Can't wait. Tall necks. Any necks. Lol PS VR 2 is checking the right boxes.
If Sony rounds it out with checking the software boxes like Blu-ray 3D movies, something like a Netflix theater mode for streaming apps, shared rooms to watch content, maybe a VR UI instead of a flat PS5 UI, etc, then it'll be a solid home run.
I don't think we'll have too worry about the games. I bought so many great PSVR games, I'm expecting PS VR 2 to do the same.
Sony proprietary fresnel lenses, HDR, OLED, up to 4K, Tobii eye tracking, already proven that it doesn't have God rays, etc.
It's like they try but keep failing to stick to Teflon PS VR 2. They'll still try to play the wire narrative. But most gamers won't care about their foolishness.
@Aussiesummer my understanding on the whole fresnel vs pancake decision was made as a result of the HDR utilisation. The choice was made because HDR won't pop in pancake as much so they implemented a newer version of frensel that focused on HDR
there will always be a debate between pancake and fresnel lenses. Pros and cons to both. That being said, I have no doubt that even though Sony is using Fresnel lenses they are custom designed to work with the headset, thus limiting any worries for things like god rays, or blurred images (fresnels can tend to have smaller sweet spots).
I'm 100% in for psvr2 I've pre-orderd I've paid it off and I've brought re8 / gt7 in preparation. And I've also ordered saints and sinners 2 / getting the upgrade for 1
Horizon cotm has me on the fence as someone who owned a gen 1 headset VR experiences do nothing for me anymore I want to be immersed in full games now I'm not sure about this it's beautiful but it looks like a beginner VR game and what I mean is that arrows always hit their targets with no aiming required there's lots of enemies coming front on and lots of walkway segments
Not sure whether to pre-order the bundle or the stand-alone headset. Will mainly be playing GT7 anyway, but the bundle makes Horizon cheaper than buying it separately. Everything I have seen about Horizon is positive though.
I agree it's a tough choice because I'm on the fence about Horizon being with it for the experienced VR player or if it's more like PS VR world was just something to get your feet wet
I've gone the standard headset for the moment but if the previews are positive for experienced VR players I'll simply swap my order around on the day
There's suspicions that the arrows use eye tracking as a form of aim assist according to Eurogamer. But if it has a hard mode or something, I'd imagine that would be turned off maybe? Review units will probably be going out next week so we won't be waiting too much longer to find out.
I am not surprised it was a jaw dropping experience, because in VR you get to truly experience scale and size of certain objects and things. When I first played Half Life Alyx, the 2nd encounter where the strider walks passed me was crazy. The scale of the thing witnessed in VR made it feel ominous. https://www.youtube.com/wat...
I'm thinking even the grazers or whatever they're called will look impressive in VR. They're a small machine by comparison but they're still like 10 feet tall and you will have to crane your neck up to look at them.
Games like this should have a model-viewer kinda like gt7 or The last of us so you can go up close and inspect them from any angle
It's a shame Horizon disappeared from the radar. If only they had released a month before Elden Ring... Sony will be sure not make the same mistake twice for their future exclusives.
I'm not taking away from elden rings success, by all accounts it was great game(not a souls fan so didnt play), but horizon was the 9th best selling game of last year, it did awesome too.
Unfortunately, no one knows how much Horizon FW sold. All the numbers you hear floating around aren't correct. That probably means that the game underperformed vs Sony's high standards. If the game had been successful (it was, but not as much as Sony hoped), they would've annouced it. Same problem with TLOU Part II, the game underperformed so they never commented its sales.
Since when did UK become the world? Sony is obviously DISAPPOINTED by the sales otherwise they would have released the numbers like they do for all the exclusives that do well. It means that the game sold less than the first one. Same situation with TLOU. The game sold WELL for US but business wise, fell short of Sony's expectations. I'm a playstation fan but let's no be delusional there please.
The UK charts are indicative of the rest of the world, they don't have massively different tastes to other humans.
Sony took 1.5 years to tell us TLOU2 sold 10m units. This notion that of they don't tell us, it means it did bad is the real delusion. The FW PS5 bundles alone would have it in the millions.
I can just imagine. Just looking at the preview footage made it look unbelievable to be inside that world in VR
I'm 100% in for psvr2 I've pre-orderd I've paid it off and I've brought re8 / gt7 in preparation. And I've also ordered saints and sinners 2 / getting the upgrade for 1
Horizon cotm has me on the fence as someone who owned a gen 1 headset VR experiences do nothing for me anymore I want to be immersed in full games now I'm not sure about this it's beautiful but it looks like a beginner VR game and what I mean is that arrows always hit their targets with no aiming required there's lots of enemies coming front on and lots of walkway segments
That long sexy neck.
Feb 22nd can't come soon enough!
Coming up fast !!