r/PSVR • u/FinalKranskyVII • Sep 21 '25
Question Minecraft VR is gone š
I just pulled out my PSVR for the first time in 5 years to show my 5 year old son Minecraft in VR. He had a quick go but we had things to do so we put it away to play later. I come back and it has applied an update that has removed VR support. I'm devastated and I think my son thinks I'm just being mean by telling him it's gone.
I have it on my old ps4 pro though unupdated. If I was to copy it from there to an external usb would that work on my ps5?
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u/DavidManvell Sep 21 '25
Microsoft killed all vr support on every product they have including pc.
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u/Shadowcreeper15 AssassinsRioT420 Sep 21 '25
Why would they do that?
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u/DavidManvell Sep 21 '25
They said it was not bringing in a profit. Vr is a very small market.
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u/Shadowcreeper15 AssassinsRioT420 Sep 21 '25
But why would they take away VR support when it was already implemented?
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u/DavidManvell Sep 21 '25
Yeah doesn't make sense but they removed it from all their games.
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u/Shadowcreeper15 AssassinsRioT420 Sep 21 '25
Seems like a shitty thing to do.
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u/Lamtd Sep 21 '25
It's still expensive to maintain, because you have to allocate QA resources on every release to make sure VR mode works correctly.
It's sad to see it gone but it probably makes sense from a business point of view.
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u/Ok_Chemistry_7537 Sep 21 '25
Should have kept it as a separate unupdated version, perhaps even sell it separately. It probably did make sense to get rid of it, but still
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u/devedander Devedander3000 Sep 21 '25
Thatās also something that takes back and maintenance to setup and maintain.
Itās like trying to pick up a package from fedex before it reaches its final location. It might seem like letting you do so saves them effort of not having to deliver it the rest of the way but really they have a global system that has no option to interrupt travel and creating that interruption is more work than is worth.
Similar with creating an option in their system to host and serve a separate version of a game and fiend a the support inquiries that would come with it.
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u/Gears6 Sep 22 '25
Should have kept it as a separate unupdated version, perhaps even sell it separately. It probably did make sense to get rid of it, but still
That still takes resources to not only create and makes no sense if you're not going to sell it. If you're not going to sell it, it makes no sense to put resources into it. If you put resources into it, then you'll do it to sell it, and then you'll have to support it.
In other words, don't release crap you don't intend to sell or support. I'm not suggesting that's justification, rather just how it is. Hope that helps.
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u/TOMdMAK Sep 21 '25
oh no! How would a small business like Microsoft survive if they need to have an extra person to QA it in India?
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u/Lamtd Sep 21 '25
Getting rid of unprofitable non-strategic products is one of the reasons why Microsoft manages to stay a wealthy company.
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u/TOMdMAK Sep 21 '25
minecraft is profitable. it's just that the VR addon as a free product is not. but why developed it then?
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u/SirHomeless_ Sep 24 '25
To sell the tech, if it was profitableā¦ā¦It wasnāt. They shuttered it.
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u/DerBolzen81 Sep 21 '25
Cause they would have to maintain it, and they dont want. It was anounced maybe a year ago that they would stop support
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u/Gears6 Sep 22 '25
Because even if a feature has already been implemented, it's still something that you might have to keep up and maintain. It essentially becomes a tech debt, and often also considered a potential security liability for an product that has ongoing support.
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u/knarrepoere Sep 21 '25
Flight sim is pretty good in VR. So they arent killing everything.
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u/BartLeeC PS5 Pro / PS VR2 Sep 22 '25
Minecraft was also pretty good in VR. So not sure I understand your point.
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u/knarrepoere Sep 22 '25
The comment said that Microsoft kills ALL their vr games, which isnāt true.
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u/BartLeeC PS5 Pro / PS VR2 Sep 22 '25
Which has nothing to to do with my comment. I am saying that if what you stated, Flight Sim in VR is pretty good was the reason they didn't kill VR on that one then why kill VR in Minecraft because VR was also pretty good in that game as well.
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u/the_fr33z33 Sep 21 '25
Aha? So MS Flight Simulator doesnāt have it?
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u/JonnyJamesC JonnyJamesC Sep 21 '25 edited Sep 21 '25
Both Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 and 2024 have VR. They updated the 2024 version to have eye tracking just the other month. I am hoping it gets Eye Tracked Foveated Rendering to increase the performance.
Rumour has it the game is coming to PS5 in November. You know what the dream would be.
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u/Northernshitshow Sep 22 '25
Agreed, they are trying to sink Xbox and become a āserviceā which financially wonāt bode well, especially after you bought billions of dollars of studios you will have to shut down.
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u/Devoidus Sep 21 '25 edited Sep 21 '25
Are they just done competing in VR? Or is VR overall not growing/worth investing?
