PSVR 2 is a VR system built for an immersive gaming experience | The DeanBeat

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 16, 2023
Updated June 18, 2025
9 min

Sony’s PlayStation VR 2 virtual reality headset debuts on February 22 as the biggest technological upgrade yet for Sony’s PlayStation 5 console, which debuted more than two years ago in November 2020.

It represents a big opportunity for Sony to differentiate the PS5 from Microsoft’s Xbox Series X/S and the Nintendo Switch. That’s important, as we’re in a downturn that has hurt gaming demand and a time when systems are becoming more broadly available. A couple of years ago, no one could get their hands on a system. Now they are plentiful, but the question is whether gamers will really still want a system.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.