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@Daveof89:
--psvr will be a hot seller
--depending on the games and reviews and such of these games
--it will be a big seller
--i do think it should cost about 250$ though
--400$ is a lil ballsy

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@TheZeroPercent: rumor has it microsoft teaming up with oculus rift which is hands down better then ps vr

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@rahl247: Also it takes a $1000 pc to run Oculus, so there's that

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@drizzygadget: It will run fine with Scorpio. Oculus requires a GTX 970, Scorpio is in the 980ti/Titan X territory.

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@motopram:
--lol
--scorpio was 'revealed' just yesterday
--it is like 18 months away
--and BOUND to be delayed at least 2-5 times
--all scorpio is
--is a smokescreen to make the xbox brand not look like the failure it is

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@TheZeroPercent: They didnt they are doing a deal with oculus

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@wretch1d:
--it isnt dated
--and it isnt coming out this holiday season
--also
--PlayStation made their own VR
--PSVR has been in development for a long time(it is 'ready to go')
--and it is slated for october and priced

--my point is
--xb1 hasnt sold hardly half what PS4 has
--and this holiday(and during the intro of a new VR tommorow)
--PS drops a full well prepared VR system
--and xb drops a slim

--i mean seriously
--think deep inside
--which one would you rather have?

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@wretch1d the oculus comes with an xbox controller

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@Stedmister: Its been mentioned plenty of times that the Scorpio will be VR compatible and that MS and Oculus are partnering up, this would be MS's answer to the PS VR

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@wretch1d:
--scorpio is like 1.5-2 years away
--and probably wont be half what they 'promised'
--and if OR is coming to xb1
--when?(it woulda been announced(dated) at E3 if it was coming ANYTIME soon)

--PSVR is a fully developed
--prepared dated and priced reality coming in october
--or you can get a xb1 slim

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@TheZeroPercent: Yes it is that far away i doubt they have some super secret VR they are going to pull out, at this point they have not done anything on VR as far as anyone knows and it doesnt make sense to start developing now, they will use whats already tried and tested and on the market, it will be a year away and while Sony's will arrive first it wont be taken full advantage of until the Neo comes out around the same time anyway. Not to defend MS they had a poor E3 in my opinion, but i do think that will be their answer to Sony VR

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@wretch1d:
--dude
--PSVR comes out in october
--it will have games for a proper launch(it already has MANY games announced)
--it will either be good or not(or somewhere inbetween)
--but it works on ps4
--and it will be here in 4 months

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