No Man’s Sky and Joe Danger Developer Hello Games “Totally Flooded”, "Everything in the Office Lost"

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Eonjay3765d ago

Yeah I read this on their twitter feed. It sucks.

FamilyGuy3765d ago

Wow, Merry F@#kin Christmas, that sucks.

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AliTheSnake13765d ago

Inside job to get more publicity and launch a Kickstarter. Lol just kiddin. Although it makes sense.

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JohnnyBadfinger3764d ago (Edited 3764d ago )

Oh well. Shit happens. Get up get over it.

And it ain't sad... It's unfortunate. No lives were lost these developers could walk into any studio and get a job.

Think about the families who have ah loved ones killed on Christmas Day that's a sad story. Some business getting flooded is nothing to shead a tear over

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Kayant3765d ago

Yep I hope their data is backed up and safe also hope they are fine as well :p.

Foolsjoker3765d ago

Sad news...just in time for the holidays.

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Prime1573765d ago

Insurance, backup, and everyone surviving, please?! More info!

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ThichQuangDuck3765d ago

No backup it appears.... They talked about not wanting to go back in HDD I am calling lower your expectations highly delayed or cancelled

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iiwii3764d ago

If I were Sony, I would be paying for professional data recovery on those hard drives. That's a whole lot of time and effort down the drain. It has to be worth the price of data recovery.

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Hellsvacancy3765d ago

Is this a first for N4G? zero disagrees, that's is very uncommon

On topic this is VERY sad news, I SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO it's not all a total loss

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3-4-53765d ago

One of the few games that looks just amazingly promising and this happens....:-(

Not cool

This is the type of thing that should happen to Superman 64, not this game.

extermin8or3765d ago

oh damn, saw the pics from guilford and... i've never seen it flood there before and when I'm not at uni I go there all the time... This is such a shame.

Mr Pumblechook3765d ago

Surely they have off-site backups? :(

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-Foxtrot3765d ago (Edited 3765d ago )

So the one good thing at the VGX could be gone?

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Intentions3765d ago

Not really, they can just make it again, although it will take a while.

Just hope they had it backed up or something, its sad when company's gets it data completely wiped.

imXify3765d ago

That's pretty wierd, I thought the basic rule when working as a dev is always having an external hard drive and sync it every day with the main drive before leaving.

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Perjoss3765d ago

Agreed, you'd have to be totally insane to pump so many hours of hard work into something and not have it backed up at least once. Even if they lost all their work they seem to be a very talented bunch and very passionate about their games, so as long as no harm came to the devs its all good imo. Good luck to them whatever happens.

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extermin8or3765d ago

They probably did, but it was probably locked away at the office or something over xmas and flooding.... would probably have gotten all that stuff too-don't forget they are a small like 15 man team (I think) :/ might even be smaller...

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porkChop3765d ago

Most studios use things like perforce or alienbrain to back up all their data to off-site servers.

boing13765d ago

Not sure why you get a disagree. We're using perforce in our company.

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Bladesfist3765d ago

I am just a hobbyist game dev and I do these things, any major game dev will probably have multiple backup solutions and version control systems.

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Riderz13373765d ago

Sony/Microsoft/Nintendo should help them fund this game or something. It sucks to hear this happening to a four man/woman team. Hopefully they didn't lose any valuable data and they had back ups.

Would love it if some big publisher/developer helps them out though, especially since Christmas is tomorrow...Help them out!!!

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mhunterjr3765d ago

That would be nice... But I think we'd be hard pressed to find a publisher who would help them without any strings attached.

Riderz13373765d ago

Yea that's true, which sucks. Probably they would ask for exclusivity deals or something =(.

Sucks for Hello games though, on Christmas Eve this happens to them =(

Studio-YaMi3765d ago

If one of the big three helps them out without strings attached,I will have so much respect for whoever will help these guys get back on track again.

Such a shame,the best of VGX went down the drain ... :(

XiSasukeUchiha3765d ago

Learn from this experience and get a back up computer for secure purposes or get some more backup files

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Wedge193765d ago

Huge bummer! And on Christmas Eve of all days. Hope all is well and they bounce back quick

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krontaar3765d ago

Heard this excuse before. Project zomboid anyone?

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Pintheshadows3765d ago

Are you being horrible for the sake of it or does it come naturally?

KwietStorm_BLM3765d ago

???

