ChoosableOne
ChoosableAll
Gamerant.com
I don't understand why anyone wouldn't want a VR headset that only works on PlayStation 5, without wireless connectivity options, and lacking backward compatibility. Another PS vita then?
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Recroom devs 'Can't Justify' PlayStation VR2 Release-- Gamerant
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Gamerant.com
I don't understand why anyone wouldn't want a VR headset that only works on PlayStation 5, without wireless connectivity options, and lacking backward compatibility. Another PS vita then?
tommycronin
Banned
It's dead, Jimbo.
mrcroket
Member
Wireless is not an option for a 4k headset at 120hz and HDR. I agree with the rest though.Gamerant.com
I don't understand why anyone wouldn't want a VR headset that only works on PlayStation 5, without wireless connectivity options, and lacking backward compatibility. Another PS vita then?
Punished Miku
Gold Member
20 people on here were very hyped.
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
What’s PlayStation VR2?
SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
This is the one product Sony shouldve released on the PC. Not their first party games, but an actual hardware that works with both PC and PS.
ChoosableOne
ChoosableAll
Is there any other thread about it?
Grildon Tundy
Gold Member
I do not trust Gamer Ant. He will always promote what is best for the Queen and not what is best for video game consumers.
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
Yeah but PSVR3 is when it’s really going to take off.
Danjin44
The nicest person on this forum
No, PSVR8 is actually the one going take off.
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StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Well, you know Sony. Their first attempt at anything is closed off ecosystems in hopes of controlling its destiny and full revenues.
When the fallout happens, it then becomes a guessing match when or if it opens up for other platforms.
When it comes to games, Sony would rather port Sackboy and Returnal kinds of games, along with the bigger hits like Horizon and DG back in 2020 than IMO the first game they should had ported over way back.... Dreams.
Out of all games Sony makes, thats the kind of game most PC centric, yet it was walled off on PS using a gamepad. This game could had been a monster hit on PC using M/KB.
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ChoosableOne
ChoosableAll
Ar¢tos
Member
The discussion started Wednesday in the thread https://www.neogaf.com/threads/ques...-2-on-amazon-over-the-holiday-season.1666241/
(page 2 or 3), if you searched title only, it won't show.
Wooxsvan
Member
willothedog
Member
PSVR2 hardware is decent, it is the software side that lets it down.
-the promised revised reprojection fix has not arrived.
-no dedicated social apps (such as recroom, vr chat,bigscreen)
-missing 3D movie support and DLNA streaming of content
-creative apps like sculptVR, tiltbrush, google earth absent.
-no VR 'home' space like other HMDs.
-the promised revised reprojection fix has not arrived.
-no dedicated social apps (such as recroom, vr chat,bigscreen)
-missing 3D movie support and DLNA streaming of content
-creative apps like sculptVR, tiltbrush, google earth absent.
-no VR 'home' space like other HMDs.
ChoosableOne
ChoosableAll
Yeah I found it using ctrl+f in page 2(or3?). I'm sorry but I can't follow all the threads about the PSVR 2 downfall. I saw it being reported on major sites today, so I shared it. I think it deserves its own headline btw. It's not surprising that PS VR 2 sells less than Quest 2 and 3, but devs thinking it's not worth porting games to is big news in my opinion.
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
Is this a Starfield thread all of a sudden?
R6Rider
Gold Member
The irony of this post.
Mister Wolf
Member
They sent it out to die.
Ar¢tos
Member
It seems they want Sony to pay in advance.
They ported it to PSVR1 and are going to port it to Apple new 3.500$ headset, but now PSVR2 sales are the issue...
It's not that easy, it's a completely different input system, no external camera, no controller light to track. It's impossible to have a one button conversion, everything needs to be reworked.
Minsc
Gold Member
VR home spaces are a thing of the past when you get mixed reality UIs. It's like going back to CD-ROM based loading, it's just soooo much slower in a VR environment than a MR one.
If the Deckard ever releases and it's not an outdated piece of trash, then it'll have mixed reality passthrough (like AVP / Quest 3 and others) and no one will use anything else because it's just too damn slow, especially given how easy it is to setup play areas/make adjustments without need to switch to passthrough or anything.
