**The Verdict: PlayStation VR2's Mixed Bag Experience**

Like it will be okay-ish for a while, technically it's supposed to be 1080p 60 but the problem is that, it's not a consistent 60. Again there's a stutter there like I can kind of see it there like it drops so many frames. Dude, the stuttering is. I'm trying to be nice here, I'm trying to be nice. You are not gonna be able to see it too much on a YouTube video. I'll just tell you like at 60p, it drops frames.

The problem I have is that while ergonomically, it's really nice, it feels great, it feels way better than something like a Steam Deck or whatever. Like it's really, really nice. I like the concept of it. The problem is that, the execution is not there. There's so many things. First of all, this doesn't do, it doesn't have inexplicably Bluetooth. So you either plug in via AUX, or you buy one of these Sony, like Pulse headsetsthat have their new, you know, proprietary connection algorithm, which is okay, sure, whatever. You can't connect this to your PS5 and use it like a controller. I don't know why? Oh wait, I do know?'cause they didn't put Bluetooth in it.

You also can't use this to stream games from the cloud. So, if you have PlayStationPlus, the higher tiers, the specifically the highest tier I believe, you get access to some streaming games. You could play them on this via your PS5, which would mean that you're, streaming the game from the cloud to your PS5. From your PS5 to here. Not a good experience. This should be able to connect directly to the cloud and play those games at the very least.

If you're interested in a PlayStation Portal, may I highly suggest don't buy that thing. Okay, now I've got that out of my system, let's see if our controllers from PS VR2 already, shall we? Okay, now it is time to go into our VR world. Okay, I've got pass through. So you see what I see right now, right?- Yes.- Okay, wonderful. All right.

It's dark and trippy. I will say this passthrough is pretty decent. It's a little jittery, so it feels like it's like, maybe 30 FPS or something. But this, what you're seeing on the TV actually looks likea pretty good analogy for what I'm seeing. Adjust eye tracking. Okay. Follow the red dot just with your eyes without moving your head. Okay, staring at the red dot. This calibration is actually quite cool.

The fact that this has eyetracking is very, very good. Set my play area. Okay so, don't walk into the walls. Got it, got it, got it. So, I do have a long cable, so I actually can walk around pretty easily. See's the couch. I'm all set. Oh, holy. Hugs. I'm in the car. Holy. Hugs.

What? Yeah, we see it. We see it. Yeah, I'm like in the damn car right now. Wah! Ah! No! Stop! So, I am in a car right now and this is trippy as hell. I have no idea what gear I'm in. Oh, I dude I can see what gear I'm in.(Austin laughing) Holy, it's cool. I've got full volume. I feel like I'm actually in the car right now.

I am actually kind of speechless right now and this is actually where the vibration of the controller really helps.'cause my body feels like I should be feeling the G-Forces. Woo. The frame rate is great. The presence is just real. Like, I am in this damn car right now. Get down, Get down, get down. Yeah! Unreal.

I just had like a god damn experience. That, is the best VR experience I've ever had in my life. Like the presence in the car, the 10,000 RPMs screaming in my ears. The fact that like, the realism is so down to the point where like, I was wondering what gear I was in. I looked down at my shifter to see what gear I was in. Like, it's wild.

So, is it worth spending $3,000 on everything that PlayStation sells? No, course not. I mean, look, if I'm gonna rank my favorite items, it's PS VR 2, PS VR 2, PS VR 2, PS VR 2. Thank you very much for watching. Subscribe to the channel. I'm gonna go back to driving 'cause that was, I'm not, I'm not done with this by a long shot.

