Because, based on specs, the PSVR2 looks to be a big step forward from the Quest.
Twice the resolution, eye tracking and I’m really looking forward to what the sensory things will add.
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Twice the resolution, eye tracking and I’m really looking forward to what the sensory things will add.
Is it wireless? Will it have support for as many games as Quest?
I have a Quest 1 which I was bored of within a week, but the Quest 2 seems to be a huge step up on that and has a ton of games. As Lambs said earlier, you have the option of hooking it up to a PC to play some of the more demanding games. There's the Quest 3 coming too which seems a good option.
To me, VR is actually a really social thing. You obviously need to chromecast it to the tv so people can see what you're doing, but once you've done that it's a lot of fun taking turns, swapping round, sharing the experience. I wouldn't really play it much at home on my own. I've got quite a few mates with Quests so there's also multiplayer across multiple headsets to consider. The problem with a wired VR is that you'd need to take the ps5 with you - I can't take it into work or round a mates/family members house easily.
Cost and comfort, and wireless is not 100% reliable yet. They will probably release a wireless version in the future. Personally, I don't see the big deal, no cables would be better but just one is fine.
Well don't say I didn't warn ya.
Yes it's wireless but all the best games will be on the one made by the gaming company with decades of experience. You won't be getting anything like Astrobot or the new Horizon VR. Hell you'll be lucky to get anything like Half Life Alyx again judging by the imminent death of PCVR in favour of mobile/Quest style gaming. You have most of the PCVR people saying they're day one on PSVR2, and you already have a PS5 but no PCVR capable PC? Any big PC games will get ported over as they do now (but easier due to specs and hardware), and how expensive is a good VR capable GPU nowadays anyway? No brainer right? Seriously look into it!
To me this is really one of those situations where you could be gutted that you got a Quest instead of a PSVR2, but as it's you, the bitterness would be somewhat entertaining. So go for whatever one...
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If it was that well supported I'd just buy a psvr aswel mate. The first one didn't do much for me and I've been burnt by Sony before with the Vita.
Facebooks going big on metaverse. I'm not worried about that being supported well. But yeah.. maybe it misses out on a couple of blockbusters if Sony get behind it properly.
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Ehhh.....
Couldn't give a shit when MS bought Zenimax. Kind of don't care about the current Activision Blizzard acquisition, but if they can turn current Blizzard back into a good game developer again, that will be massive.
I think they'd have to make the games console exclusives at the minimum to force people over on xbox platform, but that is definitely a move that has potential.
I think they'd have to make the games console exclusives at the minimum to force people over on xbox platform, but that is definitely a move that has potential.
Agreed, this is a good move for us Gamers
They can't do any worse then what happened with Rare.
Been so much talk in here around Gamepass model encourages live service and multiplayer games which is a route PS owners had no interest in, and now Sony have said they plan to launch 10 live service games in the next 4 years.. love it.
It was inevitable they would go down that road at some point, the revenue streams are too obvious to leave on the table. As long as it's not detrimental to the big single player studios, as in, they keep the usual content coming and don't find a way to shoehorn live services into that, it's all good.
Agree with this. If the platforms offer more stuff that isn't really an issue. I might not care for destiny, halo and the likes but a lot of people do, as long as I keep getting final fantasy, the witcher, hollow knight, God of war etc, I won't be talking down others getting entertainment.
Then again, is stop buying playstation if they stopped producing good single player games.
Console wars are shit now. In the 90s I argued with my cousin whether Nintendo or Sega existed first. Google ruined everything.
Yeah, I had a feeling it wouldn't be a concern anymore 
On the contrary, it is always a concern.Yeah, I had a feeling it wouldn't be a concern anymore
It’s possible to have both. Xbox doesn’t have any, or rather very few, single player, story driven games. I expect that to change in the coming years, however (which is good!).
This again...
Is it not a story when I'm wiping the barnacles off my ship while preparing for my next intersea voyage?
Is it not a story when I'm screeching the wheels as I do a sweet drift after landing from atop a long lost Mayan ruin?
Is it not a story when I'm navigating the walls of a bug infested lair that holds the power up I need to get to the next section of the map?
Maybe you need to check your story definition privilege. Pal.
Been inevitable since before PS5 launched unfortunately with the partnerships announced - and it is something we as a fanbase have acknowledged the past few years so it isn't like it is unexpected. Bright side is the majority of those 10 are from deals with third party studios or first party studios with multiple teams so though there'll be a number of live service games, we will still have the more platform traditional single player story driven games like Ragnarok, Forbidden Dawn, Spider-Man 2 and Wolverine.
