When Sony Interactive Entertainment’s PlayStation VR2 headset is launched in 2023, it gained’t be capable of play video games from the unique PlayStation VR, the corporate confirmed Friday.

“PSVR games are not compatible with PSVR2 because PSVR2 is designed to deliver a truly next-generation VR experience,” Hideaki Nishino, senior vice chairman of platform expertise at PlayStation, mentioned in an interview with the Official PlayStation Podcast printed Friday.

Nishino went on to listing what he described as PSVR2’s “much more advanced features” in comparison with PSVR, resembling inside-out monitoring, eye monitoring, 4K HDR assist, and a brand new controller with haptic suggestions and adaptive triggers. “This means developing games for PSVR2 requires a whole different approach than the original PSVR,” mentioned Nishino.

We’ve reached out to Sony for extra data.

In discussing PSVR2 to this point, Sony has targeted on video games which can be in improvement for the brand new {hardware}: No Man’s Sky: PlayStation VR2, The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners – Chapter 2: Retribution, Resident Evil Village, Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge – Enhanced Edition, and Horizon Call of the Mountain.

PSVR2 was introduced in January, and the system is scheduled to debut in early 2023. Sony is making ready 20 “major” video games for the launch, based on Sony Interactive Entertainment president Jim Ryan.