A game console and gadget retailer in Singapore has put up a listing for Sony fans to put up pre-orders for Playstation VR. With this now going on in Singapore, Sony still remains silent until today about the launch date of their virtual reality game console.
Multiplayer, a game shop, is now accepting pre-orders for the PlayStation VR with a $499.90 price tag attached. Attack of the Fan Boy also adds that the Singapore store is offering free shipping to pre-buyers.
The published price is not one hundred percent confirmed however. It may go lower, or it may go higher as Playstation has also remained fairly silent about this matter as well.
They add to the disclaimer: “LOWEST PRICE GUARANTEE! HOW DOES IT WORK: Please note! Price and sale date are not confirmed then: If it will cost more, the price of your booking will not change if it will cost less, we’ll refund the difference!”
The bold move is unconfirmed to be a legitimate one, or whether it is a marketing move to get gamers to notice specific brands as early as now in preparation for the release of the much awaited virtual reality package by Sony. It is however confirmed that moves like this one is not coordinated with Sony.
However, one area that Sony has been noisy about is the confirmation of more and more games that Playstation VR will run. The most recent, according to Gamerant, is the announcement of Gran Truism 7 for Playstation, which Sony PlayStation president Shuhei Yoshida had something personal to reveal: ” We have been conducting ‘many trial tests’ of different genres that work with PlayStation VR and driving is one of the genres that works ‘fine’.”
In another game announcement in Playstation’s official US blog, Mike Bithell connotes that the console launch will not be happening until next year. He says: “When the PlayStation VR platform launches next year (Nope, they won’t tell me when either)…”
Other gamers blogs have also indicated that Sony is bringing Playstation VR to various events, the most recent being the 2015 Armageddon Expo in Auckland, where attendees were each given five minutes to try out the product.