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
I think this just goes to show that they entered the medium incorrectly.
yurinka
Member
Nah, it's selling better than PSVR1. Maybe when they decided to make the other version they didn't know VR is that niche. As a reference, PSVR dominates non-standalone VR, and has around a third of the total VR userbase.
True.
PSVR2 is selling as Sony estimated, better than PSVR1 and were already happy with PSVR1 sales. It also has a bigger and better software support for its first year than PSVR had.
Theres no reason to discontinue it.
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StueyDuck
Member
I mean are the devs being forced at gunpoint 
like either they want to or not and will either make the extra cash or won't...
This seems like a strange story. My personal take would be their being idiots. More people playing will inevitably lead to more cash purchase etc. But if they don't want to then fair enough... world keeps on turning
like either they want to or not and will either make the extra cash or won't...This seems like a strange story. My personal take would be their being idiots. More people playing will inevitably lead to more cash purchase etc. But if they don't want to then fair enough... world keeps on turning
Baki
Member
No. PS Vita will be infinitely more successful than PSVR2. Vita sold 17m units. VR1 barely crossed 5M units.Gamerant.com
I don't understand why anyone wouldn't want a VR headset that only works on PlayStation 5, without wireless connectivity options, and lacking backward compatibility. Another PS vita then?
Porting isn’t free.I mean are the devs being forced at gunpoint
This seems like a strange story. My personal take would be their being idiots. More people playing will inevitably lead to more cash purchase etc. But if they don't want to then fair enough... world keeps on turning
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StueyDuck
Member
I didn't say it was. But the more people will play the game If they port it.. that's just a fact.
Considering rec room is a social game and the more players playing the better, then there is more money to be made. But if they don't want to then who cares.
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Baki
Member
The ROI is not there because VR2 has a tiny base. It’s not because they have something against VR2 owners.
StueyDuck
Member
It's not any of that.
They made a decision and they don't want to and that's fine.
Psvr2 may not be selling billions but it has sold well enough, rec room is a free game so the ROI is literally every person who had bought a psvr2 could potentially give them money.
Again this isn't a story. Some devs did want to port their games and some don't. The world keeps spinning, psvr2 will still exist. Rec room will still exist.
This feels like a really try hard doomed story and rec room really isn't the game to gauge that on. If half life alyx released and only sold 50 copies then I'd be like well shit we got a problem.
Baki
Member
F2P games need a large audience.
ShadyAcshuns
Member
I wonder what the sales for PSVR 2 is and how it's doing. We see sales threads here all the time, but rarely any about that one.
StueyDuck
Member
And you know how you make your audience larger
?
FunkMiller
Gold Member
Yeah. It’s fucked.
I’m selling mine pretty soon.
Massive shame, but they fucked it completely.
I’m selling mine pretty soon.
Massive shame, but they fucked it completely.
willothedog
Member
MarkMe2525
Member
No, but we have all discussed it in another psvr2 thread.
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
Wow, it's dead Jim. Third parties aren't even willing to port games to it and so they will only come if Sony funds it...which I guess the funds for that are dwindling.
Must be doing worse than the original psvr.
Must be doing worse than the original psvr.
AREYOUOKAY?
Member
As I said before official PC support is the only thing that can save it at this point.
MarkMe2525
Member
I don't think anyone suggested it would be a one button conversion. Just because something is hard, doesn't mean it's not worth doing. It was hard building a tool to that allows for almost all UE5 games to be converted to support VR, but someone put the effort in to make it happen. It was hard to emulate 360 on Xbox One, but they set a team to do it.
I can't imagine if Sony invested resources into developing an input conversion tool, that they could not have figured something out.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
yurinka
Member
PSVR2 performing better than PSVR1 in the only worldwide PSVR2 sales number we have to compare:Link to actual numbers for these statements, thanks
https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/IR/library/presen/business_segment_meeting/pdf/2023/presen_E.pdf
PSVR having a third of the market share, and most of the non-standalone:
https://www.counterpointresearch.com/insights/global-xr-ar-vr-headsets-market-share/
https://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS50776923
Now go and ask for links to all the people in the thread who say it's doomed.
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