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mixelon3765d ago

Excuse? Having 2 laptops stolen when not properly prepared is a hell of a lot different to having your entire office engulfed by water in a random act of nature.

Pretty sure they have backups or they'd likely have said something on twitter.

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krontaar3765d ago

They are similar in the fact that neither actually happened.

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mixelon3765d ago

Neither actually happened? Are you insane? The Zomboid guys caught back up on the lost time as quickly as they could and massive chunks of Guildford ARE flooded, including where Hello Games are based. It takes a tiny amount of research to confirm that.

Holy crap. People have no grasp on reality at all. How is it easier for people to believe foul play or conspiracy when a well documented event has just taken place?

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krontaar3765d ago

Right, keep spewing nonsense. How convenient that neither company could live up to expectations and suddenly both "lose" all of their work.

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aliengmr3765d ago

krontaar is totally right, this "flood" story was concocted by these developers in order to not make their game. We all know that you can't just stop making a game, you have to have an elaborate cover story to hide the fact that you can't make the game you were making. I mean duh!

Bet their celebrating now that they don't have to make a game people had interest in. Because...you know...that's what you do...right? Its not like they could have completed work on a concept that is, in reality, quite a few years old at this point.

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MoveTheGlow3765d ago

How to get news from a primary source:

Step 1. Process the information as you read it.

Step 2. Translate it into shenanigans worth snarking about.

Step 3. LIZARD PEOPLE

(Really, Krontaar? Really?)

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extermin8or3765d ago (Edited 3765d ago )

Living near guilford, and having seen the photo's of whats happened which is pretty much unprecedented aswell-I doubt they are lying we're talking anywhere even remotely near the river is probably at least 3-5ft under water which is ALOT..... In some photo's the bridges which are raised considerably higher than the river can't be seen anymore save for the tops of the barriers... so this really isn't their fault bar that they whould ideally hve had some kind of backup although depending on how complex the stuff was (seeing as they were going to use procedually generated content) it might well have been backed up but just kept on site (a mistake however in an area that hasn't seriously flooded to this extent to my knowledge certainly in living memory if not longer...)

mixelon3764d ago

They didn't lose all their work. Even in the case of Zomboid thry just reverted to an earlier versuon - it wasn't 100% gone. Zomboid is OUT (early access, much more developed than the version they lost.) I was just playing it! And NMS is almost certainly has no problems at all other than a short period of developer distraction. They have backups. Jeez.

Seriously? Are you trolling? Please tell me you're trolling!

You're seriously saying they - after specifically seeking publicity for a game that nobody knew about until VGX.. Got cold feet and were looking for some way out of the responsibility - so they decided to flush thousands of man hours down the toilet because.. Reasons. Then they saw that their neighbourhood was flooded and threw all their hardware in? The perfect plan!!!

Or are you accusing them of using it as an excuse to just lie about it despite the fact that the neighbourhood was definitely 100% verifiably flooded? Are developers immune to flooding now?

There are no words for how stupid that is.

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LAWSON723765d ago

Reminds me of when a power outage occurs in Game Dev Story lol. I got mad when that happened can imagine something like that happening in real life. Hope the game is not hit hard

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CyrusLemont3765d ago

WHAT!?! That's devastating :( sure they can rebuild the game, but that doesn't change the fact they've probably lost thousands of man hours into their work and all their personal data has probably been lost as well. Poor guys, hopefully they start a kickstarter or something to raise funds to stay financially afloat and keep the project going. Probably one of the most promising upcoming developers. No Man's Land will make them huge if it lives up to what we saw at VGX. I wonder if that Robert guy from Star Citizen can help gather his backers to help out these guys. Considering he has a huge community of PC space gaming enthusiasts, I wouldn't be surprised if they gave a helping hand.

CyrusLemont3765d ago

No man's Sky*, my bad.

TH3BR3W3765d ago

If they had a kickstarter I would not hesitate to give up a hundred or two to them and I know a few people who would at least give a hundred. Hopefully they backed it up.

modesign3765d ago

well shit.

ivan5103765d ago

I have a feeling some bigger companies will help them out some how.

SoulSercher6203765d ago

That's really unfortunate. Hope they can rebuild soon. They don't deserve this.

