The upcoming virtual reality headset from Sony, the PlayStation VR, is slated to go on sale on Oct. 13. For eager fans who want to get their hands into the device first, Best Buy will be holding a midnight launch on the same day.

Best Buy said that it will open its doors at 12:01AM Eastern Time to accommodate interested buyers.

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According to The Verge, Best Buy revealed that it will open around 350 stores simultaneously across different time zones. This means that some lucky customers can get their hands on the PlayStation VR on Oct. 12. The stores will open their doors starting 9:01 PM on the West Coast, 10:01PM Mountain time, and 11:01PM Central time.

The PlayStation VR headset costs $399, and it requires a PlayStation 4 console to fully work. The package comes with a demo-disc which includes demos of eight virtual reality games. These games are "EVE: Valkyrie," "Driveclub VR," "PlayStation VR Worlds," "RIGS Mechanized Combat League," "Tumble VR," "Battlezone," "Headmaster" and "Wayward Sky."

Despite the current rise of digital distribution and cloud-based storage, Sony opted to use the old-school method of using physical media. While this appears to be an unprecedented move, many tech analysts believe that Sony wants the launch of its new device to go as smoothly as possible and using the digital distribution method might cause for some technical malfunction like server overloading on its end.

Some in the gaming community also lauded Sony for opting to release physical discs along with the PlayStation VR. For the older generation of gamers, unpacking a physical copy of a game is a nostalgic walk down memory lane way back when games are distributed through cartridges, CDs and DVDs.

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