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The PS VR2 will soon be available at retailers, Sony says. The company announced the news on its official PlayStation Twitter account on April 27. Since its launch, the PS5-compatible headset has been excluded from retailers and was only available through the PlayStation Direct website. But that will change in the near future.
With the headset being available through more retailers than just Sony’s own website, it could help boost sales. As of right now the only place you can officially buy one at its regular price is PlayStation Direct. The headset can be found through third-party sellers at Walmart and Amazon, among others, but for hundreds more.
Opening up official sales through partners means consumers are likely to see them available physically in local stores. Alleviating the wait for shipping times. And that’s bound to help Sony grab more sales to push well beyond the current estimate of 270k to 300k that it reached within the headset’s first month back at the end of March.
Sony hasn’t said which retailers would sell the PS VR2
As of right now Sony has done no more than confirm its second-gen VR headset would be available from retail partners. It hasn’t said where consumers would be able to buy it outside of PlayStation Direct. Nor did the company mention when retailers would actually pick it up.
The company does say “soon” though, so it likely won’t be too far in the future. Engadget notes that UK retailer ShopTo is hinting at availability on May 12. So there is a chance it could show up other retailers globally on or around the same day. Though at this time it’s still unclear if that will be the case.
In addition to PS VR2 headsets making their way to other retailers, the PS5 has also reached nearly 40 million units sold worldwide.