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ELpork3765d ago

Ish, that's crappy.

aLiEnViSiToR3765d ago

we all know they were busy "playing" the game >_>

http://25.media.tumblr.com/...

maniacmayhem3765d ago

Very suspect....

I don't know you think maybe these guys over promised on the game and couldn't deliver so they decided to "flood" their studio??

I know, I know I thought I hit you all with some illuminati, conspiracy for the holiday season.

I really, really hope they have this game backed up somewhere on something. And yes I agree with a poster above, Sony/Nintendo/MS should be racing to these guys rescue.

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denero13765d ago (Edited 3765d ago )

I think like you in that regard hell in highschool they told us over and over to save our material big projects/websites/scripts

afterwards it becomes second nature to save or risk losing everything it's crazy to think these guys did all that and didn't have a backup

mixelon3765d ago

Guildford was definitely partially flooded. Im more concerned for the neighbouring families (as im sure they are too).. Im pretty sure they'll have backup.

http://www.guildford-dragon...

A shitty xmas for them though. :(

Pintheshadows3765d ago

You're are an idiot maniacmayhem. Most of Kent is flooded right now. You know the thing t=you are on called 'the internet'?. It allows you to look stuff like this up and not look like an absolute numpty conspiracy theorist.

maniacmayhem3765d ago

It's called a joke sh#thead which is why I said:

"I know, I know I thought I hit you all with some illuminati, conspiracy for the holiday season."

Which was followed by "I hope they have the game backed up," meaning I know what happened.

Take the bright holiday stick out your arse and cheer up mate or bloke or whatever you all say out there.

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DoctorJones3765d ago

England was hit by a pretty severe storm and a lot of people have had trouble. Most of my fencing is down from it. They're not making it up, how is it suspect?

monkey nuts3765d ago

Most of the uk has been hit. Wales, Scotland and England. A village not more than 3 miles from where I live has flooded, all the storm drainage has overflowed due to the sheer amount of precipitation we've had these last few days. Absolute nightmare before Christmas, but people are helping each other, as bad as it is, times like these when you realise that communities are there for each other.

OT : I'm sure they had external backups or the twitter post would have mentioned the fact that they had lost everything.

DoctorJones3765d ago

Yeah sorry, I should have mentioned the UK as a whole really, I just said about England because of where Hello Games was based, but everywhere has been hit badly.

Pintheshadows3764d ago

Or, you know, you could learn what humour is you lemur licking animal shagger.

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ziggurcat3765d ago

That really sucks, but the game looked boring as hell...

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TheGreyWarrior3765d ago

This why we must all accept the clouwdz, they are our savior!

showtimefolks3765d ago

hope sony/ms and nintendo along with other publishers team up and provide some funding. That way the game could be co-published and be on every platform

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Gamerita3765d ago

bad news indeed but to be honest the game looked utter crap.

Inception3765d ago

Man, i love their game so i knew their pain when flooding destroyed your stuff / property. Because in my country, flooding is a yearly event. It's really really sucks to clean up your house every single f*kin year when the floods came. I hated my government too who always gives empty promise about prevent this disaster, but turns out they did nothing :(

Ps4Console3765d ago (Edited 3765d ago )

Merry Christmas to all at N4G keep up the great work & may the new year be a great one for all & peace to all around the world .

Mexxan3765d ago

Smells fishy. Average consumers know to back up - so a game dev doesn't? Hmmm..... To ambitious a project?

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mixelon3765d ago

The only thing fishy is people extrapolating based off nothing at all.

They didn't even say they don't have backup. Chances are they DO have backup.

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aliengmr3765d ago

They probably have a backup, just not anything to use it on. Kinda need a computer to make a game.

Maxor3765d ago (Edited 3765d ago )

So now this game will take 5 years to come out instead of 4. No biggie. I'm not sure why people are so excited about this game when zero actual gameplay was shown.

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Pintheshadows3765d ago

'when zero actual gameplay was shown.'

All they showed was gameplay.

Maxor3765d ago

LOL you thought that 30 secs was gameplay?

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FragMnTagM3764d ago

I have a feeling that Maxor will be eating his words when this game comes out.

That was all gameplay. Look at a high-res video and look at the jaggies on the cockpit before he gets in. That was definitely gameplay.

Pintheshadows3764d ago (Edited 3764d ago )

Are you serious?! You sir are a total danger to sheep's ringpieces. What is it with all the animal shagging degenerates on this site?

