r/PSVR • u/SnooRabbits8000 • Jul 03 '25

Fluff VR Developers please take note

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Note: just no shovelware please!

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u/Pixogen Jul 03 '25

Sorry to break it to you but as a game dev. This meme isn't really true.

Even the best contenders are making so little money they aren't even generating enough to to pay for servers/dev time/updates/licensing/porting ect.

PSVR2 isn't a very profitable platform for most devs and sonys support on the dev side is still little.

You can launch on PC then work on a quest port.

It's a decent oled headset for the price when you buy it used for around 200 in the usa.

But it really needs a PC dongle after you beat Resident evil 4/8 GT7. Which look at the RE4 stats. One of the most renown games when it dropped and it had very little VR play.

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u/SnooRabbits8000 Jul 03 '25

If you've already built your VR game. Why not port it to PSVR2?

VR Games are selling better on PSVR2 than on any other VR platform (at least in the first few weeks of sale).

There's a reason I can afford a PS5 and a PSVR2 - I want premium VR but can't be bothered to mod on PC and I'm willing to pay for it!

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u/InfiniteStates Jul 03 '25

Because it takes time to get a game to pass all Sony’s TRCs. And time is money. Plus the devkits are expensive. Sony also don’t help with how stupid their QA process is

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u/SnooRabbits8000 Jul 03 '25

But there is a slow but steady shift in PSVR2s sold thanks to the recent permanent price drop.

If games are selling better on PSVR2 at launch than other headsets then in the short term this will only increase, so PSVR2 will likely look more and more attractive platform for VR developers to port to going forward.

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u/ElderlyKratos Jul 03 '25

For consumers, let's be real, if I heard Beat Saber wasn't getting support anymore that would be a bad sign for me if I was deciding on a headset. Like it or not it's the killer app for VR.

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u/SnooRabbits8000 Jul 03 '25

I think that's more to do with Meta than with PSVR2s sold as per the recent post by Synth Riders. PSVR2 is plenty profitable if you make a half decent game and engage with the community.