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O PlayStation VR was Sony's successful attempt to enter the market for games using Virtual Reality. The PlayStation 4 compatible headset brought interesting titles (Astro bot: Rescue Mission, Moss, Resident Evil 7, Tetris Effect) that explored the features of the equipment and left the player completely immersed in the gameplay. Now, in a recent interview, the president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, Jim Ryan, confirmed that the company's developer team is working on a PS VR successor for the PlayStation 5. Below you will find more details about this new feature. 3n472q
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Still without an official name, the successor to the PlayStation VR will be a VR headset (Virtual Reality , “Virtual Reality”, in English) completely new to the PS5. The new model should take advantage of all the technological progress that has taken place since the original PS VR hit the market and a considerable amount of lessons learned by Sony's development team. The new PS VR development kits should soon be distributed to game studios that are interested in producing games in VR mode for the PS5.
The new model should only have one wire that will connect the equipment to the PS5, making using the new PS VR much easier and more practical for the . However, it is not known whether the new model will require a special connector, the new PS HD Camera and some type of different joystick, such as the PS Move. However, the new PlayStation VR for PS5 is not expected to be released in 2021. Even so, Sony promises to provide for owners of the original PS VR with several titles on the way this year such as After The Fall, Sniper Elite VR e Humanity.
The big question from tech experts is that, despite VR attracting a lot of public attention, it's still a newborn market so why invest in a successor to PlayStation VR now? Jim Ryan comments on this particular issue:
“We believe in VR technology and are extremely happy with the results with the present PlayStation VR and we think we will do good business with our new VR system for PlayStation 5. More importantly, we see this as something beyond this next iteration that could actually be very big. it's very important. We like to innovate; We think our community likes us to innovate. I would change the question and say, “Why not?” For us, it's a very logical step to take. We are very excited about this and we think that people who are going to make VR games for our new VR system will also be very excited.”
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In addition to the factor of the COVID-19 pandemic that still severely affects the electronics manufacturing sector worldwide, the PS5 suffered serious problems at its launch that continue more than 3 months later. scalpers ("changers", in a literal translation) around the globe - aware of the low production of the console in times of pandemic - bought several units of the PS5 to resell it at astronomical prices, leaving stores and the electronics market in general practically no stocks.
Questioning about these production issues, Jim Ryan limited himself to saying that Sony is working hard to resolve this critical situation. It is a fact that Sony sold around 4,5 million units from the PS5 to the end of December 2020 (much longer than the PS4 when it launched in 2013). However, the number of players actively with the new console is not even close to the total number of units sold.
Additionally, Ryan explains that the pandemic forced the company to adopt an online production scheme that factories and employees are still trying to adapt to, not to mention that demand for the PS5 was much higher than the company could have expected. According to him, it is expected that, every month, the pace of production of the PS5 will increase but there is still no definitive date or period for the end of this crisis with production.
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Launched in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the initiative play at home Sony offered two free games to all PS4 s: Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection e Journey. Jim Ryan announced that the initiative will make a comeback in March by offering the game Ratchet & Clank completely free of charge, courtesy of the studio Insomniac Games, same developer of success Marvel's Spider-Man.
In addition, an extended access offer for new subscribers to the Funimation (Anime streaming platform). Unfortunately, this offer, however, will only be available in the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
Source: PlayStation Blog, GQ Magazine
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