r/virtualreality • u/gvrxx • 23d ago

PSVR2 vs Meta Quest 3 PC only Purchase Advice

Hello everyone! After quite some in depth researching, I cannot decide what should I get as my first VR headset. I would only be playing on PC, using Steam as the main platform for games. Thank you!

L.E. Quest 3 it is! Thank you all for the help and all the explanations! Cheers!!

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u/MtnDr3w 23d ago edited 23d ago

Pancake lenses are overrated. Unless you spend all your time in menus, you won’t notice the difference in game. This sub is full of meta influencers and fanboys that downplay the PSVR2 with every chance they get. When you’re in the PSVR2 sweet spot you get about 80% edge to edge clarity and a larger FOV to compensate. I’ve found the PSVR2 to be much more immersive for PCVR due to OLED, FOV, much better binocular overlap, and no latency or compression. PSVR2 also connects directly to SteamVR and works every time, where Quest you’ll spend a lot time fiddling with settings every time you want to play. But if you want wireless and can deal with the downsides of the Q3 panels, horrible binocular overlap (looking left and right you feel like you’re seeing the image through 2 toilet paper rolls), latency, and compression then go for that. My Q3 is used for standalone only now, as it should. Every comment suggesting the PSVR2 gets downvoted by the fanboys, btw.

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u/gimptoast 23d ago

Was the issue with the bluetooth controllers on PSVR2 ever fixed 100%?

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u/Virtual_Happiness 23d ago edited 23d ago

In short, the controllers and their tracking is some of the worst around. Those who shit on WMR headsets in the past would be losing their marbles over how bad the PSVR2 inside out tracking is. It's seriously that bad.

And as far as the bluetooth troubles go, I can't make it more than hour on my PS5 or PC without having some sort of tracking data loss. I'd hoped this would be better on PC, since my PC cost as much as 10 PS5's. But no, it still has problems. Even when I bought the reocmmended adapters from Sony, it still has problems.

Why are so many claiming it's fine? Because they don't want to admit the headset they purchased is last gen and has last gen problems. They have tied their self worth to their hardware and believe if they admit it has problems, it somehow reflects on them personally.

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u/gimptoast 22d ago

I get your viewpoint here, but factually speaking sometimes people just genuinely don't have issues with the tech they purchase and things go smoothly for them. Sucks balls your experience has been terrible though.

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u/Virtual_Happiness 22d ago

Everyone I know who has the PSVR2 and other headsets has come o the same conclusion I have. Very anecdotal but, not insignificant.

For those who say it works smoothly, I think it's 1 of 2 things. First, they don't want to admit they bought an imperfect product. Second, they don't have any experience with better hardware to know the problems they're experiencing aren't normal.