Usually focused on Android mobiles and tablets (as its name suggests), Android Central is also interested in virtual reality. And his news is not good. Journalist Nicholas Sutrich claims to have been contacted by a reliable source indicating that Sony would drastically reduce its funding for the PS VR2. After Gran Turismo 7 and Horizon Call of the Mountain, the console company is only working on two PS VR2 games internally, the first sign of a gradual abandonment of the future market.
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Information that must necessarily be treated with tweezers, or even large metal spaghetti tongs. However, it is true that the performance of the PS VR2 is clearly not in good shape with an overall lack of support from Sony. Opposite, at Meta, the Quest 3 catalog is soaring with big exclusives like Batman: Arkham Shadow, Hitman 3 VR Reloaded or Just Dance VR to name only the franchises known to the general public. The PS VR2 finds itself for the moment grabbing the crumbs. So, if Behemoth is particularly impressive, it won’t be a PS VR2 exclusive that could possibly motivate a purchase.
That Sony is thinking of reducing its losses by cutting off the weak member of its range would therefore not be particularly far-fetched given the announced hegemony of the Meta Quest 3 on the market (although these charming trailers still need to be converted into commercial successes) . To see if the Japanese console manufacturer is only at the bottom of a wave expected to rise again by 2025 or 2026. Until then, if the brain death of the PS VR2 is confirmed, its owners will still be able to acquire the adapter PC to be released in August.
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