Sony has officially revealed the PSVR 2 controllers that will accompany its next generation of PSVR for the PS5 — and we can't wait to literally get our hands on them. The Japanese company also shared the official name for its new peripheral at CES 2022, the PlayStation VR2 Sense controller.
While Sony has confirmed PSVR 2 is officially in the works, the only element of this new hardware that we've seen in the flesh is the new gamepads, and we're already impressed. The PSVR 2 controllers look to enhance VR immersion with built-in haptic feedback, adaptive triggers, and finger-touch detection while sporting a more orb-like design that should make them more comfortable to hold.
In other words, it's time for the PlayStation Move controller to move over; there's a new controller in town. Want to know more? Read on for everything we know about the PSVR 2 controllers.
Sony revealed the PSVR 2 controllers in a blog post in March 2021, just a month after the company published another surprise blog post confirming that the next generation of PSVR is in the works — which is expected to work exclusively with PS5 hardware. We also know the peripheral is now officially called the PlayStation VR2 Sense controller.
The PSVR 2 controllers will likely launch alongside the PSVR 2 hardware, but Sony has confirmed we're not going to see PSVR 2 in 2021.
If Sony mostly allocates its manpower to PS5 production (which seems likely given demand), then the PSVR 2 could launch much later than the console’s release date — perhaps even years later. PlayStation VR launched three years after the PS4, after all. But the relative success of PSVR means that Sony is likely to expedite the process this time around.
According to a report by Bloomberg, sources
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