Sony’s PSVR exclusive Marvel’s Iron Man VR is releasing on rival headset Meta Quest 2, with PlayStation’s blessing. The game, developed by Camouflaj, will be published by Oculus Studios on the new system – although SIE is still listed among all the copyright notices. To be fair, when you consider the licenses involved here, it’s natural for it to end up elsewhere – and Sony has reiterated multiple times that it sees Facebook more as a contemporary in the virtual reality space, rather than an out-and-out competitor.
The game will deploy on 3rd November, 2022, so you haven’t got long to wait if you’re a Meta Quest 2 owner and haven’t experienced this title on PSVR yet. We enjoyed the superhero outing a lot when it launched amid the pandemic in 2020, awarding it an impressive 8/10: “Marvel’s Iron Man VR delivers on the mission to make you feel like the armoured avenger,” we beamed.
Of note, Meta has also acquired the title’s developer, Camouflaj, so perhaps don’t expect much output from the team on PSVR2. Earlier in the year, it said it’s “all-in” on virtual reality, and it’ll need to be as part of Mark Zuckerberg’s empire. We had hoped that its efforts in the space would lead to more projects with PlayStation, but clearly it’s decided to fly in a different direction.
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VR2 issnt out yet and already lost 3rd Party Support
Seems like Sony’s taking a ‘rising tide raises all ships’ sort of approach here. Proliferate VR as a platform, then crush the competition with exclusives. We’ll see how it works out!
And meta will soon have game pass on there (officially) at last
It's not the be-all-and-end-all that some may think it is. Meta is going hard on VR, so buying out developers of VR games is a common sense move. They have also continued development on third party headsets, including the Vive, Index and PSVR. It's likely that Sony won't have any issue with this move as long as there's still a healthy business relationship.
Bummer we likely won’t see another game from them on PlayStation. I don’t really understand what’s going on with Sony. They’re supposedly putting out a new VR headset in a matter of months while seemingly hesitant to invest in it at the same time. It makes no sense why you wouldn’t partner up with Camouflaj on a new game for the PSVR2 after having one of the best games on the original headset. Same goes for Squanch Games, who’s next game is going to be at least a timed exclusive elsewhere. I know they probably won’t announce any type of acquisitions or partnerships until after the ABK deal closes, unless by chance there is a showcase this year. But it’s really frustrating watching all your favorite franchises and developers get bought out while PlayStation invests and has only talked about Mobile and GAAS as of late. Because of the actions of Microsoft, third party support clearly isn’t gonna cut it anymore. They need to stop being so risk adverse and give us reasons to want these systems.
@BamBamBaklava89 To be fair they haven't announced much for PSVR2 at all yet. You're assuming they don't have partnerships with other developers, which they will.
Never played Iron Man VR. Still haven't' played 3 or 4 VR games I own b/c my headset isn't hooked up. For awhile Sony was giving away a bunch of VR games w/ PS+ (back before it was Essential) then it gave away a couple last summer just b/c, Paper Beasts and maybe Moss, then it just kind of stopped.
Sony is weird.
@get2sammyb I mean didnt Shuhei say in an Interview that Indies will be the ones who will take the risks on VR2? Makes it sound like Sony might half-ass this again like thd Vita
@IonMagi I think you're misunderstanding him, though. A lot of the best VR games are coming out of smaller studios who've cornered a niche while AAA publishers focus elsewhere.
Nevertheless, they've already got Capcom doing Resident Evil Village and you can guarantee there'll be a lot more conversions like that. (Gran Turismo 7, for example, is a no-brainer.)
It won’t be as good as even the psvr1 version, so it makes sense. Sony didn’t have to pay for lifetime exclusivity and this mobile version won’t compete with the full fat version anyway.
@BamBamBaklava89
Are you implying Sony can outbid Microsoft or Facebook? Lol, not even close.
They need to develop internal studios that can’t be bought from them. I’m sure they are.
Oof. Was kinda hoping for Sony to buy them. While Iron Man vr wasnt perfect, I thought it was solid and had a lot of potential. I can imagine a sequel being better. Maybe adding co-op where you can also play as war machine? Who knows.
My Nephew will be pleased about this.
Can’t find a price for it anywhere yet though.
I played this on PSVR and it was fun but the wires were a real nuisance. Should be a big improvement on the Quest 2.
I think they will trade games with Meta on a game-to-game basis. As far as I know the Ghostbusters game announced for Quest 2 is a Sony property, and I'm pretty sure we'll see Beat Saber and some other Meta games for PSVR2 as well.
I just hope there will be multiplayer crossplay between the two platforms. Apart from a few very popular titles, the mp of most VR games die out very quickly.
@BritneyfR_ee I have to agree with the wires I nearly strangled myself lol
It's interesting - to be honest, I was fairly lukewarm on the game. Felt amazing for the first hour or so and then was the same thing over and over again. However, the Quest is a good place for games like this that do require some movement.
RIP any chance of us getting another game from that developer on PSVR2.
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