Mister_G3765d ago

Hope they have some off-site backups :-S

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Holeran3765d ago

Bummer, sorry to hear about this. Hope you guys get all the help you need and aren't down to long.

hankmoody3765d ago

Wow. Talk about bad timing.

jay23765d ago

Feel sorry for them .

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kevco3329d ago

If you're wanting more PSVR 2 support, you should probably buy all of these games.

Speak with your wallet!

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Profchaos29d ago

Bit rich to have to buy games you don't want because you want Sony to support the expensive headset they sold us which cost as much as the console it runs on beyond paying third partys to support it.
Seriously in terms of first party we have horizon on day 1 and a gt 7 vr mode.

They seemingly have made little effort to support it beyond paying Capcom to make re games in VR or a second party studio to make firewall which was mismanaged.

I'm a day 1 psvr2 user and the only thing I'm excited for right now is PC support.

I commented recently this bespoke VR game development model we have right now clearly doesn't work

crazyCoconuts29d ago

On the one hand I feel like there's been plenty of smaller non-AAA games to play and occupy me as a supplement to my flat screen gaming.
But I agree that Sony has done nothing to elevate this beyond the niche it's in and into the mainstream where it would be economical to create AAA games for it.

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Babadook728d ago (Edited 28d ago )

Most of these games are worth owning for most people; I own all but 2 of them in fact. So I agree with kevco33. I think you're crazy if you downplay this list quite frankly. Sony can't keep funding software if people don't buy any of it, the ball is squarely in OUR court.

Sony has spent a lot on 3rd party stuff this gen like RE.

phoenixwing29d ago (Edited 29d ago )

Saving up for the headset is my first hurdle. Let alone buying games I don't want lol

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mudakoshaka28d ago

People downvoting you for not having enough finances...what a world we live in, haha

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phoenixwing28d ago (Edited 28d ago )

@mudako
They feel affronted at the very thought that I don't plunk down 500 immediately lol I have a little over 900 games in my backlog I've been buying games instead of hardware ever since I got my PC and ps5. I just don't know if vr is really for me honestly. Every time I have a couple hundred allocated to video games it makes more sense to buy a bunch of flat games instead of vr ones

mudakoshaka29d ago

I have 9 out of these 10 games. I try to buy all the VR games I like to support the advancement of VR!

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TheEroica28d ago (Edited 28d ago )

I spoke with my wallet after watching the first headset get weak support. Easy pass until Sony earns my money. Feel bad for those who parted with 500 bucks, falling for the hype that Sony was actually gonna support this thing.

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Neonridr29d ago

I own 7 of these titles off the list, lol.

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NotoriousWhiz29d ago

I'm trying to decide if it's worth holding onto my psvr 2. I enjoy what it has currently, but it seems unlikely to get anything else. Might be better off just waiting for something with more support if that ever comes.

Profchaos28d ago

As a fellow psvr2 owner the question seemingly comes down to do you own a PC.

I think I'm all in I have a habit to hold onto my systems anyhow I still have my psvr1 to hell I still have my NES.

But while it's still worth something yeah you could sell it and if Sony turns the ship around you should be able to buy another one for less than you soldmit for I feel like we won't see any fix for the headset for the next 2 years rumours show that Sony has no current first party VR games in active development after they closed London studios

The whole psvr2 situation has left me feeling a little burnt on PlayStation as a whole to be honest. The first psvr felt experimental but it was supported far more than this superior headset

MIDGETonSTILTS1729d ago

GT7 surprised me, because I hate racing games, but i poured 100 hours into it way too quickly.

I’m looking forward to the Metro VR game this year, and I hope that WW2 dogfighter game releases eventually.

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talocaca29d ago

I have most of them 😅

Waiting for a sale on Synapse and Arizona Sunshine 2.....also Metro coming this year looks great.

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Solitariussaint29d ago

Excellent list, these are all excellent VR2 games worth owning! I'd add Hellsweeper to this list.

Futureshark29d ago

Synapse is awesome, but c'mon...Pistol Whip!!!

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Skuletor28d ago

Pistol Whip and Thumper were my favourites on the OG PSVR.

ModsDoBetter29d ago

Wouldn't invest in the failed accessory.

Sony now halting production due to stock piling up and not shifting. As predicted, a failed peripheral.

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Babadook728d ago (Edited 28d ago )

Where are getting all this from? IDC? Windows Central?