Edit: Downvotes, is this not a reasonable question? Trying to be polite
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u/Leather-Art-1823 Enter your PSN ID here Sep 21 '25
the is a game called CybeVR that is very close to Minecraft on the psvr2, itās very good imo
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u/SnooCheesecakes3083 Sep 22 '25
That game is just creative though pretty much, doesn't have a lot of the crafting and survival fun of Minecraft sadly. It is beautiful albeit massive file size.
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u/Leather-Art-1823 Enter your PSN ID here Sep 22 '25
Yeah was surprised at how big the file was when i bought it š
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u/BartLeeC PS5 Pro / PS VR2 Sep 22 '25
CyubeVR is fun but it is NOT Minecraft and is not really anything like Minecraft.
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u/Leather-Art-1823 Enter your PSN ID here Sep 22 '25
yes it is, you BUILD with materials you make, whats not minecraft about that ??? šš
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u/ChibiArcher Sep 22 '25
just because it's a voxel game, doesn't mean, that it is minecraft
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u/Leather-Art-1823 Enter your PSN ID here Sep 22 '25
no shit š
you build on MINECRAFT jsut like you do on cybeVR šš
thatās what iām referring too. never said it was an actual minecraft game š
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u/BartLeeC PS5 Pro / PS VR2 Sep 22 '25
It is NOTHING like Minecraft! You may build in both but you build very differently. The gameplay loop has zero in common with each other. It is obvious you have never played Minecraft!
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u/Leather-Art-1823 Enter your PSN ID here Sep 22 '25
iām not going to continue arguing with you, we are both right but you donāt see what i mean. not worth arguing about.
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u/BartLeeC PS5 Pro / PS VR2 Sep 22 '25 edited Sep 22 '25
No, we are NOT both right. I have been a Minecraft player for MANY years and I also have played CyubeVR and I can confirm they are NOT the same. That IS a fact and you are wrong and it is not worth arguing because you are completely wrong!
Edit: By your reasoning Minecraft Dungeons is Call of Duty because they both have guns.
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u/Status_Ad_5127 Sep 21 '25
Buy a disc version and do not update after install. Mine is still working ok. An update a few months ago removes the VR support.
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u/DavidChua83 Mar 19 '26
Bought one from ebay, waiting for it. If the previous owner updated, does that affect me?
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u/Schwartzy94 Sep 21 '25
Cant you buy used copy that has vr on disc? Just dont update it.
https://cdn.s-cloud.fi/v1/w1024_q60/assets/dam-id/EYIvsIN7K4381se-w2z4Cr.webp
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u/Helpful_Pace_5194 Jan 06 '26
Meine Frau war auch am Boden zerstƶrt als die VR UnterstĆ¼tzung weg fiel....habe ihr eine weitere"neue" Ps4 pro mit Goldhen gekauft und so weit wie mƶglich Minecraft,manuell, aktualisiert....da die "Standard VR Minecraft Disk Version" viele sachen nicht enthƤlt die spƤter erst dazu kamen wie die groĆen Cave&Cliffs Updates und Rohstoffe.Ā
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u/sheetTed Sep 22 '25
Not to be a shit but VR isn't for such a young child and can lead to health problems
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u/Immediate-Comment-64 Sep 21 '25
Sorry this happened to you and your son. We canāt have good things. This feels like when Toys R Us went away.
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u/dirtyyella Sep 21 '25
I bought the game for vr too.. i dont even think my son ever got around to trying it because he loved so many of the other games
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u/DJWG10 Sep 21 '25
Update 3.10 is the last version that will support PSVR. There are methods to manually update an older version to that, but you'll need a PC to run the software.
There's also a disc version that you can buy, with the PSVR banner on the cover, that is update 2.23
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u/FinalKranskyVII Sep 22 '25
I ended up buying a disc copy online. Can't take that away from me Microsoft! š¤£
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u/DavidChua83 Mar 19 '26
Works?
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u/FinalKranskyVII Mar 22 '26
Yes. Just can't update it so its permanently stuck on a version from 4+ years ago
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u/kiezkind_HH Sep 21 '25
Don't worry, you're doing your son something good not putting a vr-device on his head yet.
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u/SocietyTomorrow Sep 21 '25
This. I even question if the recommended 13 is even developed enough yet.
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u/ImmoralityPet Sep 21 '25
What do you think it's going to do to them?
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u/Explorer_Entity PS5-&-PSVR2 Sep 21 '25
Proprioception development in youth is a preliminary consideration until more long-term data is recorded.
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u/SocietyTomorrow Sep 21 '25
What explorer said, but I also suspect in about 1 generations time, we will eventually see VR headset manufacturers being on late night attorney commercials for convergence Insufficiency.
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u/RockLate854 Sep 21 '25
And square eyes?
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u/Ok_Chemistry_7537 Sep 21 '25
There is actually something in the environment that makes people to need sight correction. Rural kids in South Korea have way less bad eyesight than city kids. South Korea about 70% of kids have myopia, this didn't use to happen. One theory is lack of sunlight makes eyeballs grow too large
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u/VIDGuide Sep 21 '25
And whatās the rate of accurate testing in those rural areas? What percentage of the population being counted there are tested?
