PSVR Support

Old Duck

Old Duck
nash said:
FWIW, on a PS4Pro it works fine. Don't have any problems. Although to be fair I'm also not particularly frame rate sensitive.
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Frontier has definitely shown a bias toward PS4 Pro's quality over what we get on the Slim, though that said, ED should be 4K HDR on a PS4 Pro. The fact that it is not, especially since I believe more people have 4K screens than have PSVR (I'm totally pulling that out of the air), makes me think PSVR support is dead in the water..
 
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nash

nash
There is a lot to unpack there.

So PSVR sales in the 3 million range as of August 2018 (or 85 million ps4 owners). So yeah; almost certainly more 4k owners. Not sure how the ratio of PS4 pro vs PS4 og lies with PSVR owners. I'd bet it skews heavily towards pro (if you can afford[1] PSVR you can probably afford the pro upgrade). Src: https://gamingbolt.com/playstation-...nits-skyrim-vr-is-the-most-played-ps-vr-title

HDR is a different matter. There are a lot of HDR TVs, but quite a lot are not standard.

Anyway; as for the 4k part; it would be a nice upgrade, but a lot of '4k' games are not really 4k; https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/235274-how-sonys-playstation-4-pro-does-4k-without-delivering-4k

Personally I think you are correct; we are not going to see PSVR support on the PS4. What drives me up the wall is that Frontier won't come out and say it. If the answer is 'no', I'd be disappointed when they announced it, but I'll get over it and move on with my life. Instead we are in the stupid limbo land of 'probably not' but we are keeping your hopes up. Frontier really needs to learn to say "no, we aren't doing that" (or even "not at this time") instead of being super vague about everything. Maybe there is some behind the scenes reason why (sony contracts/agreements come to mind) they can't give an answer, but they do it for other features too.

Of course the rumours about PSVR being a first class feature of the PS5; maybe there lies some of the complexity to the story. /me wonders if Frontier have ps5 kits and if Elite: Dangerous is coming to the PS5.

But I'd love a HDR patch too.

[1] Afford/choose to spend, et al
 

Old Duck

Old Duck
nash said:
Of course the rumours about PSVR being a first class feature of the PS5; maybe there lies some of the complexity to the story. /me wonders if Frontier have ps5 kits and if Elite: Dangerous is coming to the PS5.
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The rumors about the PS5 have me drooling (it's one of the reasons I decided not to upgrade to a PS4 Pro this late its life). I just read one rumor on an "official" gaming site that all PS5s will come bundled with PSVR 2.0, that's how serious they are about VR.

I don't necessarily believe that rumor, but still. And then there are the rumors about hardware raytracing, a neural network chip for NPC AI, 4K at 240 FPS (I didn't know HDMI supported that), and all sorts of other "out of this world" stuff. If these rumors are true, I might sell my car and take up hitchhiking if I need to in order to get one on release day!
 
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nash

nash
Old Duck said:
The rumors about the PS5 have me drooling (it's one of the reasons I decided not to upgrade to a PS4 Pro this late its life). I just read one rumor on an "official" gaming site that all PS5s will come bundled with PSVR 2.0, that's how serious they are about VR.

I don't necessarily believe that rumor, but still. And then there are the rumors about hardware raytracing, a neural network chip for NPC AI, 4K at 240 FPS (I didn't know HDMI supported that), and all sorts of other "out of this world" stuff. If these rumors are true, I might sell my car and take up hitchhiking if I need to in order to get one on release day!
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I can't imagine they'll be shipping the headset with the unit, surely they learnt that lesson with PS3 launch price, and the xbone kinect.

But multiple sources cite the lack of PSVR breakout box and that PSVR support is standard. I just hope the current PSVR headset works with it.
 

Cmdr blueeagle66

Cmdr blueeagle66
I play Elite Dangerous in VR on my PC using my Rift, and it is fantastic. As long as you remember to take it off for eye breaks (very hard to do when you're engrossed).
It would be great for PS4 owners to be able to play it in VR.
But it doesn't appear that the standard PS4 has the grunt for ED in VR.
It may run the game sweet (I wouldn't know when it comes to the PS4), but running the game at an acceptable level in VR is going to be a tall order.
As FD said, they could release it onto the PS Pro very easily, but Sony won't allow it.
There's always the PS5 eventually [yesnod]
 

themrucoe64

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Yes... Please let us have the psvr support for this game. I found out recently it was not and was gravely disappointed. I feel it is a grievous oversight. Irrelevant of price this is the chance to get out in front and truly shape the idea of vr. Shaping the future with visions of the future.
 

sandkid

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nash said:
I can't imagine they'll be shipping the headset with the unit, surely they learnt that lesson with PS3 launch price, and the xbone kinect.

But multiple sources cite the lack of PSVR breakout box and that PSVR support is standard. I just hope the current PSVR headset works with it.
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I would imagine a series of package deals - you're absolutely right about xbone and that fiasco. I can't see them making that mistake.

THEN AGAIN...PS Vita...*cough*...so who knows?

I also didn't upgrade to PS4 Pro because I had a sneaking suspicion PS5 would be around the corner just in time for me to get it. I've also held off on PSVR for the same reason, because I reasoned there would probably be a newer version of it as well for that new console. Kinda stinks...I'd love the upgrade to Pro, but at some point you gotta recognize consoles themselves are slowly heading the way of preorders and DLC. "Buy it now! Oh look, new and better version one year later! Buy it now!"

Seems awfully reminiscent of a certain sales strategy for certain phone manufacturers...
 

That Bert Guy

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I was thinking the same thing, unfortunately I feel like I'm just going to have to wait it out until we hear more about the PS5 and maybe FDev's stance on it. If the rumors of FDev's long term plan of supporting Elite for the next 4-5 years is true, I'd hope to at least have an answer on PSVR support before then.
 
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