A VR Company has reportedly leaked the release date of Sony's new virtual reality headset, PlayStation VR, which fans were quick to capture before the information was pulled.
Daily Star, in its report, said before the information was taken out, it may have been too late since fans were quick to capture the date. A screenshot published by Daily Star revealed that Vrse listed Sony's PlayStation VR with a release date in April 2016.
According to Daily Star, there could be some truth in the April 2016 release date listed by Vrse because after all, the company "isn't some two-bit company." The same company had also produced VR experiences, including one for U2, "Saturday Night Live," and the United Nations.
Adding credence to the leaked release date is the fact that Sony had already previously stated that PlayStation VR may be released in the first half of 2016.
Play-mag.com, the first one to spot the release date published on the website of the VR company, Vrse. However, thinks that April 2016 is not likely to be the actual release date of PlayStation VR and was merely a mistake of some sort. Or if Sony did intend to have an April 2016 release date, it must have changed already.
Because according to Play-mag.com, the supposed April 2016 release date would clash with the delayed release of "Uncharted 4: A Thief's End," which is also in April.
"It would seem unlikely that Sony would want to have PlayStation VR compete with its biggest release for the attention and cash of its customers," Play-mag.com wrote.
Meanwhile, Sony Computer Entertainment Senior Designer Jed Ashforth, in his talk during a session titled "An insight into PlayStation VR game design," reminded players and VR enthusiasts, especially the new ones, to "know what they're going to get."
"If you get a new user going into VR the experience isn't like a video game, it's like real life. With a lot of new users coming into VR they think 'oh this is like real life.' However what we found is if you frame it like a video game you get a different reaction," Jed Ashforth said (via VR Focus).
"By setting those expectations, then the players will have the right reactions and it won't end up with taking the headset off and rejecting it," he added.