The live service games are also likely to be more spread in terms of genre. We've already got Dreams as one and MM are rumoured to be making another, Gran Turismo for the racing crowd.
Dreams is an interesting game to mention. It looked really good and I heard some great things but it never seemed to get the recognition it deserved.
I suppose it came out at an awkward time, late in the PS4's lifespan.
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Same as Media Molecules previous games LittleBigPlanet reviewed as one of the best games ever in the media by nearly everyone.
A number of hugely talented people have made some incredible things on both LBP and Dreams but for the average user (myself included) when you try and make your own game/level its starts off with endless possibilities and you intend to make something incredible in reality it ends up as a very very bad basic platformer and there is only so many mini games you can play of other people when you can't create anything yourself.
MM have given it a lot of support with free DLC but yeah, so far it hasn't got that recognition. There have been suggestions that they should put it on Spartacus or PC but live service games usually have a revenue stream and that is a difficult thing to do with Dreams as it is especially with the various IP infringement going on in games made. Don't have it myself but seen videos of some amazing experiences.
Bungie have expertise in live service games and though I imagine the aim is for them to help the new live service games being made last long term, maybe they'll have insight into what can help Dreams too. Will be a while before that acquisition is complete though.
Just because Sony may be pursuing more GaaS titles that doesn't mean the users are happy.
I can't see me ever playing a GaaS title, no matter who produces and publishes it.
They have to justify their shitty console with half released games somehow. Leave them to it I say.
Good to see some consistency. Nice one b8.
The news in recent weeks has genuinely got me concerned about the industry long-term.
I do fear that eventually games will be all subscription services that publishers can just turn off whenever they see fit. Games coming and going like shows on Netflix.
Mobile gaming is a HUGE money maker. The jewel in the Activision-Blizzard deal is King. Candy Crush makes an absurd amount of money, and its user base dwarfs any traditional games. I think eventually both companies want their titles available through streaming on every platform possible. That allows Sony and MS to tap massively into the mobile market while slowing or eventually stopping the expensive process of making hardware.
As someone who has an extensive catalogue of physical games and consoles over many generations this sincerely worries me.
The people calling media bias and asking for reviewers to have their reviews taken down because the didn't score their new toy 90+ just sums up Ponies perfectly.
After completing Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker, I’ve been searching for something to take up the time that game occupied in my life. I needed something meaty that entertained me while not asking me to invest too much emotion. I wanted something I could play through without being totally mentally present as I recovered from Endwalker’s emotional ravishing, and Horizon Forbidden West perfectly filled that need. It was the video game equivalent of the post-coital cigarette that I’m looking forward to smoking for another 60 hours.
This is admittedly great. Somewhere between pretentious and genius
This is admittedly great. Somewhere between pretentious and genius
Massive news for sony fans
Burn them all
At least they’ll have better chance at filling a stadium that way.
Feel like games are getting an easy ride on the review front lately. Not sure if it's because we've been starved for games or because so many are sequels and the reviewers are typically the people who love that/those games.
Only lately?
Though I think you are right to question it, of late it's gotten more...coordinated. The two that I've mentioned elsewhere are Sifu with the difficulty and Elden Ring with the ludicrous BOTW comparisons and 10/10 scores. Isn't it just a little weird that they are all basically saying the same things at the same time, whilst arguably being wrong? Dunno, it's off to me.
I'd add Halo too, and potentially Horizon (though I need to play more)
Yeah, probably isn't a new thing. And let's be honest if a game averaged a low 8 then people would think it was mediocre as feck.
That's the problem. A solid 7 is bad now rather than good. A 5 is terrible rather than average. Goes for everything not just game reviews.
Elden ring is nothing like BoTW.
Elden ring is actually good.
I actually think Horizon is fairly accurate yet probably underrated compared to some of the others, if that makes sense. It’s a far more polished, better looking game than Elden Ring with an actual story and life like characters and a crazy amount of combat mechanics and a far more vibrant world. But it’s also not nearly as difficult and full of nasty bosses and oh you can explore here and look at this and do this and bla bla.
it’s weird because Elden Ring is by far the more addictive game of the two yet Horizon feels like a better overall modern game to me. I dunno, 8 or 9 feels fair for both to me, definitely not a 10.
Halo was crazy overrated for sure.
Will GT7 be PSVR2 compatible?
I already own a Series X, but if GT7 has VR support I will for sure be getting a digital edition PS5 and the VR kit. I've been looking at sim rigs but with a decent PC attached they're a lot of cash. Would get a decent wheel set too.
I already own a Series X, but if GT7 has VR support I will for sure be getting a digital edition PS5 and the VR kit. I've been looking at sim rigs but with a decent PC attached they're a lot of cash. Would get a decent wheel set too.