Sony Interactive Entertainment’s president and CEO’s comment seems to be clear: there will be a new PlayStation VR in the stores, even if Sony denies it.
„I think we’re more than a few minutes from the future of VR. PlayStation believes in VR. Sony believes in VR, and we believe at some point in the future, VR will represent a meaningful component of interactive entertainment. Will it be this year? No. Will it be next year? No. But will it come at some stage? We believe that. And we’re very pleased with all the experience that we’ve gained with PlayStation VR, and we look forward to seeing where that takes us in the future,” Ryan told Washington Post.
The PlayStation 5 needs an adapter to be compatible with the PlayStation VR (or, at least its original, 2016 version, which is all but confirmed to be eventually replaced). Users can request it for free, and we mentioned it before. Ryan also talked about how they will continue to focus on narrative-driven, single-player games: „Narrative driven gaming experiences have always been kind of a unique strength of PlayStation so there’s this kind of synergy between technical progress and our capabilities to tell stories. That’s a trend that will only continue, and another reason it will continue is every time our studios do this, they get better at it,” he added.
Sony also announced the accessibility features in a blog post. The PlayStation 5 will have all the features that the PlayStation 4 has (text-to-speech, closed captioning, inverting colours, and custom button assignments), but it will also include new ones (a voice dictation feature to allow us inputting text without using the virtual keyboard; a screen reader to assist visually impaired users; additional text-to-speech options that will take typed text messages and speak them aloud to party members). These features will support the following languages: US English, UK English, Japanese, German, Italian, France French, Canadian French, Spain Spanish, and Latin American Spanish at launch.
Don’t forget the colour correction adjustment, and a few supported games will also allow us to customize common settings in advance of starting the game itself. We can also reduce or disable haptic feedback and adaptive triggers on the DualSense controller, plus there will be improved audio enhancements for better spatial awareness.
The PlayStation 5 will launch on November 12/19, depending on your region.
Source: Gamesindustry, Gamesindustry
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