“Creating video games for PSVR2 requires a complete totally different method than the unique PSVR”

Whereas we maintain accumulating video games, it’s been pretty to see a renewed push for backward compatibility as we’ve gone from the PlayStation 4 era to PS5. However as some digital actuality followers had feared, subsequent yr‘s PlayStation VR2 is not going to work with the unique PlayStation VR video games. After a lot hypothesis, Sony confirmed PSVR2’s lack of backward compatibility on episode 439 of the Official PlayStation Podcast.

As defined by senior vice chairman of platform expertise Hideaki Nishino, “PSVR video games aren’t appropriate with PSVR2 as a result of PSVR2 is designed to ship a very next-generation VR expertise. PSVR2 has rather more superior options like all-new controllers with haptic suggestions and adaptive triggers, inside-out monitoring, eye monitoring, 3D audio is coming collectively, [and] 4K HDR, in fact. This implies creating video games for PSVR2 requires a complete totally different method than the unique PSVR.”

Straight up, that reasoning isn’t going to sit down effectively with gamers.

With that mentioned, I’d count on the most well-liked PSVR video games to get PSVR2 variations, which is able to certainly be a messy state of affairs for folk who absolutely purchased into the unique ecosystem and have an enormous library of titles. Inevitably, video games can be left stranded on the previous tech, so if you happen to haven’t gotten rid of your headset but, chances are you’ll need to maintain onto it.

The perfect-case situation would’ve been for video games to “simply work,” in gamers’ eyes. However contemplating the variations between how these two gadgets function (these rattling PlayStation Transfer controllers strike once more!), it was by no means going to be that simple.

An earlier heads-up would’ve been good

I want this definitive information would’ve come out sooner — I’m positive there are folks on the market scooping up PlayStation VR video games on sale in hopes of finally enjoying them on PSVR2, which we solely now know (formally) can be out of the query. What a bummer.

It was already annoying sufficient to have Resident Evil 7 locked down and by no means obtain a PC VR port. Right here’s hoping it comes ahead to PSVR2 alongside Resident Evil Village. The identical goes for Astro Bot Rescue Mission, Rez Infinite, Tetris Impact, Beat Saber, and lots of others. Outdated as PSVR1 grew to become in comparison with its competitors, it nonetheless had terrific video games.

With out an current catalog to depend on, this places much more stress on the PSVR2 launch lineup to ship in a considerable, long-lasting means. It will probably’t simply be flashy.

For these of us with large PSVR1 libraries, I suppose we’ll wait and see what plans — if any — these builders might need for porting their video games to PlayStation VR2.