We aren’t VR.
Back in 2021, Sony unveiled plans for a successor to the PS4’s VR headset, the PlayStation VR. The PS VR2 launched last February. And now, there seems to be nothing on the horizon for the device.
Not only was the PS VR2 pricey ($549.99, more than the console it’s meant to pair with), it lacked backwards compatibility with games for its predecessor. Worst of all, however, was the lack of first party games for it, which, with the closing of the VR-focused London Studio, is only going to get more dire, assuming it wasn’t to begin with.
While the hardware was much improved over the original, there wasn’t much incentive on the end user to obtain one. Of the 40 titles compatible with it available at launch, only 3 were exclusives for the headset. And of those 3 only one actually required it, rather than simply supplying a VR mode for a game playable by standard means: Horizon Call of the Mountain.
While third party support has been less anemic, it’s still not to the level of competitors. And comparisons have already been made to the PlayStation Vita. The Vita experienced a similar drum roll, followed by not remotely enough support to give it any headway against Nintendo’s 3DS in the market, much less its predecessor.
But now, there seems to be nothing on the horizon (please excuse what may be seen as a pun). And that seems to be chafing the collective asses of anyone that shelled out the 550 dollarydoos the thing costs. And it gets even worse, as Sony is testing the device’s compatibility with PC games, leading owners to further question their purchase. I guess one of the silver linings is that it’ll be one of the better headsets to play your PC VR games on.
That said, PC functionality is probably not going to move units like bespoke software, though it will probably move a few units (it is notably more comfortable and simplified than a number of other headsets on the market, which is hard to discount for a class of devices that can be decidedly unwieldy). So maybe it won’t share the same fate as the Vita.
Remember: Vita means life.
Source: IGN
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