Sony's PlayStation VR2 virtual reality headset for PlayStation 5 is a great device, but it has some drawbacks. It only works on that system, there are not that many great VR games that can be played with it, and it is as expensive as the base console. So with sales on the decline, Sony has temporarily halted production to prevent its warehouses from filling up with unsold inventory.

The Bloomberg report making this claim cites IDC shipment figures and "sources familiar with the plan" as its primary evidence. Sony may not directly state that this is what they are doing, but their quarterly PSVR2 shipments are not comparable to the numbers shifted by Meta. The Quest 3, the current darling, is similarly expensive, but the Quest 2 is half the price of the PSVR2 and is an excellent budget VR headset.

To me, however, the key information behind this report is the fact that Sony has already stated that it is considering offering PC support for PSVR2. The tech giant has been particularly keen on the humble PC lately, and many games have been ported to it and many more are on the way.

Sony is hoping to work with Valve to make PSVR2 work properly with all VR content on the platform, but given that dual-sense controller support took quite a while to fully materialize on the PC, all may still take a while to get it right. But that's OK. All Sony really needs to do is just get the ball rolling, and then the modding crowd will naturally take over to work out the bugs.

The key question to ask at this point is whether Sony's headset is worth buying instead of Meta. At the moment, the PlayStation VR2 costs $549 on Amazon, while the Quest 3 is $499. Not only is the latter cheaper, but it's also fully wireless, and with a good Wi-Fi 6E router, you can easily enjoy Steam VR games with little to no lag. [The PSVR2, however, requires cables and the headset itself is bulkier than the Meta Quest 3. The saving grace of the PSVR2 is the hand controller, which has enhanced haptic feedback and adaptive triggers and feels much more comfortable than the one included with the Meta Quest 3. Personally, I would buy the Quest 3. While I really like the Sony controller, the tethered VR experience is not as enjoyable as the fully wireless one.

When PC support for the PlayStation VR2 headset eventually arrives, I'd love to let you know how well your favorite PC VR games run. Until then, however, one thing is certain. Don't expect Sony to lower the price of the PSVR2 at all to shift the remainder of inventory.

As long as enough PC gamers buy the headset to increase shipments by, say, a few hundred thousand units, accountants won't have to worry too much about all those pretty white boxes stacked high like the ending scene of "Raiders of the Lost Ark."