It’s not clear if Sony views the PSVR 2 as some future foothold in “the metaverse” - they’ve suggested they’re interested - or just a great complement to the fast-selling PS5, but either pitch only works if people are playing and there are worthwhile experiences to try. There are reasons to buy a PSVR 2 and more reasons to come, but to make the headset the winner it is, something is going to have to budge. Unfortunately, no VR game is worth spending over $1,000 on hardware to play on its own. As a device that needs to connect to another $499.99 PlayStation 5 console to work, it’s a much harder sell. For a standalone headset, the $549.99 PSVR 2 is pricier than some, but by no means unreasonable. The biggest and most obvious way to generate interest in the PSVR 2 is by lowering its price. ![]() I don’t know how much of the PlayStation Store is algorithmically arranged or shows me things it thinks I’ll buy, but it seems strange to me not to at least keep some flashy reference to a new piece of hardware in the place already dedicated to selling things. Look now, and the main evidence there even is a PSVR 2 is a way to sort for VR games in the store. Boot up your PS5 during the first few days after release, and you’d be greeted with advertisements for the headset in the main menu and in the PlayStation Store. It’s not clear how aware the casual observer of the video game industry is that the PSVR 2 is even available. Games will draw eyes, but Sony could also do a better job of keeping the PSVR 2 top of mind. The stunning visuals and brand-new PS VR2 Sense controllers give a new meaning to being fully immersed into the world of Horizon. Why isn’t the PSVR 2 advertised more prominently? Screenshot by Ian Carlos Campell People will be more interested in the PSVR 2 if their favorite characters are there, plain and simple. ![]() To not put more PlayStation series on the PSVR 2, or to even tease upcoming first-party titles after the headset was released, seems like a missed opportunity to convert PlayStation faithful to the cause. Just think about how many times Sony has resold The Last of Us at this point, with little pushback from fans. Sony has successfully trained PlayStation owners to show up for blockbuster releases starring Kratos, Ellie, and Alloy, and frequently, across multiple entries and versions. The jewel in the PlayStation crown is its recognizable game series and series-leading characters. Only two launch games, Horizon Call of the Mountainand Grand Tourismo 7, were even associated with first-party PlayStation studios. A majority of the launch games for Sony’s new headset appeared on the Quest first or the original PSVR. As my colleague Raymond Wong identified previously, the PlayStation VR 2 has an exclusives problem. ![]() Horizon Call of the Mountain should have been backed up by other first-party titles.
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