Sony betting big on next VR headset with increased production plan

An attendee wears a Sony Group Corp. PlayStation VR2 (PSVR2) headset to play the Biohazard Village video game in the Capcom Co. booth at the Tokyo Game Show 2022 in Chiba, Japan, on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. — Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg

Sony Group Corp. plans to make 2 million units of the PlayStation VR2 headset by March next year, people familiar with the matter said, setting an ambitious outlook that defies the global economic malaise.

Mass production of the virtual reality goggles began in September and hasn’t yet faced supply chain constraints, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing private information. The production figure could be adjusted depending on the device’s sales momentum once it’s released early next year.