Sony is reportedly pausing PSVR2 manufacturing to clear extra stock

After producing in extra of two million items of its newest digital actuality headset, Bloomberg is reporting that Sony is hitting pause on manufacturing to try to shift its unsold stock. The PlayStation VR2 launched final February for $549 as an adjunct for the PlayStation 5, however IDC knowledge means that shipments have declined every quarter since.

Bloomberg means that the issue is an absence of content material for the headset. The PSVR2 is suitable with a handful of AAA video games together with Horizon Name of the Mountain, Gran Turismo 7, and entries within the Resident Evil collection, in addition to a variety of smaller titles. However, at $549, the headset prices greater than the PS5 itself, so expectations are excessive. Bloomberg notes that Meta and Apple have confronted comparable content material challenges with their very own headsets.

In addition to pausing manufacturing on the headset, Sony’s current layoffs impacted groups which have labored on VR titles. It closed its London Studio and the developer behind Horizon Name of the Mountain, Firesprite studio, was additionally impacted. In whole, the layoffs are anticipated to have an effect on round 900 Sony staff, or 8 % of its general headcount.

In an try to extend the quantity of content material accessible for its headset, Sony lately introduced that it’s testing PC assist, providing “the power for PS VR2 gamers to entry further video games on PC.” It’s at present unclear how widespread the headset’s assist for PC titles is likely to be, however assist is deliberate for later this 12 months.