The PS VR2 is a virtual reality set for the PS5 that Sony is launching in 2023, and from the moment its sale price was confirmed, analysts were already clear that the Japanese company I had to reduce it to avoid a huge disaster. It’s no secret that Sony doesn’t like to reduce the price of its products, we just have to look at what it did with the PS5, but this time the move did not go well at all.

A report shared by Bloomberg reports that Sony had to to suspend production of the PS VR2 as it was unsuccessful in terms of sales. This virtual reality set has been seeing such low sales that inventory is piling up, and the Japanese company has no choice but to stop producing it until the market can digest the stock that is currently piling up in stores.

At this point, we have no news that Sony is considering any further steps to produce its virtual reality suite more attractive to users, How to lower the selling price. However, it is clear that if the situation does not improve, you will have no choice but to adjust the numbers and make the PS VR2 cheaper by at least 100 euros.

Why did the PS VR2 virtual reality set fail?

It’s generally a set of things and we can group them around three main keys. The first key is the selling price, and that’s running the peripheral at price higher than the console itself It’s not smart at all, that’s for sure. At the time, the PS5 cost €499.99 before the price increase, and the PS VR2 hit the market at €599.99.

We have the second key in you limited catalog of gameswhich does not justify such a large investment at all, and the third key is also related to games, namely s large development costs which have titles focused on virtual reality, which can significantly exceed the cost of developing conventional games, which makes companies not dare to take on important triple A projects.

Ultimately, it’s a vicious cycle because developers don’t dare to take on the risks and costs of developing a VR game, and This means that the catalog of PS VR2 kits is not growing. Investing almost 600 euros in a virtual reality set that we can only use with a few games makes no sense. Sony seems to be aware of this and has recently confirmed that the said kit will have PC compatibility.