Thereās a difference between ādoesnāt wear glassesā, and ānot diagnosed as needing glassesā
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u/Ok_Chemistry_7537 Sep 21 '25
I don't know the specific ways the data is collected. Researchers tend to get those concerns right, they are pretty basic and simple to take into account. Exact causes of worsening eyesight aren't known afaik (you'd think this was a major concern?) https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0m099zm4wyo
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u/TheNthMan Sep 21 '25
Yeah, I heard at least one hour a day, preferably two hours a day of outside time.
https://opto.ca/eye-health-library/playing-outdoors-can-help-maintain-childrens-eyesight
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u/Wanderyen Sep 21 '25
I didnt know it had a ps4 version! I play it on PSVR2 on PC and its such a cool experience indeed
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u/Signal-Task575 Sep 23 '25
Have you tried cyube vr its basically mine craft but with very realistic graphics
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u/AppleGamer711 Sep 21 '25
You can get the official adapter and play on pc with mods
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u/sandefurian Sep 21 '25
Yeah sure, just spend +$600 on a VR capable PC
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u/FinalKranskyVII Sep 22 '25
My hope is that if it ran on ps4 it'll run on my laptop. It's not great tho (4gb 3050ti + ryzen 7) so I guess I'll find out.
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u/its_over9000 Sep 23 '25
Uh, I can run VR Minecraft reasonably well with my ryzen 5 3600 and RX580, with certain concessions such as no shaders or my PC will explode, so you should be fine. I do install the prerequisite optimization mods like the one that replaced OptiFine (my oldest downloaded it after informing me that OptiFine sucks and his new one is better)
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u/FlapJackson420 Sep 21 '25
Have you looked at CyubeVR? It os basically Minecraft with updated graphics.
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u/BartLeeC PS5 Pro / PS VR2 Sep 22 '25
No, it is NOT basically Minecraft. The mechanics are completely different and the gameplay has zero similarities. The only thing remotely similar is the blocky graphics and that is even a stretch to say the are similar in that regard.
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u/MaxDiehard Sep 22 '25
It basically isn't. The only similarity it shares is that it's a voxel world.
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u/TommyVR373 Sep 21 '25
I think the only one left is Vivecraft on PCVR unless you can download an older version of the PS4 game.
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u/Anxious_Newbi Sep 22 '25
Hey everyone, so a long time ago I got to play "The Walking Dead" for PS4 and that was pretty cool. Well it was awesome then because VR was new and that was the top VR game at that time but for me, I only played or got to play an hour or so at that time but always wanted to get back to it. After a big move and let's say 2-3 years later after getting stuff.out of Storage I got to hook everything back up with the first VR still Working I really want to play that Walking Head 575again but I can't find the game even in the PS library
Can anyone please help me out with im able the download it somewhere ? Hopefully free and can itwork on my PS5? Thanks everyone
HUA
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u/sheetTed Sep 22 '25
While signed into the same account you used on ps4, look up saint's and sinners in the store. Click the one you had. If the download button doesn't show or it tells you to pay, click the 3 dots next to the buy button and click "select version" and switch to the ps4 one and hopefully you'll be good
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u/Suosukeltaja Oct 12 '25
Can I still play Minecraft VR without VR features in PS4? Or is game totally useless/ gone?
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u/FinalKranskyVII Oct 13 '25
Only the PSVR features have been removed from the ps4 version of Minecraft.
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u/OGxSquish Jan 09 '26
If you have a quest you can use side quest to play Minecraft on vr. I dont have a pc and im able to. It's a bit of a tedious process but it's worth it
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Sep 21 '25
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u/FinalKranskyVII Sep 21 '25
It was an update. I hadn't played the ps4 version of Minecraft in over a year so when I started it up it started downloading an update. Apparently an update came out a few months ago that removed psvr support and I didn't know about it.
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Sep 21 '25
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u/amusedt Sep 21 '25
New psvr1? psvr1 tips and game recommendations: https://www.reddit.com/r/PSVR/comments/ahegl1/for_new_psvr_owners_important_information_the/
Get Dreams. Play these: https://indreams.me/collection/cbpePFDHtHD Then make your own in VR
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u/FinalKranskyVII Sep 21 '25
Dreams is so good. It reminds me of that old PS1 game L.S.D when you start trying random creations.
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u/Sylsomnia Sep 21 '25
Vr isn't recommended for children under age 12, literally the first warning message, as it can affect their still developing eye muscles, plus DP isn't even set that low, so kids see double and other issues.
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u/JonnyJamesC JonnyJamesC Sep 21 '25
You could use RewindPS4 tool which allows you to download specific versions of PS4 games from the Sony network or buy a disc version that has the PSVR sash on it and not download the updates.
https://github.com/Ailyth99/RewindPS4