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Black Friday brought the best PSVR 2 sale we’ve seen yet, but Sony has kept it going. You can still get the PSVR 2 Horizon Call of the Mountain bundle for just $350, a 42% discount over the usual price.

Update (December 6th, 2024): Sony dropped its Black Friday PSVR 2 sale well ahead of the actual day… and now the deal has continued well beyond Cyber Monday.

The $350 deal on the PSVR 2 Horizon Call of the Mountain bundle is the best price we’ve seen for the headset yet, compared to a usual price of $600. The sale has led to a huge sales spike for the headset on Amazon US, pushing it up nearly 20-fold compared to the months prior.

Though these are great numbers for PSVR 2 historically, Quest has been pushing around 10x more sales volume on Amazon US during the Black Friday and Cyber Monday period.

The amount of the discount (42% off), the length of the sale, and the fact that the non-bundle of the headset is seemingly not available on Amazon US at the moment, suggests there might be an ulterior strategy at play. One the one hand it’s possible Sony is dumping stock. This is probably not because its discontinuing the headset, but there could be a new model (with minor changes, as they have done before) or new bundle on the way, or they’re preparing for a permanent price cut. On the other hand, perhaps they’re just happy with the performance of the sale and want to keep it going.

The original article, covering the start of the sale and details on the headset itself, continues below.

Original Article (November 22nd, 2024): The PSVR 2 Horizon Call of the Mountain bundle is currently on sale for $350. This is almost certainly the best the headset will see this year.

The bundle includes the PSVR 2 headset, controllers, and a digital copy of Horizon Call of the Mountain, a flagship title for the platform which we scored an 8.5 out of 10 in our review. The headset, originally released in early 2023, features OLED displays, impressive haptics, a resolution of 2,000 × 2,040 per-eye, and inside-out tracking.

While the PSVR 2 headset itself has dipped to $350 previously, this is the first time we’ve seen the Horizon Call of the Mountain bundle drop to this price. Curiously, the PSVR 2 headset itself is also on sale for $350. That’s the same price, but without the bundled game… so definitely got for the bundle if you’re planning to jump on this deal.

This discount follows the release of Sony’s PC VR adapter, which became available in August for $60. The adapter allows the PSVR 2 to be used with SteamVR on compatible gaming PCs, although certain features like HDR, headset haptics, and adaptive triggers are not supported when used with PC.

The $350 deal is currently listed as a limited-time offer. If you can’t find stock on Amazon, we’re also seeing the deal at Target, Walmart, Best Buy, and direct from PlayStation.