TL;DR
- SVP of Platform Expertise, Hideaki Nishino, appeared on the most recent episode of the Official PlayStation Podcast.
- Nishino said throughout the podcast that the PlayStation VR 2 will not be suitable with the PSVR.
- Nishino said the explanation why is as a result of the PSVR 2, “is designed to ship a very next-generation VR expertise.”
Though the PSVR didn’t have an enormous library of video games in comparison with PC VR, it did have various nice experiences that many individuals have been hoping can be backwards suitable with the PSVR 2 to bolster the launch lineup. It seems that gained’t be the case, sadly, in keeping with Senior Vice President of Platform Experiences, Hideaki Nishino.
About midway into the most recent episode of the Official PlayStation Podcast, host Sid Shuman interviewed Nishino concerning the PSVR 2. In the course of the interview, Nishino mentioned varied issues associated to the PSVR 2, however most notably, he revealed that the PSVR 2 gained’t be backwards suitable with PSVR video games.
When Shuman requested about compatibility, Nishino defined that the brand new headset wouldn’t be suitable with PSVR video games as a result of it’s, “designed to ship a very next-generation VR expertise.”
Nishino went on to say:
PSVR 2 has way more superior options like all new controllers with haptic suggestions and adaptive triggers, as I stated, and inside-out monitoring, eye monitoring within the headset, 3D audio all coming collectively, 4K HDR in fact. So this implies creating video games for PSVR 2 requires an entire totally different method than the unique PSVR.
Though it’s not a giant shock that the PSVR 2 gained’t be suitable with PSVR video games, it’s nonetheless unlucky to listen to. Nevertheless, this doesn’t essentially imply that the builders can’t port their video games over to the PSVR 2. In reality, the lately launched Moss 2 was initially created for PSVR 2 and it was finally ported over to the Meta Quest 2. However the query is, will any of these builders be keen to spend the effort and time to make their outdated video games playable on the PSVR 2?