In some ways, the existence of Sony’s PlayStation VR2 headset matters more than the technology inside the headset, because it’ll lead to more virtual reality video games with a wider appeal.
As someone continually distracted by the promise of VR, I was pretty excited by Sony’s PlayStation VR2 announcements last night. The specs sound great. It’s nice to see a pair of first-party studios making a VR game. Having a cord is still kind of annoying, but at least it sounds like an improvement over last time, when I remember Sony reps doing whatever they could to hide the excess wires in photo shoots. As I thought about the news, though, I realized I’m less excited about PSVR2 as a piece of new technology than I am about it as a business justification to get Sony and others to fund new VR games. When the first PlayStation VR came around, the tech was great, but what really made it work were the deals Sony struck to get games like Resident Evil 7 and Rez Infinite on the headset, and the support Sony put behind games like Astro Bot: Rescue Mission.
