PSVR Doesn't Work with PS5 Games, Only Works With Backward Compatibility - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 02 November 2020 / 1,156 Views
The PlayStation VR will technically still work on the PlayStation 5, however, the virtual reality headset is not supported on PS5 games and will only work with PS4 games running on the console via backward compatibility.
This is according to a Sony representative who spoke with Upload VR. This does mean if you want to play Hitman 3 and other cross-gen games with VR support in VR you will need to play PS4 version of the game and not the PS5 version. The No Man's Sky next-generation upgrade also won't support PSVR.
The PlayStation 5 will launch on November 12 in the US, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand, and in the rest of the world on November 19.
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Too bad it’s not forward compatible with future PS5 games. Sony’s probably prepping for their next VR device.
Yah well.. This is really expected to be honest. the new Play Station Virtual Reality headset will most likely be way ahead of the older one. And new games will just not run on it (and why would they...). I'm surprise, if anyone would expect the new Play Station Five games to be compatible in any way with the oldest headset...
Only question is if the new headset will have BC on PS4 games so you can play them at higher fps/res if devs make patches for it.
Well, that sucks. Basically Sony is prepping a newer model for the PS5.
I see reaction to WaPo interview with Sony saying they don't see VR being major or significant part of gaming in next 2 years as meaning Sony won't be doing anything with VR, which seems an overreaction. They can still plan to launch PSVR2 in next 2 years, and do new games for it, but just not expect it to grow so much bigger in proportion to overall gaming market. Which might be a downer for VR-fans, but I'm not convinced they are dumping VR or letting it stagnate with PSVR (1). If they have modern headset design, I don't see why they shouldn't launch it. Even if it's not a huge profit maker, it establishes Playstation as unique for that experience... If Playstation is the only VR console, it makes it that much easier to buy permanent IP exclusivity or publishing rights, for example. If they plan on doing anything on PC side via Epic, having solid VR offering including exclusivity seems valuable asset.
Being the only one VR console and selling additional 1 or 2M consoles because of it without taking loss on the VR, console and still making money on the SW seems like a good reason to launch VR2. Even more because sometimes you need some interactions before a product really sets the world on fire. From what I remember just on iPhone 3 it really started to sell well.
Right, and with PSVR already being major part of total VR scene (with PC), it seems a shame to drop that. I guess question might be how much they are willing to fund VR games which probably have much less profit:investment ratio still. But even if they dropped that to zero, they could still produce PSVR2 and sell it at-cost, and VR games would tend to support it. Anyhow, I don't know Sony's plans obviously, but I felt those kind of reactions were making a huge leap from that comment.
Yep as long as R&D for the VR2 isn't much high I see Sony still being interested in it, and funding games well that will be something a little harder to know. Perhaps keep some smaller studios feed.
New model announced early 2022, released Christmas 2022.
O rly. Whats next? PS5 games dont run on PS3? Unthinkable.
That's a bad sign. VR-hardware is expensive, and even if a newer model is in the oven, it would've been a nice sign to support the old model for the time being. I wonder how much this decision impacts the still fresh and vulnerable VR-market.
That was already know. Still need to know when PSVR2 will come out.
VR is shit. Don't really care.
VR deathtolls confirmed. I dont even think they will bother with another headset
Sony have announced way back that they were working on the successor, but it wouldn't release at the same time of PS5.
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