You wouldn't invest? Why did you invest in the failed console that is xbox then?

ModsDoBetter28d ago

https://www.bloomberg.com/n...

https://www.theverge.com/20...

https://kotaku.com/playstat...

Or do you need more sources to counter your denial? What has Xbox got to do with a PS article?

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Babadook727d ago (Edited 27d ago )

Nice. Bloomberg citing sources. So not as credible as all those copy and paste articles about psvr2 underperforming psvr1 before Sony dropped actual info.

MS just keeps at it though.

thorstein28d ago

What's the failure date? Just so we all know. I was told it failed in 2016. Then again in 2018. Then again in 2020.

Now your telling me VR failed in 2024. But what's the actual date, since you're "in the know" on these things? Modern VR started in 2013. It's been 11 years.

That will help the rest of us to know when to stop playing and buying games.

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ModsDoBetter28d ago

See evidence above.

Failing to shift units - Sony is now pausing production as a result.

Come back to me this time next year and see if you still have the same attitude. One...ONE first party game built for VR (Horizon) and one with a mode (GT7).

Wooo!
First party support in full swing, we PSVR2 users eating tonight!

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thorstein27d ago (Edited 27d ago )

PS stopped producing. You neglected to say those are anonymous rumors. You neglected to say that Oculus outsold PSVR2 3:1.

You also neglected to say that PS is adding PC support. Weird thing to do to something that is failing.

You also failed to deliver a failure date.

"When" refers to a time. When will it fail? It hasn't failed yet. So when does it?

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ModsDoBetter27d ago (Edited 27d ago )

"PS stopped producing. You neglected to say those are anonymous rumors. You neglected to say that Oculus outsold PSVR2 3:1."

What does Oculus performing better have to do with anything here? If anything it only furthers the sentiment that PSVR2 is the least desired VR headset.

Also, what confirmed sales numbers? Aside from the 600k announced for the first six weeks.

You try to diminish my evidence with actual receipts delivered above yet here you are yapping away.

"Sony later stated it had sold 600k PSVR2 units in the device's first six weeks - slightly more than the first PlayStation VR headset managed in the same timeframe. Sony has not provided any update on PSVR2's sales performance since."

Source for the above: https://www.eurogamer.net/p...

"You also neglected to say that PS is adding PC support. Weird thing to do to something that is failing."

This is a rumor, not confirmed. They have been testing it but there is no official confirmation that it is 100% happening nor any release date. Since you're so fixated on dates - tell me the exact date of PC support confirmed from sony.

Furthermore, it is not weird at all to open up to other platforms since the product itself is underperforming with limited (VERY LIMITED) first party support.

Case in point: Xbox this gen now opening their first party exclusive games up to competitors.

Try harder.

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ChasterMies28d ago

“Call of the Mountain” and “Synapse” are amazing experiences. But what I really want are more non-game experiences like a 3D movie or a chill exploration like a museum exhibit. If Apple Vision Pro owners can watch NFL games via a 360° camera, why can’t PSVR2 owners?

Leeroyw28d ago

I have them all. And agree on all accounts. Issue is. What's next? You have modders able to make almost any game VR compatible but not Sony?!?

maniacmayhem28d ago

Pretty much the top and only 10 games worth having a PSVR 2 for (some are questionable) and with Sony halting production I don't think they'll be 10 more from Sony any time soon.

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aaronlif1028d ago

I LOVE the VR updates for the Resident Evil games, but I do think Sony needs to do a better job bringing more AAA games to this, as well as some apps (like BigScreen). Half Life Alyx needs to happen for PSVR2 and I'm shocked it still hasn't been announced. I know they are bringing pcvr support but I really think they need to bring the game to console optimized to run well on the hardware. One game that has been honestly made the psvr2 worth it to me is PAVLOV. THAT game has me fully addicted. In my opinion, PAVLOV is to VR what Goldeneye was to the N64. On the PSVR2 it feels amazing. I hope sony pushes to get more VR content on PSVR2. I'd love a ps5/ psvr2 version of Doom 3 vr, Alien Isolaion, Jurassic Park Survivor vr (not a thing buy it would be amazing if they added a vr mode to that), and Half Life Alyx. Hopefully Sony starts pushing harder to make games that can draw people in. A VR mode for Resident Evil 2 would be amazing too.