Whenever we buy a new game system nowadays, we expect it to be backwards-compatible to some degree. The best console to allow users to play older gen titles on a new machine is the Xbox Series S/X. Their support for backwards compatibility is unparallel. Sony and Nintendo have a lot to learn from Microsoft.
Imagine PlayStation fans’ dismay when Sony announced that even PS VR games could not be played on PS VR2. Those games are not even from few generations ago.
In an article by Engadget, on the Official PlayStation Podcast around 29:24 minutes mark, PlayStation senior vice-president of platform experience, Hideaki Nishino, said:
PS VR games are not compatible with PS VR2 because PS VR2 is designed to deliver a truly next-generation VR experience.
PS VR2 has much more advanced features, like [an] all-new controller with haptic feedback and adaptive triggers, inside-out tracking, eye tracking, 3D audio is coming together and 4K HDR, of course.
This means developing games for PS VR2 requires a whole different approach than the original PS VR.
Only one game that was originally on the PS VR will be coming to the PS VR2, No Man’s Sky. Engadget said it could be due to completely different tracking methods and controllers.
Right now, the only way for you to enjoy PS VR games is to keep the headset with you. Maybe in the future Sony will find a way to make those games compatible with PS VR2.