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- I spent over $3,000 buying theentire PlayStation experience,to determine is this worth it?Should anyone buy the entire setup?Well, there's only one way to find out.Now, it's easy to forget that 2023was a massive year for PlayStation.Pretty much every PS5related item got an update.We got a new console,we got a new controller,PS VR, all kinds of stuff.First of all, we haveourselves the PS5 Slim.So this, is specificallythe Digital Edition.Now, if you wanna knowmore about the PS5 Slim,I actually did an entire video on it.We tore it apart, we X-rayed it.There's a lot of interestingstuff about the Slim,but this is specificallythe digital version.In that video, I took alook at the disc model.Now you might ask, for myultimate PlayStation setup,why did I buy the digital?Well, because I wantedthe full Sony experience.So we have,the stupid $30 vertical stand.On top of that, Ipurchased the disc drive.So every PS5 Slim, is the samehardware this time around.The only difference between the digitaland the disc version is whether or notthis disc attachment is included.Most people, I'll admit,shouldn't buy the digital andthe disc at the same time,because this is more expensivethan just buying the discPS5 right outta the box.But I'm just curious about how this works,so this is part of our setup.Now this is something Icompletely forgot about.This is the HD camera for PS5.It is meant for you tostream from your PS5 with.So it's got background removal, 1080p.I don't know why this exists,if I'm being completely honest with you.We're also gonna stream gamesusing the PlayStation Portal.Now, I have already taken alook at a PlayStation Portal.I did a Short on it a little while ago.I have some concerns.But this is a streaming handheldthat'll allow you to do RemotePlay for your PS5 anywhere,you have, an excellentconnection to your PS5 with.And last but not least,in this box, we've got ourselves, PS VR 2.I have not tried PS VR 2 yet at all,partially because, it's really expensiveand I was waiting for a price cutand I have not seen a price cut.So I paid, $600 for this.In addition to the PS5 Slim,and all the other things,I also purchased a fourterabyte WD black SSD.If you purchase the WDblack directly from Sony,it is $350 for the four terabyte.And it does come withthe actual heat sink.I instead went on Amazon and spent $220on what is physicallyessentially the same SSD.And then I spent $10buying a heat sink for it.So I'm gonna put a heat sink on this,and save like a hundred bucks.Inside we have power cable, HDMI.Oh my God, and the dumbeststand in the world.So instead of the nice standthat used to come with,it comes with two littlerejects from Ikea,that allow you to set the PS5 upin a horizontal orientation.We do have a DualSense,which we don't need this.- Ew.- Huh, who would wanna use theregular DualSense, gross?- Ew.All right, geez.- Instead we're gonna beusing the DualSense Edge.I didn't buy a new one'cause we already have one,but this is 200 bucks.So we'll, we'll be usingthis in a little bit.So this is our PS5 Slim.Aw dude, you know what?That looks so much betterwithout the disc drive on it.Like it's like, it lookslike they designed thisand then they bolt thedamn disc drive on the side.Yikes, that just doesn't feel good.So, we actually are no longergoing to be using this shell,because you can see here,that we have to attachthe disc drive here.And then this has a replacement shellthat goes over the top.So this is the digitalstand that comes with it,So it will sit flush.So here is our disc drive.Now I will give them huge props,the disc drive isabsurdly easy to install.So if you look at ithere, there are two littlelike sort of clips whichyou can put these two into.So you kinda line it up.And then this is a singleconnector which goes in here.If you wanna install a disc drive,is as simple as taking it,line it up with these twoand then done that isan installed disc drive.(pop)- These are the worst noises.This sounds like Matt,when he wakes up on a Thursday morning.- Bruhh.- Next let's stand it up instyle, with our vertical stand.Oh my God, why do Ihave such a huge manual?What the hell are.Y'all, y'all, this istoo much for a stand.This is like, the back islike almost entirely empty.It's 'cause they forgot Spanish.Oh, you know what though?That is a pretty nice stand.So it actually is metal.Oh look, and it's done.That was so seamless and simple.It took me six to seven seconds total.- Yeah. Didn'tneed the manual at all,nothing ooh, didn't need that at all.- Nope, it was so simple.Look at my PS5.The style has indeed been elevatedand it is not any more stablebecause it bounces around on the stand.Uh huh. Cool. Well there you go.Next up, let's install the SSD.To install an SSD on a PS5.It is incredibly simple.So there's a single screw,and behind here you'll see an M.2 slot.So lemme show you thedifference between PS5 SSDs.So this, is the first party-ishPlayStation branded WD black 850P.Not to be confused with the 850X,which is the exact samething in every possible way,except it doesn't havethe PlayStation logo and the heat sink.Now the reason why, Italk about the heat sinkis purely because theseSSDs tend to run warm.And one of the things we learnedin the tear down is that,there's actually a lot of the cooling donefor the PS5 done rightbehind this SSD slot.So, you always shoulduse a heat sink for PS5.But especially with the Slims,I think that they're probably gonna bea little bit more prone to overheating,just because you've got allthe