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Sony to Nearly Double the Total Number of PSVR Games by End of 2018

According to a report by Silicon Era, Sony expects to increase the number of PSVR games from 150 to 280 over the course of 2018. Citing Japanese financial publication Nikkei, the report holds the 80 percent increase in games planned for...

Sony Releases PSVR’s Top 10 Most Downloaded Games of 2017, ‘Job Simulator’ Tops the Chart

Sony has compiled a list of the top 10 PSVR games downloaded in 2017. Based on the number of downloads from PlayStation Store (and not total revenue), the list gives us a good idea of what's been popular with...

Sony Has Sold Over 2 Million PSVR Units Worldwide Since Launch

As a testament to the strength of high-quality VR with a relatively low entry price, Sony today announced they've sold more than 2 million units to consumers worldwide as of December 3rd, 2017. The success, Sony says in a press release...

Sony Cuts Price of PSVR & PS4 Console by $100 for Week-long Black Friday Sale

With major US retailers already greasing the wheels of their shopping carts in preparation for the yearly scramble we call Black Friday, Sony today announced on the US PlayStation blog that it's temporarily lowering the price of all PlayStation VR...

Sony’s London Studio Doubles Down With VR as Its Top Priority

Sony's London Studio is behind PlayStation VR Worlds (2016), a collection of VR vignettes for PSVR—including the lauded 'London Heist'—which was included in some of the headset's launch bundles. With the success of VR Worlds, Sony's London Studio is doubling down;...

Sony’s PSVR Video Quick Start Guide Makes Way for Arrival of New Model (CUH-ZVR2)

Now that Sony's hardware refresh of PlayStation VR is nearly here with Christmas around the bend, the company has published an updated version of it 3-part guide on how to set up PSVR including instructions for both models, CUH-ZVR1 and...

Where & When to Watch Sony’s Keynote @ Paris Games Week, Announcing New PSVR Titles

Paris Games Week (PGW) is just about to kick off, starting officially November 1st and lasting until November 5th. Sony is announcing a few new games ahead of time at their annual pre-PGW keynote though, which they say will include 7 titles spanning PS4...

PlayStation VR to Get 60+ More Games Through Early 2018, Nearly Doubling Game Catalog

It's been a whole year since the PlayStation VR launched, and Sony is nearly doubling down on its extensive catalog of games with +60 more titles confirmed to come to PSVR between now and early 2018. While the platform already claims to...

‘Dino Frontier’ Launch Date and Gameplay Trailer Revealed

Uber Entertainment’s ‘second generation’ made-for-VR game Dino Frontier launches on August 1st for PSVR. Detailed in a new post on the PlayStation Blog, the game will be available digitally for $29.99, with a 20% pre-order discount for PlayStation Plus...

Oculus Founder Expects No Next-gen VR Headsets From Market Incumbents Before Mid-2018

Oculus' founder Palmer Luckey, who left the company in March, recently opened up on record for the first time in an interview since September 2016. Among a range of topics discussed, Luckey spoke of the timeline of future VR headsets...

Sony’s Richard Marks Expects Natural Voice Input to Play Major Role in VR’s Future

In a recent interview with Glixel, Dr. Richard Marks, head of Sony’s Magic Lab R&D team, talked about PSVR’s development history, social VR, and a possible holodeck-style future. He thinks voice input has unrealised potential, and could become the...
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Launching Tomorrow, Sony Reveals How Farpoint’s PS VR Aim Controller Came to Life

Farpoint, one of the most anticipated titles for PlayStation VR, hits stores tomorrow along with the new VR device it was designed alongside, the PSVR Aim Controller. Sony has published details of the design decisions that drove development of one...

Sony to Show Procedural Animation System at GDC, Making NPCs More Believable in VR

Sony's Magic Lab are set to demonstrate a new procedural animation system which it says allows VR characters found in VR to "imbue a sense of shared space with the player" with realistic eye, head and body movements. GDC 2017...

Official: Sony Sold Nearly 1 Million PlayStation VR Headsets in 4.5 Months, Despite Limited Stock

Sony is the first of the big three tethered VR headset makers to drop official PSVR sales figures: 915,000 PlayStation VR headsets sold as of February 19. And it likely could have been more, save for the fact that the device...

What VR Headset Makers (not analysts) Have Actually Said About Sales Expectations

If you're at all involved in the VR space, you likely recently saw a flurry of downtrodden headlines describing "slow," and "modest," holiday VR headset sales, with some even calling VR "the biggest loser this holiday." The impetus of those headlines...
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