PlayStation VR 2 is Coming to PlayStation 5!
Sony PlayStation have announces earlier today that they are introducing “Next generation of VR on PlayStation.”
On the PS Blog, Senior Vice President, Platform Planning & Management Hideaki Nishino writes that the next-gen PlayStation VR, which I will call PSVR 2 for simplicity, is real and will be coming to PlayStation 5. While, a lot of the post is word salad-y, there are some genuinely good bits of information. One of those bits is a line stating that PSVR 2 will connect to PS5 with a single wire. This is great news! While it certainly would have been amazing to see PSVR 2 go fully wireless, shrinking everything down to a single wire is still significantly better than the obscene amount of wires needed to use PSVR currently.
Nishino’s post also mentions a new VR controller, which will incorporate some of the key features of the Dualsense controller. This sounds like an excellent idea! The Dualsense is one of the biggest innovations in controller hardware since PlayStation introduced analog sticks. Controller tech largely hasn’t changed much. Having a new VR controller and games that take advantage of those features will immensely heighten the feeling of immersion in PSVR 2.
There was no mention of a release date, beyond Nishino stating that it would not be ready for 2021.
There’s still a lot of development underway for our new VR system, so it won’t be launching in 2021. But we wanted to provide this early update to our fans, as the development community has started to work on creating new worlds for you to explore in virtual reality.
So! What do you all think PSVR 2 could be? What kind of games do you want from PSVR 2? Do you think you’ll be buying a PSVR 2 for PS5 (assuming you can get your hands on one)? Do you think Sony will be able to manufacture sufficient numbers of PSVR 2? Who knows! Let me know what you think down in the comments or on Twitter @OmegaSpider227!
