Star Wars Battlefront in PlayStation VR Detailed
Speaking to Fortune, Sony PlayStation Vice President of Marketing John Koller pushed hard on the PlayStation VR experience, specifically with Star Wars Battlefront. According to Koller, the VR functionality for that game will really showcase how great VR can be for gamers. If people are on the fence about VR gaming, this version could really show how far it can go.
Koller stated: “We are working with EA, DICE, Lucasfilm, and Disney to try and make that experience something so special and so intrinsic to what’s in many people’s DNA, which is, ‘How can I be in that world of Star Wars?’ Battlefront is going to be one of those games that will really show gamers what it means to be in the world of VR. It’s very special. And just by the nature of it being designed as a VR experience, it’s going to be very different than the PlayStation 4 game.”
He added: “The role of exclusive VR games is a little different than what we see in the general console space. For example, I don’t believe that there needs to be one particular killer app. There can be a range of killer apps. VR is so personal. It really depends on what experience that person wants and what they think is really great. That’s different than our (console) platform launches, where you generally can say, ‘That’s the game’ (that will help drive hardware sales).”
The leg up that PlayStation will have is that the VR version of Star Wars Battlefront will be exclusive to PlayStation VR. PlayStation VR is also expected to launch later this fall with more than 50 games available.
Koller also promises the best version will be on PlayStation VR, even if it doesn’t say exclusive, saying: “Star Wars is a great example of something that we will really own during that launch period, but over time there will be games that launch, where we’ve been helping with the development process, that will be most special on PlayStation VR, whether it’s exclusive or not. It’s going to be best played on PlayStation VR.”
The regular edition of Star Wars Battlefront is now available for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Windows PC.