Sony PlayStation VR2 (PSVR2)
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snc
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I think pricing is not that bad but this 11 titles showed today didnt scream new vr quality, rather again low budget indie titles. Such a lineup is good for standalone quest not ps5 + psvr2 combo.
I think it's still pretty solid. The games need more supersampling but I think the controls get the job done for the games available. The OLED panel provides a better experience in some games than even the HP Reverb provides. It's also a very comfortable, adjustable HMD.
The main problem is PSVR development petered out just like PCVR has.
It's way more expensive than quest 2 which has several obvious advantages despite being overall technically inferior.
Huh? Prey tell us what the specs and prices are of the coming high end PC HMD's.
PC's aren't consoles. They do more, and so they cost more. At this price though PSVR2 is unlikely to be of much interest to existing PC gamers who already own a decent PC and don't own a PS5. I'd honestly consider one if I could get a headset + PS5 bundle for less than an equivalent or similar next gen PC headset. But that doesn't look likely now.
650euros in EU together with a 650euro console. Its expensive.
I welcome playstation pc store
Btw anyone compared psvr1 and psvr2 launch titles?
And I wonder why there's no psvr2 games from Japan?
Where's the new hatsune Miku?
And I wonder why there's no psvr2 games from Japan?
Where's the new hatsune Miku?
Cardassian Bob
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PSVR was $399 at release with no controllers. Not that much more expensive.
Overstander
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What would a equivalent solution cost you in PC Land? Keep in Mind that something as good as PSVR2 is not available in PC Land. So you have to calculate with one of the coming PC HMDs and their Price..
Also , we talking from no system at all for VR to VR Participant. So complete desktop PC + HMD.
Sony offers in 2023 the best of the best you could have in terms of VR. An Easy to use very powerfull System, no driver Shenanigans, no incompatibility issues. High Quality Plug and Play VR.
Unbeatable
cheapchips
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For the money, and as a mature piece of product design, is there really anything better?
It does not really matter if there is anything better or not. There are "good enough" solutions already on the market like Quest 2. I know we are all kinda enthusiasts here, but the VR market cannot live off enthusiasts, it needs regular consumers, who are not prepared to pay as much. Quest 2 was / is a big success because of its very low cost of entry. I don't believe that Quest 2 has already created a consumer market craving VR so much that suddenly the same people who bought it will cash out 529.99 for PSVR2 or even more if they don't have a PS5. Especially not with the quality of the launch titles, which in my opinion is slightly worse than PSVR1.
Unfortunately, as a PSVR owner, I think Sony has just given up on VR in a very passive aggressive way and this launch is just to recover development costs. One big hint of this is the absence of a PSVR2 Worlds. Yes, there is Horizon Call of the Wild, but not much else first party. PSVR2 is likely going the way of the PS Vita
Unfortunately, as a PSVR owner, I think Sony has just given up on VR in a very passive aggressive way and this launch is just to recover development costs. One big hint of this is the absence of a PSVR2 Worlds. Yes, there is Horizon Call of the Wild, but not much else first party. PSVR2 is likely going the way of the PS Vita
snc
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Haha yeah and thats possible but will be 600+
cheapchips
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PlayStation’s Dominic Mallinson on next-gen VR, wireless, gaze tracking, foveated rendering, and AR
VentureBeat interview: Dominic Mallinson, senior vice president of R&D at Sony, talks PSVR, wireless, gaze tracking, foveated rendering, and AR.
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In 2019 Sony was talking about a wireless version, curious to see the price 700 euros maybe.
snc
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I rather thougt about version without soc but with battery and connecting with ps5 by wifi6
There is no equivalent solution in PC land because a PC with equal gaming performance to the PS5 would be capable of doing much more, and therefore is an apples to oranges comparison from a price perspective. Sure, if you start from the assumption of no existing PC to upgrade, and didn't want to do anything but game on the PC, and you cared nothing for customization, modding, upgradability and the wider PC games library, then PSVR2 would be the clear value proposition at the same performance point. But comparing on price/performance alone while ignoring those other factors is quite skewed.
You do realise that PSVR2 hasn't actually launched yet? The comparison right now is PSVR vs whatever is available in "PC Land". The comparison in Feb will be whatever PC hardware and headsets are available at that time compared to PS5+PSVR2. Bear in mind the launch of both the 4xxx series and (likely more cost effective), AMD's new line up which should both have mid range parts by Feb will have a significant impact on both the pricing and performance positions. That's not to say the PC option will be as cost effective my then. But you might be able to get something appreciably better at a price that isn't ridiculously higher.
It should be pretty obvious to most that at some point in 2023 there will be similar or better headsets than PSVR2 available on the PC - we have sources on this forum within the industry that have stated as much - and there will clearly be massively more capable machines to power it. regarding the "driver shenanigans and incompatibility issues", what exactly are you referring to here from a VR perspective? On PC, Oculus is pretty much a closed ecosystem, similar to a console environment running on top of Windows. I've never experienced any issues like you describe, it just works. Steam VR seems similar from my limited experience of it.
By all means push the argument that PSVR2 + PS5 will be cheaper than any PCVR solution of equivalent gaming performance next year, as it likely will be, but to outright state that it will be the best possible solution regardless of price for the whole year is just silly. And from my perspective as an existing PC gamer who was impressed with the specs of PSVR2 and would have considered getting one as part of a reasonably priced PS5 bundle, this price is definitely unattractive. i.e. I could probably get a similar PC headset next year at a similar price point and save the cost of the PS5 altogether or get a new GPU, more powerful than the PS5 for less than the cost of the console.
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