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Official PlayStation Podcast Episode 439: Virtual Impressions – PlayStation.Blog\
In the latest episode of the
Official PlayStation Podcast, at around the 29:10 mark, SVP of Platform Experience, Hideaki Nishino, confirms that the PSVR2 will not have backwards compatibility with original PSVR games. "PSVR games are not compatible with PSVR2 because PSVR2's designed to deliver a truly next-generation VR experience," Nishino said before explaining some of the noteworthy features exclusive to PSVR2, such as the haptic feedback and adaptive triggers found on the
Sense Controllers.
"This means developing games for PSVR2 requires a whole different approach than the original PSVR," Nishino continued.
PSVR games are not compatible with PSVR 2," SVP of platform experience Hideaki Nishino said on the latest
Official PlayStation Podcast(opens in new tab), "because PSVR 2 is designed to deliver a truly next-generation VR experience. PSVR 2 has much more advanced features like all-new controller haptics feedback, adaptive triggers, inside-out tracking, eye-tracking, 3D audio is coming together, 4K, and HDR, of course.
"So this means developing games for PSVR 2 requires a whole different approach than the original PSVR. These features actually enable developers to create worlds that feel more vivid and alive, and bring players closer to the gameplay experience than ever. I believe that. Games like Resident Evil Village and Horizon: Call of the Mountain show how developers are using PSVR 2 to deliver a whole new level of visual and audio sensory immersion in VR games, which was a really nice experience to me. I really enjoyed that."
GreyMatterShades
September 16, 2022 at 12:32 pm PDT
Sorry, but that’s ridiculous. I’ve spoken to PSVR 1 developers. They’ve told me it would be relatively easy for Sony to implement full backward compatibility for PSVR 2. The PS5 is running the games, and it supports PS4/PSVR games already. All they would need to do is write some simple software to translate the positional data from the PSVR 2 controllers and headset to a format PSVR games can recognize, and provide a simple button remapping tool.
I don’t like having my games locked into dead hardware. It’s worse for PSVR than it is for an old console because it’s such a pain to set up, and I can’t leave it hooked up because it takes up half the USB ports on my PS5.
PSVR 2 not being backward compatible is a massive blunder by Sony.