PSVR 2 launched last month as a worthy successor to the popular PSVR, the first-ever VR headset for PlayStation consoles. Now PSVR 2 uses all the modern technology available with the PlayStation 5, providing a better overall user experience.
Before gamers decide to replace their trusty PSVR headset with a shiny new PSVR 2, they have a few questions. One of the most pertinent questions for PSVR owners is whether or not they can play their PSVR games on the new $550 headset.
PSVR and PSVR2 backwards compatibility
Unfortunately for any PSVR owner, PSVR games are not backwards compatible with the PSVR 2, so you won’t be able to buy a PSVR 2 and play your old games on it.
While this is certainly a drawback for some, there are ways around backwards compatibility. Namely, several developers offer a free upgrade from the PSVR version of a game to the PSVR 2 version. Not all PSVR games have this feature, but there are well over a dozen games that currently offer a free upgrade.
You can see a list of these games below:
- After the fall
- Cave Digger 2: Dig harder
- Improved D-Day
- Demoo
- Hello Neighbor: Search and Rescue
- work simulator
- Last maze
- NFL Pro era
- No Man’s Sky
- Whip Gun
- confusing places
- RC Airplane Challenge
- Song in the Smoke: Revived
- Beginners
- Suicide Guy VR Deluxe
- VR swordsman
- Synth Jumpers
- The Light Brigade
- Onogoro’s Tale
- The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners – Tourist Edition
- Vacation Simulator
- Windlands 2
- Zenith: the last city
It’s possible that more games will see a free update in the future, but for now, this is the complete list. So, if you own a PSVR game that is not listed above, you will only be able to play it on the PSVR headset. If you have a PSVR 2 and own one of the games listed, you will be able to play it on your new headset.