exhaust of the PS5 like,that far behind where your SSD is.But the good thing is,heatsink is like 10 bucks.It's not that expensive.So with that, we have ourSSD installed in the PS5.I swear every time I putthese side panels on,I'm afraid, I'm gonnalike break this thing.Oh God, did I already break it?I felt one of the clips like.I pushed down and I feltit in my hand like bend.Oh yeah, I bent it.Oh my God, look at that,I bent the little hook.I felt it bend in my hand.dbrand, can you please make Dark Plates?I don't want to deal with these.There we go.Alright, let us begin,the PS5 testing.So, since I've alreadygiven Sony all of my money,instead I'm gonna be using the INZONE M9,which we already have here in the office.Now as you can see, this is aPlayStation inspired monitor.And it actually has some features,where when you plug itinto the PlayStation,it automatically setslike the HDR and whatnot.This is not a cheap monitor,at normally 900 bucks.And I believe it's on saleright now for like $800.But it is 4K, It'll go afull 144 hertz or 120 hertz,so it's plugged into a PS5,and it makes quite a nice PC monitor.Okay so, once we havegotten everything set up,it has recognized our M.2 SSD.So you always have to format it,which we'll let that run through.And then once it's done with the format,it should run a quick speed test.So right now, oh yeah, perfect.6,528 megabytes per second.Now keep in mind, thatwhat I've got in right now,is the authentic PlayStationapproved WD black.So, with our four terabyte SSD installed,let's take a look shall we.Do, do, do, do.And the number is.Oh, it's faster.See, we're almost at7,000 megabytes a second.So, we now have, four terabytesof even faster SSD storagethan that Sony approved one,that was more money, ew.You know, I do wanna try one thing.Let me actually try toput a different disc driveon this PS5, to makesure it works correctly.Just so, you in the future,if you say want to add a disk driveto your existing PS5,can maybe buy a used one andknow that it actually works.So now I'm gonna swap over,to the disc drive fromour PS5 disc edition.Oh, updating my disc drive.It's updating the firmwareon the disc drive. What?Okay, cool.Yes so, I can confirm thatif you buy a used disk drive,or swap it from someone else's PS5,as long as you can put it onlineto do that initial sort of setupand I guess firmware updatessometimes, you can swap that.A lot of people ask us about that.I assume that thatwould be the way it was,'cause there's no reasonwhy it wouldn't be, but,so there we go.Now we of course,already have our DualSenseEdge connected.We got a whole lot more than that.So, on top of our INZONE display,let us add, our PlayStation 3D camera.Okay, three pictures of me will be taken.What? Oh.What?This is really how I set it up?Now, there's a lot to talk about here.One of the things is ofcourse, the DualSense Edge,which I have used in the past.To me, I've never been a huge fan of it.It's quite glossy,so it does feel like itneeds a skin or something.And for $200, the batterylife is not great,but it is a reasonable pro controller.Probably the best optionon the PlayStation side.Oh my god, are you trying to tell methat this camera only workswhen I'm streaming andI can't record with it?Is that really, all thatyou could do with this?Okay, well don't need that anymore.Next up, we have the INZONE H9 headset.Now, you might be asking Austin,the INZONE headset isan interesting choiceconsidering that,there's a series of brand newPlayStation branded headsetsand audio devices that areen route at the moment.There are, I couldn't get them.They got sold out, a long time ago,and I couldn't find 'em in stock.Now, I briefly used thisone as well in the past.It actually is quite good.It has very strong noise cancellation.Much like the monitor,it is designed specificallyto work with PS5.There's a toggle, on the little donglewhere you can actuallyflip it over to PS5 mode,and it just works.So let's start out by talkingabout the INZONE display.So this is a 4K, 144 hertz panel,super, super bright.It is a IPS display, so it's not OLED.But other than that, it looks terrific.For me, I feel likethe standard DualSenseis such a solid controller,that I don't really getanything else out of this.I mean, really what you haveis the ability to swap out the sticks,you have the paddles andsome software customization.That's largely it.Problem with all this stuff,is that, it's 2D.It's flat.I'm not in the game,I'm staring at the game.I know, I'm ready to be in the game.I'm ready to be in the PS VR game.We have headphones.It comes with headphones? Oh, interesting.Oh, I guess the headphoneskind of just clip on.All right, that's cool.We have a copy of HorizonVR Call of the Mountain.I'll, you know what, I'mgonna just give you the code'cause I'm not gonna play this game.Do not redeem this code, thanks.So we have the SENSE controllers,which are massive, what the.All righty, so I'm gonna plug this in.It does come with a very long USB-C cable.So, unlike something like a Quest,which is a fully wireless headset,this is a decidedly very, wired headset.- Whoa,- Whoa.(Austin laughing)What kind of dome yourocking boy? Jesus Christ.So I'm gonna put this on.I'm going to tighten it down.You can't continue a setup nowbecause your PS VR2Sense battery is too low.Your controller will turn off.Fine, you know what?Fine, fine, fine, fine, fine.While my controller's charge,why don't we move on toarguably the greatest PlayStation brandedaccessory of the year, PlayStation Portal.(Austin chuckles)- Are you being sarcastic?