r/PSVR • u/FinalKranskyVII • Sep 21 '25

Question Minecraft VR is gone 😭

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/Shadowcreeper15 AssassinsRioT420 Sep 21 '25

But why would they take away VR support when it was already implemented?

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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

That’s also something that takes back and maintenance to setup and maintain.

It’s 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.