I’m a PlayStation expert – here’s why you’ll face trouble getting the PSVR 2 headset any time soon

THE VIRTUAL reality market is exploding with hardware options produced by Silicon Valley’s finest.

The gaming titan PlayStation is playing it cool amid delay rumors surrounding the next generation of their VR headset.

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Supply chain analyst and tech specialist Ming-Chi Kuo said Sony plans to mass-produce 1.5million units of the PlayStation VR 2 (PS VR 2) headset during the second half of 2022.

Kuo thinks the device will actually hit the market in the first quarter of 2023.

“Sony may launch it in 1Q23, depending on the development schedule of PS VR2 game titles,” Kuo wrote in a thread.

According to Kuo, the hardware is ready, the VR games are not.

Sony wants the PS VR 2 to have 20 “big-ticket” VR games ready on the day of the device’s release.

The PS VR 2 has loads of stunning features including eye tracking technology, new handles and a 110 degree field of view – all these add up to a more immersive experience, but doubtlessly make it harder to program games.

Delays to Apple’s VR headset give Sony more time to solidify their programs.

PlayStation’s official Twitter account posted an impressive preview of a VR game, putting up a signal of what’s to come.

Elon Musk has stated repeatedly in interviews that he believes video game programmers are the best in the business.

“Part of the reason, maybe the reason, I got interested in tech was video games,” Musk told CNBC. “I think many of the best software engineers in the world are at, or spent much of their career at, video game houses.”

Hopefully, for PlayStation’s sake, video game programmers can get the PS VR 2 on course for a release in the near future.

Meanwhile, Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is spending billions on the metaverse and related devices.

Unfortunately for Zuck, Meta doesn’t own the gaming intellectual property that Sony does – when the PS VR 2 does come to market, it’ll make a big splash with gamers, fans and competitors like Meta.