PlayStation VR Will Retail at $399, Launch October 2016

<p>Sony took the stage at GDC 2016 for their PlayStation VR Press Event and finally announced the information people have been waiting for&colon; price and release date&period; While the release window was only announced as October 2016 &lpar;no concrete date&comma; but a pretty tight release window&rpar;&comma; the price will be &dollar;399 USD when it launches&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"wZ57Cl3Nq6o" title&equals;"Announcing the price and release date for PlayStation VR"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;wZ57Cl3Nq6o"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;wZ57Cl3Nq6o&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"Announcing the price and release date for PlayStation VR"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For frame of reference&comma; the HTC Vive is &dollar;799 USD and the Oculus Rift is &dollar;599 USD&period; This places PlayStation VR at a very competitive place&comma; with a system that can already run the platform &lpar;PlayStation 4&rpar;&comma; that is also relatively less expensive than the hardware required to run the Rift or Vive&period; This pricing is relatively what Sony had already said it would be&comma; when they announced it <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;cinemablend&period;com&sol;games&sol;PlayStation-VR-Cost-Much-Console-86507&period;html">would be priced like a console<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We will have more information regarding the PlayStation VR and its launch as more info is released&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;live&period;theverge&period;com&sol;sony-playstation-vr-gdc-2016&sol;">The Verge Live Blog<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;