PlayStation Should Take The Future Of VR (Gaming) Away From Meta

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Important Notes:
-On PSVR2-PC Compatibility:
A day after I initially published this video (via Patreon), Sony announced they are testing the ability for PSVR 2 players to access games on PC (link below). It’s an ambiguous if interesting announcement. (And it’s possible what they’re working on may not actually constitute ‘compatibility’.) I wanted to dive a little deeper into PSVR2-PC compatibility because, depending on a few factors, I think this could potentially be another good move for PlayStation. I didn’t discuss this more in the video because I don’t have the technical knowledge to know how compatibility would work or if it would even be possible. I reached out to people who might know but wasn’t able to get quotes I could use in the video. I do wonder, though, how many PCVR users would upgrade to PSVR 2 if it were enabled, or how many people would be willing to drop $1k on PS5/PSVR 2 that don’t have either right now. That’s a lot of speculative questions and the larger point is: I’m unsure of how the market would shake out in that regard, but compatibility also isn’t essential to the video’s main point.
-Also, maybe I was a little too harsh on PlayStation’s current VR efforts?
I may have bought into VR pessimism more than I realized. PlayStation is in a transitional moment right now (mobile, live-service). It’s not that I think those strategies are good (I don’t) but more so that if PlayStation is focused on trying to jump onto the mobile/live-service trains, it would make sense that VR would drop pretty far as a priority. I could be wrong there, and I hope I am. And maybe their recent compatibility (or whatever it is) announcement signals they’re doing something similar to what I suggest in the video?
-PlayStation is doing something with PSVR 2 and PC:
https://blog.playstation.com/2024/02/22/coming-soon-to-ps-vr2-zombie-army-vr-little-cities-bigger-wanderer-the-fragments-of-fate-the-wizards-dark-times-brotherhood-and-more/

Links:
-Omdia
https://omdia.tech.informa.com/pr/2023/dec/vr-industry-braces-for-setback-omdia-forecasts-declining-sales-until-2026
-GamesIndustry.biz Analyst Predictions
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/new-hardware-more-layoffs-ai-in-game-dev-analyst-predictions-for-2024
-Ubisoft Backs Away From VR
https://www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-backs-away-from-vr-after-disappointing-assassins-creed-nexus-sales
-Reality Labs Posts Record Loss
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/01/metas-reality-labs-loses-4point65-billion-in-q4-ahead-of-vision-pro.html
-Meta’sVR/AR Plans
https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/28/23619730/meta-vr-oculus-ar-glasses-smartwatch-plans
-PS5 Surpasses 50 Million
https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/20/24009270/playstation-5-sales-surpass-50-million-units-sony
-Axios Interview w/Herman Hulst
https://www.axios.com/2022/10/04/playstation-hermen-hulst-pc-mobile-interview
-Sony Acquires Insomniac
https://www.polygon.com/2019/8/19/20812654/sony-buys-insomniac-games
-Vale’s Steam VR 2.0
https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/25/23890229/valve-steamvr-2-0-beta-announce
-Meta Metaverse Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uvufun6xer8
-Xbox Games Coming To PS5/Switch
https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/15/24073691/microsoft-xbox-games-ps5-nintendo-switch-exclusivity
-PS5 Entering Latter Years
https://kotaku.com/ps5-playstation-5-life-cycle-generation-sony-1851257227
-PSVR 2-PC Compatibility Details
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/playstation-vr2-will-eventually-be-compatible-with-pc-claims-windows-drivers-creator/
-PSVR 2/Quest 3 Holiday Sales
https://www.roadtovr.com/quest-psvr-2-unit-sales-holiday-2023/
-Sony Delays Live-Service Games
https://www.gameinformer.com/news/2023/11/09/sony-has-delayed-half-of-its-planned-playstation-live-service-games

Footage:
-Meta’s Metaverse Presentation
-Lies Beneath Trailer
-Resident Evil 8 VR
-Stormland
-Horizon: Call of the Mountain
-PSVR 2, Quest 2 and Quest 3, AC: Nexus Trailers
-The Last of Us
-Uncharted 3

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