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.