Beat Saber Ends Support on PS4 and PS5 in Yet Another Blow for PSVR2

Fan-favorite bushed crippled Beat Saber is ending enactment for PlayStation consoles.

From present connected in, you shouldn't expect immoderate further updates oregon euphony packs if you play connected PS4 oregon PS5, and from January 21, 2026, multiplayer enactment volition besides beryllium withdrawn.

"As we look to the aboriginal and program the adjacent large leap for Beat Saber, we person made the determination to nary longer merchandise updates for PS4 and PS5 starting successful June 2025," the developer explained successful a caller FAQ entitled "End of Support for PS4/PS5" (thanks, Eurogamer).

"Our passionateness for VR remains unwavering. We are excited astir the possibilities that prevarication up and what we tin bring to Beat Saber fans who person been connected this travel with america implicit the past [seven] years."

The update stressed that you volition inactive beryllium capable to play Beat Saber and person entree to each of your antecedently purchased content, and cross-buy "remains active" betwixt the PS4 and PS5 basal game. You tin besides inactive bargain songs and euphony packs that were released connected oregon earlier June 18 — conscionable thing added to the catalog from contiguous (June 19) onwards.

"We're grateful for the unthinkable enactment you've shown america implicit the years, and we're excited to stock what the aboriginal holds for Beat Saber," the update concluded.

For galore players, this feels precise overmuch similar the last nail successful the coffin for PlayStation's VR aspirations, arsenic Beat Saber is inactive 1 of PlayStation's biggest VR titles. Fans look divided betwixt laying the blasted with Sony and the deficiency of enactment its fixed to its VR headset, and Meta "wanting their crippled to beryllium the champion connected Quest."

"Absolutely baffling decision," said 1 subordinate connected the subreddit. "Beat Saber inactive regularly tops the income charts connected PSVR1 and 2, I deliberation dropping enactment for PSVR1 is understandable but not supporting PSVR2 feels similar an perfectly insane determination fixed however fashionable the crippled is connected that platform."

"This is simply a massively anserine f***ing decision," added another. "I can't overstate however huffy I americium astir this."

Despite its awesome method specs, the PSVR2 seemingly mislaid momentum pursuing its merchandise successful 2023. In June past year, Android Central reported that Sony made "deep cuts to backing for VR," with lone 2 first-party PSVR2 games allegedly successful development. Sony yet gave PSVR2 a caller lease connected beingness by adding PC VR support, but mentions of the instrumentality person been fewer and acold betwixt since. PSVR2 precocious dropped to lucifer its all-time debased terms acknowledgment to the PlayStation Days of Play sale.

"The PlayStation VR2 whitethorn look pricey, fixed that it costs $150 much than the basal PS5 Digital Edition console you’ll request to usage it," we wrote erstwhile we reviewed the PSVR2 connected release. "Even so, it’s specified a quantum leap implicit the archetypal PSVR successful presumption of easiness of use, ocular quality, and immersion that immoderate PlayStation proprietor who loves VR should upgrade arsenic soon arsenic possible.

"Its 4K HDR OLED surface and excellently tactile Sense controllers are the astir evident improvement, but plentiful quality-of-life changes and the earthy horsepower of the PS5 acceptable a caller modular for however VR games should play and consciousness connected console. The downside is that, similar immoderate caller platform, its bladed motorboat lineup makes its deficiency of backward compatibility with archetypal PSVR games a important problem, but 1 that volition lone amended arsenic Sony and different developers rotation retired caller games that instrumentality vantage of the PSVR2’s unsocial features."

Vikki Blake is simply a newsman for IGN, arsenic good arsenic a critic, columnist, and advisor with 15+ years acquisition moving with immoderate of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's besides a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her astatine BlueSky.