News Sony Apparently Planned PSVR2 for PC from the Beginning

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Sony will release an adapter for PSVR2 this week which allows the headset to be connected to a PC. This will effectively transform the proprietary PS5 headset into an accessory for computers, enabling connectivity to Steam where titles like Half-Life Alyx can be played. There are drawbacks: flagship features like foveated rendering, haptic feedback, and gaze tracking will only be supported when the headset is connected to the PS5. Still, it's a marked change of strategy from the Japanese giant.

And speaking with AV Watch, it sounds like it may have been something the manufacturer was planning from the start. "We have made the PSVR2 compatible with PCs in order to provide PSVR2 users who also have a gaming PC with an environment in which they can enjoy a wide range of VR content on their PCs, and to broaden the scope of the VR experience with PSVR2," a spokesperson said, as translated by Google.

"The importance of PC connection was recognized even within the PSVR2 development team, and PC connection was also taken into consideration when the design of PSVR2 began. On the release date of PSVR2, we first worked on optimizing the VR experience when connected to a PS5, and then accelerated development of PC compatibility after the release."

So it sounds like Sony had always planned to support PC with PSVR2, it just wanted to priorities the PS5 experience first and foremost, which makes sense.

Interestingly, Valve recently reduced the price of Half-Life Alyx on Steam, seemingly in preparation for the influx of headset owners about to connect their PSVR2s to their PCs. Will you be buying the adapter and testing out this functionality? Let us know in the comments section below.