Well if you remember when they announced the ps5 but remained quiet on BC for a bit. That's because they didn't know how many was going to be compatible. In the end it turned out about 7 PS4 games wouldn't be compatible.

Probably just waiting for I see how many PS4 VR games might not be compatible.

More of Sony smoke and mirrors. They know if it is BC they are the one who are making it. Why is that something to hide?

When Xbox was asked if Xbox one controllers and wheels would be BC they just said yes.
When Xbox was asked if 360 wheels and controllers would work on Xbox one they said no. It's simple. Smh

If they're working on it and can't give a definite answer. It's better not to answer to keep confusion at bay. But these kinda articles and such creates goofs going extreme online. Like how they acted like ps5 wasn't going to have BC to find out practically 99% of ps4 games work on ps5.

It's a fair question, they'll answer it by release in detail like they always do. They usually like to answer questions when they know things are 100%. Like the ps5 BC

Its also fair to give them a reasonable time to answer it when they're ready to answer it, PSVR2 was literally just announced.

@Teflon02 Yep, I expect more info around GDC (via dev leaks) or E3 as a general announcement.

@dbcoops Yet it is still 100% reasonable to ask. If it doesn't support back compat, perhaps some articles like this will make them reconsider.

"'Well, I want it to play everything and emulate games from other platforms.' /S They should get a PC for that."

So gamers are no longer allowed to request features? We should just take whatever Sony/Microsoft/Nintendo throw at us? Okay then.

"As for BC, it would be great. But not a deal breaker since both headsets play on PS5"

It kind of is important though, otherwise someone who wants to experience the entire catalog is in for a VERY expensive set of purchases - substantially more than what they spent on their PS5. Also at some point, PSVR1 will stop being manufactured and will essentially become legacy, at which point, expect to see used units being sold at scalper prices on eBay.

I expect PSVR2 will support back compat though, there's no real reason why they couldn't.

Orchard, ask Microsoft when Starfield releases. The actual day. Ask Nintendo when Metroid Prime 4 comes out. The actual release date. Ask Sony when they still update PS5 with all new features. If you don't get any answers does that mean those companies are avoiding giving information? Or are they not ready to give it? Maybe it's strategic to give an answer when its time. Some gamers are too entitled and think they need to know something when they ask. You don't need to know squat until they decide you need to know.

When PS5 got all it's information released, some gamers didn't even understand what was said and spread lies. When they are ready and the information is accurate, they will tell you. Hope is that hard to understand? Press briefings are when they are ready.

It's like people were born yesterday.

@ApocalypseShadow I asked Microsoft when Starfield is coming out, the exact day, and they answered: https://bethesda.net/en/gam...

11.11.22

🤷 Announced more than a year before release.

Anyway, people have the right to ask for whatever they want - we are the consumers who are ultimately paying for their product and funding them - and given their past record, back compat questions are 100% fair game when it comes to Sony. Same with DRM questions @ Microsoft, etc.

Not at all. Have you played PSVR? There are prompts at the beginning of every game for tracking and calibrating the controllers. All of that would have to be altered and reprogrammed. That will require the games to be ported. There won't be any BC.

Magog, I think Neon is right - those game specific calibrations should still work and serve the same purpose. Whether the system is getting the positions from an external or internal camera should be abstracted from the game. The system level configuration screens will obviously be different, but the games should be none the wiser.

@Magog - do you understand how VR works in general? Whether it's the Index using external positional trackers or the Quest 2 with its built in cameras it's still sending the same information back. Whether it's telling the game where your head is positioned or the controllers are, it doesn't matter which type of camera is being used. The data is still X, Y, Z at the end of the day. That should have no bearing on whether or not it's Move controllers or these new Dualsense 2 VR controllers. I'm not saying a bit of work won't have to be done since the inside out tracking will allow for more roomscale or non-forward facing experiences, but that's a different problem altogether.

Exactly. New hardware requires new code. It's as simple as that.

Did they have to remake the Moss game or the Batman VR game to get to work on steam with other VR headsets that are closer to PSVR2? I don't think so they had to remap the controls just like taking a PS game like GOW and mapping the controls to be able to work with mouse and keyboard right? There are plenty of games like the SW Vader games that were made with other VR headsets but are now on PSVR. I remember when everyone was saying it was impossible for those games to come on PSVR but yet it is. They might have tweaked the resolution but they did not have to completely remake the game.

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse