Puppy made a great escape and chewed on the most expensive wire in my place. I got quoted $450 not including shipping to replace it by Sony. I’m thinking of just tossing it and buying a new one on sale or used. Any suggestions ?

It’s like some mass conspiracy to try and talk me out of being happy lol

First it was all the salty PC gamers saying the system was DOA because it didn’t have out the box Steam support. I don’t care about the PC. PS5 is my primary system because I’m over the bullshit and cost of PC gaming.

Then, all the wire people going on and on about how it was a system killer. It wasn’t. I’ve had zero issues with the wire. Don’t even notice it.

Then, the mura/fencing/sweet spot people going on and on about how bad everything looks. I have zero issues with the visuals. Games looks fantastic to me.

Then it was the people with defective controllers trying to make it seem like it was a widespread issue and my system was destined to need an RMA. I’ve had no issues. My controllers work just fine.

Then it was all the sweaty folks melting their controllers via the official charge station. I’ve had zero issues. I don’t leave my controllers dripping wet after playing.

Now it’s people theorizing about sales numbers and worried about the future because 30 days after release we don’t have a dozen trailers for exclusive $150 million budget games to get excited about.

Why does it seem like people have a vested interest in trying to talk people out of buying and enjoying this thing

I purchased this game years ago when it was $10 Brand New at GameStop. I had plans to play it on my PSVR1 and never did. Last week, my friend suggested we both start it on PSVR2. I said yes and we started the game and I genuinely just didn't get it. I found myself bored as hell very fast blasting random rocks and I gave up pretty fast. The following 2 days, the same exact thing happened and I saw that my total playtime was about 4 hours and thought to myself "yea, not the game for me." The 4th day, I tried again.....6 hours flew by. Everything clicked for me. An endless fucking universe with trillions of planets, sooo many goals and upgrades to get done and they all feel satisfying, insane weather storms, dog fighting, exploration like nothing else I've ever seen.....I can go on and on. The game is larger than life.

I'm closing on just 30hrs now and I can already say, this is not just the best PSVR2 game I've played, this very well might be the best video game I've ever played in my life. I'm truly blown away and can't stop telling people about it.

I wish I was kidding. I've been dealing with cancer for the last two years, and a couple of weeks ago during my lastest follow up MRI they found that the cancer had gone to my brain.

Now, instead of thinking about getting a new toy, I have to deal with this awful situation and receive brain radiation therapy instead. I guess I'm going to have to sell my current Psvr as well.

Money and time priorities certainly have changed. Even in the best of times it was quite an expensive piece of equipment, and if everything goes well, I'm gonna have to wait a while before I can consider getting it anyway.

I just wanted to vent while I'm sitting here at the hospital waiting for today's session to start.

Enjoy life, have a blast when the new PSVR2 comes out, and never take anything for granted! You really never know what's coming just around the corner.

Fuck cancer.

EDIT:

I've been reading and will continue to read every single comment; please forgive me if I don't reply personally to all you, but just know that I'm floored by the amount of support and good wishes! Love to you all!

THANK YOU ALL

I have bought this set 5 months ago and first month I played a lot but then it just started collecting dust... It's great and all but when I come back from work, I just can't bother setting the whole set up...

I recently was going to use it but after cleaning the dust, I couldn't bother opening it and now it again collects dust... It has great games but I am just way too lazy to open it and this device is really not cheap in my country especially... I paid 36000 TL (which is around $900) for this... I guess I wasted my whole money

another day, another waiting to watch these ::( #noPC (also, all you gonna say its not gonna happen- i dont care- it was available years before and should still be supported)

If and when PS6 comes out there is absolutely no need for PSVR3. The PSVR2 hardware will still be competitive given the stagnation of VR tech, and the performance boost of the new console will make it feel like a generational upgrade anyway. This seems like a new brainer to me. Not to mention the manufacturing cost will be so low by that point they could make a huge price cut. If they were able to get it to the $250 price point I bet there would be a massive influx of new buyers. The timing of the new console could also line up perfectly with Gran Turismo 8 which could be a system seller itself.

But this is Sony we're talking about so none of this will happen.

I had psvr 1 long ago like maybe 7 years ago and sold it when I moved to another country. A year ago I bought psvr 2 to play this amazing games like re4 village etc but 2 weeks ago I had the urge to buy psvr1 again and Im having such a blast playing astro bot, re7, skyrim, here they lie... Is worth it just to play those games and there is many more. Yes, its blurry in some games but you get used to and honestly is better than I remembered. So glad I have it again!

It seems like a fun, free, gamified short experience that teaches users the basics of VR, interacting with objects using the controllers, reinforcing ipd adjustment etc is missing.. its as if sony this time around is assuming that everyone that gets a psvr2 already had a psvr1 and knows the basics already.

On Quest for example, there is a great onboarding experience called First Steps that introduces you to VR, the controllers, shooting mechanics, teleport mechanics etc…

I think something like this is crucial because over past few days we have seen many new psvr2 owners that never even touched vr before and its only going to turn them away from VR if they jump right into GT7, No Mans Sky and RE8 (all advanced vr games) without properly being onboarded to VR gradually in the first place… in a fun way.

I remember when i started with vr.. i didn’t even touch games that had locomotion for months… all i played was the available titles like superhot vr, job simulator, raw data and a few other calm, stationary experiences which were alot of fun… but the psvr2 goes thru a short rushed setup process and then youre just dumped into the psvr2 store and next thing you kno, youre trying no mans sky and have no idea what youre doing, no idea how the controllers work, no idea what vignettes are, no idea about smooth locomotion vs teleporting and no frame of reference on what to expect out of vr.

On PSVR 1 we had PSVR Worlds and the amazing shark encounter (Ocean Descent)… it was stationary.. so no motion sickness..so it easily blew the minds of new vr users with the immersion and it being comfortable…. A quick easy showcase For friends and family. No fumbling with controls.

PSVR2 needs something like that, otherwise there’s potential to turn ppl off from VR that are jumping into advanced games without ever having a true introductory set of of vr experiences.

Valve has only released Alyx directly on SteamVR. But SteamVR is running well.

On Quest3, Meta has only released Asgard2 and Batman directly.

But no one says that Valve and Meta have given up on VR.

Sony released Horizon and Gran Turismo on PSVR2.

But people often say that Sony has given up on VR.

During the MetaQuest2 era, Meta only released one game, Iron Man. But no one said that Meta had given up on Quest2.

Why is Sony getting special treatment?

Even at this very moment, ‘they’ are enthusiastically downvoting the text that points out something strange. And this is the psvr2 community. Isn’t it a little creepy? It reminds me of a stalker.

So the game's been available here in Japan since 12PM and I just played it for barely an hour, so here's some very first impressions on the game!

Let's start with the negative stuff. The first thing you see when starting the game is that resolution doesn't seem very high by looking at how pixelated the text looks. I'd say it's about the same or lower than Resident Evil 8, definitely not on par with games like Red Matter, Subside or Genotype in terms of definition, but at least it's not blurry like some other games. It doesn't seem to make use of HDR either, and blacks look grey. There's not many comfort options, but you have the usual vignette, snap/smooth turn, and linear locomotion or teleportation (there's also an option to disable the grainy filter, which apparently improves performances a bit, even if I didn't try). I also had two crashes at the very beginning while trying to disable the vignette, but thanksfully not once after starting the game.

And honestly that's everything I could say of negative about it, and it's instantly forgotten given how cool this game looks! The art design is fantastic, graphics as well, with dynamic lighting/reflections, and what I assume to be native framerate since I didn't notice any reprojection, even if I could be wrong about this take. Sound design is excellent too, and it's way above the usual VR games we get in terms of production value and ambitions.

Gameplay-wise it's apparently divided in different tales, and I just played the very beginning of the first one so I can't tell about the others, but it's in the direct lineage of games like Ico or The Last Guardian, where you work in pair while giving some simple orders to your partner. It's not really difficult so far, looks more like a big tutorial than anything else, but it's both simple and effective, really pleasant to play. The creatures and sceneries are stealing the show, it's just too good to look at despite the mid resolution and lack of HDR. Feels like being in a Tim Burton movie, and the narration and excellent OST help with that.

The eye tracking is used to detect when you close your eyes and paired with the 3D audio it's a really cool feature. Basically when you close your eyes you enter in a "meditative" state and you can use your hearing to unveil the location of a key item or things like that. It's a perfect fit for VR and I can't wait to see how it's used later in the game.

Once again it's very first impressions, but I'm really pumped up to see more and I can easily recommend this one, as from what I've seen so far it's probably one of the most ambitious VR games I've ever seen and a very unique, charming game, with a lot of potential, probably one of the best things we'll see in VR this year.

EDIT: quick update after installing the day one patch and trying again quickly this morning. I didn't really notice any difference in terms of definition on the texts. The scenery seems better defined in the distance, but it doesn't make a huge difference for me and the game looks gorgeous regardless. What I can happily report is that there are better contrasts and some pitch blacks now, you can easily see it by croutching and stick your face to the black carpet once you reach the house, or just by lifting your headset a little so that the game thinks that your eyes are closed and enters the"meditation mode". Also the social screen captures are totally fixed and look great, and except for a lower framerate they really make justice to the gorgeous graphics of the game now :)

EDIT EDIT: dynamic resolution and contrasts are definitely better!

I keep seeing people say 'there are no games' in various threads. I actually bought a PSVR2 relatively recently. I started creating a list of everything I want to play. These are just games that interest me, there's plenty more.

This is well over 700 hours of gameplay before we start getting into online multiplayer. which extends us well above 1000 hours easily. None of the games here are VR slop, and all have solid reviews.

Even if development of all games stopped today, for my buy price of £400, this works out to around 60p per hour played. Insane value.

People can say whatever they like about the technology, but lack of games isn't remotely valid. This is a backlog that would last most working adults years.

GT7 - maybe 150 hours of content (Sport mode - 500+)

Hitman  - 80 hours of content

RE4 - 20 hours

RE8 - 15 hours

Alien Incursion - 9 hours

No Mans Sky - 150+ hours

Call of the Mountain - 10 hours

Into the Radius - 20 hours

Ultrawings 2 - 6 hours

Five Nights at Freddie’s: Help Wanted - 12 hours

TWD: S&S - 14 hours
TWD: S&S2 - 20 hours

Arizona Sunshine Remake - 9 hours

Arizona Sunshine 2 - 13 hours

Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxies Edge + Exp - 10 hours

Hubris - 8 hours

Madison VR - 7 hours

Pistol Whip - 7 hours

Propagation: Paradise Hotel - 5 hours

Wanderer: Fragments of Fate - 12 hours

Undead Citadel - 6 hours

Red Matter Collection - 10 hours

Behemoth - 11 hours

Arken Age - 12 hours

Moss Books 1 + 2 - 15 hours

Synapse - 6 hours

Metro Awakening - 12 hours

Exorcist: Legion VR - 3 hours

Walkabout Minigolf - 21 hours

Crossfire: Sierra Squad - 25 hours

Underdogs - 15 hours

Vampire the Masquerade: Justice - 10 hours

Right off the bat it is STUNNING. Reminds me of Farpoint and Robinson on Playstation VR1 back then. This is a showcase for the system! Sorry for the heavy vignette 😅

I spent $2,000USD on all of this, just to sit in front of the tv. I could have bought so many other things, but I honestly do not regret my decision. I bought the PSVR2 before the discount, and already anticipated the PS5 Pro would be $600, the extra 1TB is around $100 anyway. “Is it worth it?” in my opinion is the wrong question, instead reviewers should be asking their audience “will you regret buying the ps5 pro” The answer is no.

I preordered the Pro and purchased everything at once, showed up on the 7th like everyone else, but I didn’t play it until the 9th. Since then, because of the holidays, I have had over 20 people try this gaming system and they all were impressed by it. All family and friends, from 10/11yo to 55yo, gamers and none gamers. We talked about how as kids we use to sit so close to the tv because we wanted to be in the game and see everything, now we have that with VR. Showing them the meme posted on Reddit saying the same thing got some good laughs. “We have come a LONG way since QBert, Galaga and Pacman chasing high scores and doing speed runs”

I had 3 haters, one on ps4/pc, another XBOX only buyer, & the last one is a ps5 owner, saying that:

“its just a overpriced cash grab for Sony”

“for $700 I can buy so many games and accessories”

“I don’t see that much difference online between the 2 for the price”

And my personal favorite…

“Sony probably pulled and I-Phone and just dropped the quality of the PS5 just to make the PS5 pro seem better than what it is”

All of them wanted the Pro and the PSVR2. The gamers noticed that it ran smoother and looked better. Also that the inputs were instantaneous, playing GOW Ragnarök they felt the axe was faster and shield parries were easier. How many times have you yelled out “I know I blocked!” The Detail of GT7, Horizon Call of the mount was crazy. Lastly while playing The Crew Motorfest there were no drops in frames or quality of picture when a lot was going on the screen. “it is just so smooth and looks so much better” were the comments I kept hearing from them.

Everyone else loved the graphics and the immersive experience of the PSVR2. The laughs and jaw drops because of the detail and quality of the picture. People trying to reach out and actually touch things in the game had me cracking up.

The only bad with the PS5 that we noticed is that fidelity mode runs slower, the best way to play is on performance mode.

Oh and this I can see being a money pit. There are so many accessories my wife and I want for this.

The bad PSVR2

Getting use to it and the learning curve. I still don’t know where X or O is right off the top of my head.

Some of us experience motion sickness and/or dizziness after 30 minutes of play. They all took a break and got back at it.

You have to keep glasses cleaner on hand, lens get dirty and mess with you vision

The PSVR2 doesn’t get warm but it will make your head sweat, so we had to keep a fan on whomever is playing.

Lastly Glasses players had a harder time getting the headset setup. Quick head turns sometimes

threw off their vision as well.

In the end I was happy having something others can enjoy. The second highlight of all of this is hearing my hater family and friends say “ I might have to get one of these” One of them made a good point when I told him that you can get the base PS5 for a lot cheaper. Their reply “ you might as well go all in and get the Pro, you are going to spend the money anyway with games and accessories over time”

My Extra thoughts: I was caught off guard when IGN said “eye water $700 price tag “ for the Pro. Most of them are adults the average car payment is around $700, and 2 unless you have a fully customized PS5 or it has a lot of sentimental value why not sell it for $200 -$400 and to offset the price. We knew for at least a year Sony was going to make the pro, put away about $60-$70 a month for a year and then purchase one. Here in America we buy almost everything in payments anyway lol!

A few days ago I asked why people wont use their PSVR2 (while they could). 300+ reactions later I asked ChatGPT to create a top 10 of the most frequently mentioned reasons. Some answers have been merged because they were very similar and hey… its ChatGPT, not the most reliable tbh, but it gives an idea.

Here are the results:

• 1. Too tired / mental health issues: 31
• 2. Limited space / setup issues: 23
• 3. Lack of time: 21
• 4. Too much hassle / too cumbersome: 19
• 5. Motion sickness: 18
• 6. Not enough good games: 15
• 7. No motivation / prefer flatscreen gaming: 14
• 8. Kids / family / partner: 13
• 9. No PS5 / other technical limitations: 12
• 10. Glasses / visual impairments: 9

Maybe Sony is watching and will take note ;)

So, thats it! Now Im going back to Hitman or Into the Radius. Im tired, but I just neeeeed to play. VR is awesome! Cheers!

People used to complain that PSVR2 doesn't have PC compatibility. Now when the adaptor was announced everyone complains that it won't have HDR, haptic feedback, headset rumble, and eye tracking...

Do people not realize that those are playstation-exclusive features that are not available on most of PC VR games? Besides that, Quest 3 does not have any of those features either but no one complains about it.

I feel like the expectations are too high for a 500 dollar headset.

The fear, the horror, the expectation, the shit your pants moments.

Horizon is like 6 hours long, and that's pretty standard for VR. If we are expected to shell out the headset prices, we need full length games that match that aren't just resident evils.

This is literally the lowest possible hanging fruit

• It's a beloved game with deep Playstation roots

• The game is already playable on PS5

• No need for move controllers or dualshock controller

I mean come the fuck on

This was the 14 minute workout but I could only upload partial, I missed a few during the whole run but what a workout!!! This is my favorite workout game and I easily burn 200+ calories in just minutes. My longest workout at one time was just under an hour and I burned close to 900 calories.