Encourage Better First-Party Support
The Oculus Rift has been getting very strong exclusive support since the beginning of 2017, but that’s not been the case for PlayStation VR. In fact, Sony has been quiet about first-party support for PlayStation VR. The fear is that Sony’s own support for the peripheral goes the way it did with the PlayStation Vita – with major titles like Uncharted: Golden Abyss and Killzone: Mercenary becoming few and far between on the platform. Farpoint is one of the first AAA PlayStation VR exclusives and hopefully it is successful enough to persuade Sony’s studios into developing more big titles for the headset.
They could even use Farpoint’s strengths to develop virtual reality spin-offs of their biggest franchises. A Killzone game would work excellently in VR. The Helghast are a menacing and recognized group of enemies, the story of the series is interesting, and the tight gameplay would work excellently with the new Aim Controller. How much we hear about PlayStation VR support at E3 will be telling.
