During the most recent episode of the PlayStation Podcast, platform expertise VP Hideaki Nishino confirmed that the corporate’s upcoming PlayStation VR2 headset will not have the ability to play the video games of Sony’s earlier VR technology. To Nishino, that is achieved for the advantage of the brand new headset feeling like a real evolution of the expertise. 

“PSVR2 is designed to ship a very next-gen expertise,” stated Nishino. Citing the {hardware}’s new options similar to superior haptic suggestions and eye monitoring, he defined that creating video games for the system required a “complete completely different strategy” in comparison with the unique PSVR.

Sony’s famously had points with backwards compatibility all through the years. After the PlayStation 3 may play video games from the earlier PlayStation eras, the PlayStation 4 famously could not on account of its important {hardware} variations. That could be rectified with PlayStation Now streaming for PS3 video games, and bringing PlayStation 2 video games to the console utilizing emulation expertise. 

For the PlayStation 5, Sony’s resolution was to supply video games throughout earlier generations by way of PS Now and a high-end tier of PlayStation Plus.

With the PSVR2, Sony has beforehand stated that it needs the headset to face alongside the PS5 relatively than be seen as an accent. As a consequence, not less than 20 video games shall be launched for the headset when it launches in early 2023, together with Resident Evil Village and Horizon: Call of the Mountain. 

Though the PSVR2 is claimed to have an honest quantity of video games at launch, the shortage of backwards compatibility could find yourself hurting the system in the long term. Consumers typically buy consoles with an expectation that the earlier technology of video games will nonetheless be accessible on the brand new system. A scarcity of that characteristic could function a deterrent to purchase the brand new system at launch. 

Confirmed on Sony’s Official PlayStation Podcast: PSVR video games aren’t appropriate with PSVR2

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