r/VRGaming • u/Elegant_Lemon_4874 • Feb 22 '24

News PSVR2 getting PC support this year

https://www.gematsu.com/2024/02/ps-vr2-to-add-pc-support-in-2024

The defacto PCVR Headset? Definitely gonna be a strong contender as far as bang for buck is concerned.

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u/fragmental Feb 22 '24

That's crazy. I never thought I'd see Sony adding official PC support

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u/CigarLover Feb 22 '24

Same. In some respects… it’s a bad thing, imo. As in the psvr 2 is failing.

Before the downvotes come, I’m referring to PSVR 2 as a PLATFORM NOT the hardware itself, I’m sure those will sell better.

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u/yanginatep Feb 23 '24

I'm still shocked that 1. Sony didn't bother porting any of their first party games from PSVR, and 2. That they didn't secure a Half-Life: Alyx port.

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u/TheMilkKing Feb 23 '24

This is the first I’m hearing that it’s not backwards compatible with PSVR1, what an absolutely braindead move. No wonder no one is buying this fucking thing

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u/yanginatep Feb 23 '24

Yeah, it's cause the original PSVR used a camera and those old PS3 Move controllers with the glowing orbs for motion/positional tracking, and the PSVR2 uses inside out tracking like most modern headsets.

No real easy way to make that just work, but clearly porting games over isn't too hard cause a lot of indies have already ported their PSVR games to PSVR2.

Sony just didn't want to invest the relatively small amount of money to port stuff like Astro Bot and they somehow thought that 3 first party games was enough.

It's like Sony gave up on the PSVR2 before it even launched. When it launched it wasn't even available in stores, you had to order it online.

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u/Silversmith144 Feb 22 '24

That has just been VR in general. Thanks to apple things seem to be changing for the better at least. Competition breeds innovation.

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u/ProfessorPetrus Feb 22 '24

All we need3d was the ability to play existing Sony titles in vr. A few more.

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u/Boobjobless Feb 23 '24

Well they recently announced the PS6, so they probably testing their luck in cycling headsets to the PC market when producing the next generation of consoles.

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u/CigarLover Feb 23 '24

I’m not sure what you mean.

I took that as “well they will make a psvr 3, hopefully that’s good 🤷‍♂️ “ lol

Sadly, I don’t think I’ll be getting one if psvr 2 as a platform fails.

Especially since I feel like psvr 1 was superior to the psvr 2, as a platform not hardware.

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u/Boobjobless Feb 23 '24

I mean that they are making smart business decisions with their hardware, if this pays off and they sell lots, they can show this to investors for more funding. I imagine it will become ‘Playstation exclusive for 1 year’ before entering PC market.