Deal: There's Never Been a Better Time to Buy PSVR

Bundle doesn't seem to be active on U.S. Amazon.

Oh well. I never have the money saved up for these bundles anyway. That five game pack IS pretty spectacular, though.

Anyone on the fence would be making a mistake to not jump on board now. Fantastic piece of kit with Sony quality games. Just the VR Hardware and Astro for 2 bills is a good deal. Fyi Skyrim aint that pretty lol. But is still staggering to see.

Well thanks for that, I was genuinely regretting my purchase. Now I just need to find cheap Move controllers...

I’m only hesitant because I’m worried Sony will release a spanking new version with the PS5, and the range of games available would be better. Anyone know the likelihood of this? Still worth jumping on now, or wait for next gen?

Order the Mega Pack (Old or New) from Amazon France or Spain with a fee free card and save £20 if you really want a deal.

E: Included codes can be redeemed through UK store.

@ShadowofSparta I sold mine a while back with the intention of buying back in when psvr2 comes around. Loved the experience but at the time there weren't enough good games to get me using it regularly. There are plenty more now but I don't regret selling really - the time I had with it was enough to convince me of its potential, like a sort of beta test. Maybe that's helpful to you, maybe not ¯(ツ)/¯

I'd love to be able to play VR games but I get serious motion sickness and don't feel like going through adjusting. Gaming should be a pleasure, not a chore. I'll wait for PSVR2 to see if Sony really sticks with VR and maybe then I'll consider it.

Yep, I'm in too VR now (when it arrives) the online deals pulled me in and by using a cashback site to purchase it, seems like i got the mega pack for under £170.

Still not worth it.

@get2sammyb

You are clearly well informed and have had conversations with developers in the past. What are your honest thoughts about the psvr2? Do you believe technology has improved enough to make a wireless headset?? I'm curious to your thought on it.

@Paranoimia have you played psvr? $209 is crazy good value. The PSVR is a modern miracle - it's in your face VR for the price of a car service or day at the races.

Astrobot is staggering and anyone with a faint wiff of platform gaming history needs to give this gem a playthrough. Its been so undersold - the game combined with VR is like seeing Ridge Racer for the first time on a TV back in the 90s. Jaw dropping.

@themcnoisy Yes, I have. I've used a friend's (who incidentally has barely had the thing out of the box since the novelty wore off). I even enjoyed it. But I still don't consider it worth buying, as there's nothing on it I'd play extensively or regularly.

Cost isn't an issue. For me the sticking point is the amount of use it would get. If I were heavily into driving or flight sims, and there were several such games that supported it, I'd probably bite. Driveclub VR was fantastic, since the friend in question also has a wheel and pedals. But since there aren't (at least on console), it's not worth it. As for other genres... I'm afraid I simply don't want to play them tethered to my console with a contraption hanging off my face, and I'm certainly not going to hand over that amount of cash for a handful of reasonable games and what, for my tastes, is a raft of essentially Wii-style motion-control shovelware.

@Paranoimia Driveclub VR was awful. Prior to playing VR properly I felt the same way as you thinking simulation games from a sit down position would be best. I understand some criticism of VR, sickness being the number 1 as it is under reported. Which makes simulation games for many (including me) untenable.

The real draw and problem with VR is immersion. Playing round your mates having a hotlap whilst chatting is not the ideal use. Being in Astrobots 5 worlds, as that's what you are - there. You look around and the psvrs tracking is so good it tricks your brain, the dynamics with real 3d are so different than flat screen gaming.
so as long as you have the time and are on your own, VR is a revelation. In cave scenes it feels claustrophobic, in open blue skyed scenes you feel genuinely happy, the sense of scale is crazy!

I can't convince you, driveclub VR won't convince you. Astrobot will.

@themcnoisy On the contrary, I felt Driveclub VR was great. That's the kind of thing I'd get a VR unit for, be it on PlayStation or PC. It wasn't just a 'hot lap', it was a proper play session. Same with other games. I was there for several hours. playing the games he'd bought and every demo he'd downloaded. I wrote about it on my website at the time... if you look at my profile, there's a link to my site, where you can search PSVR and find it; I'd post a direct link here, but the last time I did that it was removed.

The thing is, I'm not saying there's anything at all wrong with the device. The tech is great. It works fantastically well. As I've already said, I enjoyed what I played - every minute of it. I agree with you - the feeling of immersion, of 'being there', is amazing. The problem for me is the limitation of what's available... it just isn't suitable for enough types of game.

Fact is, to this day, I could count every game I'd be interested in on one hand, so for me, it's just not worth it. Astrobot could be the greatest game ever created, but I'm still not going to buy a unit just to play one game. I'd be more inclined to buy one for the 'virtual experiences' such as the Chernobyl thing more than the actual games, if there were enough of them.

As I've commented elsewhere, I first used VR way back in the early 90s, and yes, it's thoroughly immersive. But it's still very niche as far as gaming is concerned. And it's likely to remain so, because it's in a bit of a catch-22 situation: on the one hand, many people won't be interested until there are a wealth of triple-A titles available, rather than the abundance of 'bite-size' shovelware which exists at the moment; on the other hand, triple-A titles tend to be lengthy, and most people don't seem to be at all interested in sitting for hours at a time with a contraption hanging off their face - they'd rather sit and relax, playing on a normal screen.

Perhaps I'll get on board with PSVR2 on PS5, as that sounds as if it's going to be better and have a wider range of uses. Maybe they'll sort out controller issues as well, with a revamped set of Move controllers offering multiple triggers and a full range of buttons.

@Paranoimia 'Astrobot could be the greatest game ever created'

Astrobot is the greatest game ever created. So much so, after getting the platinum I was on a gaming downer. I'd just finished the best I had ever played from start to finish including the trials and had no where left to go. Other games were rubbish, including other VR games in my collection. I hadn't played Astrobot I was there with him. It's fantastic.