--- description: Sony's virtual reality headset will cost $399 and come out in October title: Sony Announces PlayStation VR Price and Release Date image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0a5e96b73cc1434d/69888b27f887dc3b32e950e9/gettyimages-494459120.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Sony Announces PlayStation VR Release Date by [Matt Peckham](/author/matt-peckham/) ## Matt Peckham Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 14, 2016 2:25 AM CUT  A gamer plays a game with the virtual reality head-mounted display 'Playstation VR' during the 'Paris Games week' at Parc des Expositions Porte de Versailles on October 27, 2015 in Paris, France. A gamer plays a game with the virtual reality head-mounted display 'Playstation VR' during the 'Paris Games week' at Parc des Expositions Porte de Versailles on October 27, 2015 in Paris, France.Chesnot—Getty Images by [Matt Peckham](/author/matt-peckham/) ## Matt Peckham Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 14, 2016 2:25 AM CUT You can pick up Sony’s electro-blue-lit PlayStation VR headset on October 13, the company revealed during its E3 presser, after prefacing the date drop with a trailer for the next _Resident Evil_. At $399, the new PlayStation 4-exclusive headset clocks in $200 cheaper than the next most expensive mainstream virtual reality headset (the Oculus Rift, at $599). Sony Interactive Entertainment chairman Shawn Layden says you can expect 50 games in all for PlayStation VR between launch and year’s end, including a mix of existing and completely new experiences. In a demo reel, the company teased support for a slew of games, including _Resident Evil VII_ (simultaneously outed and dated for January 24, 2017), _Final Fantasy XV_, _Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare_ and a new Rocksteady-developed Batman VR game. There’ll even be a _Star Wars_ riff on the _Battlefront_ shooter-verse, dubbed “Star Wars Battlefront X-Wing VR Missions.” Think wraparound X-Wing dogfighting (as if the “Star Wars VR” weren’t enough). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4367707/playstation-vr-price/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4367707/playstation-vr-price/"},"headline":"Sony Announces PlayStation VR Release Date","datePublished":"2016-06-14T02:25:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:50:07.052Z","description":"Sony's E3 press conference doubled down on PlayStation VR content","url":"https://time.com/4367707/playstation-vr-price/","keywords":["Tech","Video Games","Sony","PlayStation 4","e3","playstation vr"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0a5e96b73cc1434d/69888b27f887dc3b32e950e9/gettyimages-494459120.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Matt Peckham","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/matt-peckham/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0a5e96b73cc1434d/69888b27f887dc3b32e950e9/gettyimages-494459120.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Paris Games Week 2015 At Porte de Versailles In Paris","caption":"Paris Games Week 2015 At Porte de Versailles In Paris","creditText":"Chesnot—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4367707/playstation-vr-price/","name":"Sony Announces PlayStation VR Release Date"}}]}] ```