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US$499 PlayStation VR Official Launch date is October 13, 2016

16Jun

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US$499 PlayStation VR Official Launch date is October 13, 2016

Great news for all PlayStation fans! On Tuesday June 14th 2016, Sony finally announced the official release date for the PlayStation VR: October 13th, 2016. More interesting tidbits have also been released at the E3 Gaming Conference, where Sony let the cat out of the bag. The price is also right; US$499, £349 or AU$550 for the headset and motion controllers, plus a PlayStation 4 game console. Really close to the US$399 price and October 2016 date I'd predicted in How US$399 PlayStation VR coming in October started a VR Console War. Be glad you're not paying US $600, up to US $800 as well as shelling out an additional US $1,000-plus for an optimized gaming PC for the Oculus Rift or an HTC Vive; the pitfalls of computer gamin rigs become plainly obvious. Still, once you have a ...

How PlayStation 4 has Laid Waste to Microsoft Xbox One and Nintendo Wii U

As much as I love Nintendo, I have to admit facts; The PlayStation 4 is the most popular game console in the world since it launched in November 2013. According to stats published by Sony, makers of the Playstation 4, they're in pole position when compared to the other major game console makers, Microsoft and Xbox One in the past twenty five (25) months: 40 million PlayStation 4 consoles sold 21 million Xbox One consoles sold 13 million Wii U consoles sold To put that number in perspective: 4 million PlayStation 4 consoles between early January 2016 and May 22nd, 2016 1 million PlayStation 4 consoles sold every month This makes the Sony Playstation 4 the fastest selling gaming console of all time. They may even be in contention for the title of fas...

How Final Fantasy XV on PlayStation 4 means PlayStation VR in September 2016

Fans of Final Fantasy, I’ve got great news for you! Kingsglaive Final Fantasy XV has finally been given an official release date (Van Boom, 2016, March 30) of September 30th, 2016. Take a gander at this tweet from Developer of the popular RPG (Role Playing Game), Square Enix: https://twitter.com/SquareEnix/status/715377151646638081 Fans of the Sony Entertainment owned Square Enix who have been waiting for over a decade since Final Fantasy Versus XIII, the original name, was announced at E3 (Electronics Entertainment Expo) 2006 will be pleased as what's in store for them. In 2013, it was rebranded as Final Fantasy XV and moved to the current generation of consoles, the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Promised since 2013, Final Fantasy XV didn't materialize until now, with Final ...