- Yeah, I'm being sarcastic.This things, okay.So, if you're not familiar,(Alex laughing)PlayStation Portal at first glance,looks like a straight up PS VITA 2,until you realize thatthe PlayStation Portalis a glorified Remote Play machine.You know, the app that youcan download on your phoneand play PlayStation gameson your local Wifi or when you're remote.Although, really the local Wifiis the only thing that'sremotely sort of usable.That's what this does.It feels terrific in the hand.It has the full capabilityof a DualSense.There's nothing that makesthis appreciably betterother than the controller,which if you own a PS5,you could just pair yourDualSense to your phone.Or the larger display.But it's important to keep in mind,that this doesn't do anything on its own.It always relies on aconnection to your PS5.And that's an important distinction.There's some good stuff about it.Boy, there's a lot of stuff I don't like.Okay, lemme just startout right here. Okay.So you can see, that Iam in the system menu.If you look, this might be alittle hard to see on YouTube.If you're watching on your phone,you'll need to put it on full screen.On this display right now,I've got a beautifulinterface, crystal clear, 4K.Now this is a 1080p feed,but it is heavily banding,so you'll have to get quite a close shot.You can see that, all theindividual lines kind of break up.That's actually really indicativeof the overall quality.Because what you're gettinghere with Remote Play,is essentially no different than theRemote Play that has existed for years,that you could connect yourphone with or whatever.So, I'm just gonna jump inand we're gonna play a little bit, okay.Okay so, at firstglance, it's fine, right?The latency is there,but the stuttering nevergoes away, in my opinion.Like, it will be okay-ish for a while.Technically it's supposed to be 1080p 60.But the problem is that,it's not a consistent 60.Again there's a stutter there.Like I can kind. Oh theresee, stuttering there.Like, it drops so many frames.Dude, the stuttering is.I'm trying to be nice here,I'm trying to be nice.You are not gonna be ableto see it too much ona YouTube video.I'll just tell you likeat 60p, it drops frames.The problem I have isthat while ergonomically,it's really nice, it feels great,it feels way better than somethinglike a Steam Deck or whatever.Like it's really, really nice.I like the concept of it.The problem is that, theexecution is not there.There's so many things.First of all, this doesn't do,it doesn't have inexplicably Bluetooth.So you either plug in via AUX,or you buy one of theseSony, like Pulse headsetsthat have their new,you know, proprietaryconnection algorithm,which is okay, sure, whatever.You can't connect this to your PS5and use it like a controller.I don't know why?Oh wait, I do know?'cause they didn't put Bluetooth in it.You also can't use this tostream games from the cloud.So, if you have PlayStationPlus, the higher tiers,the specifically thehighest tier I believe,you get access to some streaming games.You could play them on this via your PS5,which would mean that you're,streaming the game fromthe cloud to your PS5.From your PS5 to here.Not a good experience.This should be able toconnect directly to the cloudand play those games at the very least.If you're interested ina PlayStation Portal,may I highly suggest don't buy that thing.Okay, now I've got that out of my system,let's see if our controllersfrom PS VR2 already, shall we?Okay, now it is time togo into our VR world.Okay, I've got pass through.So you see what I see right now, right?- Yes.- Okay, wonderful. All right.- It's dark and trippy.- I will say this passthrough is pretty decent.It's a little jittery,so it feels like it's like,maybe 30 FPS or something.But this, what you're seeingon the TV actually looks likea pretty good analogy for what I'm seeing.Adjust eye tracking. Okay.Follow the red dot just with your eyeswithout moving your head.Okay, staring at the red dot.This calibration is actually quite cool.The fact this has eyetracking is very, very good.Set my play area.Okay so, don't walk into the walls.Got it, got it, got it.So, I do have a long cable,so I actually can walkaround pretty easily.Sees the couch.I'm all set. Alright.Oh, holy.- Hugs.- I'm in the car.Holy.- Hugs.- What?- Yeah, we see it.We see it.- Yeah, I'm like inthe damn car right now.Wah!Ah!No!Stop!So, I am in a car right now,and this is trippy as hell.I have no idea what gear I'm in.Oh, I dude I can see what gear I'm in.(Austin laughing)Holy, It's cool.I've got full volume.I feel like I'm actuallyin the car right now.I am actually kind ofspeechless right now.And this is actually where the vibrationof the controller really helps.'cause my body feels like Ishould be feeling the G-Forces.Woo.The frame rate is great.The presence is just real.Like, I am in this damn car right now.Get down, Get down, get down.Yeah!Unreal.I just had like a god damn experience.That, is the best VR experienceI've ever had in my life.Like the presence in the car,the 10,000 RPMs screaming in my ears.The fact that like,the realism is so downto the point where like,I was wondering what gear I was in.I looked down at my shifterto see what gear I was in.Like, it's wild.So, is it worth spending $3,000on everything that PlayStation sells?No, of course not.I mean, look, if I'm gonnarank my favorite items,it's PS VR 2, PS VR 2, PS VR 2, PS VR 2.Thank you very much for watching.Subscribe to the channel.I'm gonna go back todriving 'cause that was,I'm not, I'm not donewith this by a long shot.