Sony Confirms Development of PS VR2 Compatibility for PC and Provides an Estimated Release Date

Sony’s Virtual Reality glasses generated a lot of excitement at their launch, and it could be said that they largely fulfilled expectations when they hit the market. Their only issue is compatibility, as they can only be used with the PS5, which significantly limits their use with other platforms and consoles. The Japanese company has been quite closed off, but with increasing hardware costs and the need for profitability, they are being forced to open up. As a result, Sony has confirmed that they are working on making the PS VR2 compatible with PCs, hinting at a possible general release date.

The fact that some users are working on various support mods for these glasses, combined with the financial aspects we’ve discussed, as well as games being made available on platforms like PCs, is causing Sony to move quickly to adapt to new trends in a time when the Vision Pro has significantly changed the game.

Sony is facing cost challenges, competition from Apple and Meta, unofficial support, and the PS5 crossroads

Sony has no choice but to keep moving forward, as the market will consume them one way or another. The company confirmed that the era of cheap consoles is over, and that profitability on hardware as console generations pass is becoming history, while costs continue to rise.

Meta has been pushing the VR and AR sector for years with its Quest devices, which are sold at a loss in order to promote the Metaverse as an attractive concept. Apple arrived and conquered with the Vision Pro at a high cost, not without its issues, on a closed platform, and the iVRy VR mod will inevitably do what Sony didn’t want.

Facing this scenario, the Japanese company released an article on the PlayStation Blog to address the obvious.

Sony will make PS VR2 compatible with PCs

Taking advantage of the new support for certain games on their Virtual Reality glasses, Sony dropped a bombshell. This support includes Zombie Army VR, Little Cities: Bigger!, Wanderer: The Fragments of Fate, The Wizards-Dark Times: Brotherhood, and several other titles that will surely delight gamers.

But after these presentations, there was a paragraph that changes everything:

“Furthermore, we’re excited to share that we’re currently testing the ability for PS VR2 players to access additional games on PC to provide even more gaming variety beyond the PS VR2 titles available through PS5. We expect this support to be available in 2024, so stay tuned for more updates.”

Therefore, as PC games won’t be coming to the PS5 due to the console’s hardware limitations, we can only think of the reverse scenario with PS VR2: Sony will make their VR glasses compatible with PCs, and within 2024.

Despite the ambiguity of the Japanese company’s words, many have questioned their intentions, and several organizations have requested clarification and specific details from Sony. However, the company has not yet provided any additional information.

This article was first published on El Chapuzas Informático.