PS VR2 launch lineup titles miss top 40 most popular PS5 and PS4 games

While there is no doubt that PS VR2 is a niche in the gaming market, even its biggest games couldn't conquer the top 40 most played PS5 and PS4 games for the week.

The upcoming PSVR 2 games are outlined and players are now plugging into the PS5 to experience virtual reality worlds and collect Horizon Call of the Mountain trophies. However, PlayStation's latest hardware hasn't got any native games in the top 40 most played on PS5 and PS4.

PS VR2 games have struggled to gain traction in the most played charts

PS VR2 games have struggled to gain traction in the most played games chart

Looking at the top of the chart, you can see that Hogwarts Legacy has been surpassed by FIFA 23 and has moved down to third place. However, it was a close call in the total player count margin between the two at a 4.6% difference. That's not entirely insurmountable if more players get a second wind and start picking up those Hogwarts Legacy trophies again.

While there are two interesting debuts on the chart for Wo Long Fallen Dynasty at a respectable 27th and The Forest (35th) on the back of that Sons of the Forest PS5 hunger, it's really the lack of PS VR2 games we want to highlight. Gran Turismo 7 is still in the chart after its PS VR2 support update bumped the game to 15th, but it's already lost the spot and is down one.

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Players dedicated to the hardware had been picking up Horizon Call of the Mountain trophies to the degree that it ended up in 32nd last week (after a bit of an issue with region variants on our end hence we didn't talk about it last week, apologies). Now, though, the PS VR2 exclusive has already dropped off the list and is in 52nd place. It's nearly lost half of its total player count week-on-week resulting in a decrease of 44.1% overall. That is quite shocking for the headline game, even if it is exclusive to the niche hardware — we expected it to stick around for a little longer, but it seems day one buyers have played it and are done with it and there are no new users picking up the slack.

There are no other PS VR2 games on the chart's top 40, sadly, and the next VR2-supporting game we can find is No Man's Sky at 75th. What do you think of PS VR2's performance? Was it to be expected? Or did you expect more to shine? Let us know in the comments. Here is the PlayStation Chart for the most played PS5 and PS4 games for the week ending March 5th, 2023.

Most played PS5 and PS4 games (week ending March 5th, 2023)

Position	Game	Publisher	Last week
1	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II	Activision	1
2	FIFA 23	Electronic Arts	3
3	Hogwarts Legacy	Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment	2
4	Fortnite	Epic Games	4
5	Grand Theft Auto V	Rockstar Games	5
6	Rocket League	Psyonix	6
7	Overwatch 2	Blizzard Entertainment	7
8	Apex Legends	Electronic Arts	8
9	Destiny 2	Bungie	14
10	Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition	Mojang Studios	9
11	NBA 2K23	2K Sports	10
12	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	Ubisoft	12
13	Horizon Forbidden West	Sony Interactive Entertainment	11
14	Elden Ring	Bandai Namco Entertainment	16
15	God of War Ragnarök	Sony Interactive Entertainment	13
16	Gran Turismo 7	Sony Interactive Entertainment	15
17	FIFA 22	Electronic Arts	17
18	Genshin Impact	Cognosphere	21
19	Fall Guys	Epic Games	18
20	The Last of Us Part I	Sony Interactive Entertainment	19
21	Madden NFL 23	Electronic Arts	20
22	Call of Duty: Black Ops III	Activision	27
23	Red Dead Redemption 2	Rockstar Games	24
24	The Last of Us Part II	Sony Interactive Entertainment	23
25	Dead by Daylight	Behaviour Interactive	28
26	Ghost of Tsushima	Sony Interactive Entertainment	25
27	Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty	KOEI TECMO	-
28	EA SPORTS UFC 4	Electronic Arts	30
29	Mafia: Definitive Edition	2K Games	22
30	Tekken 7	Bandai Namco Entertainment	31
31	Battlefield 2042	Electronic Arts	33
32	WWE 2K22	2K Games	29
33	The Quarry	2K Games	26
34	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	Activision	RE
35	The Forest	Endnight Games	-
36	Mortal Kombat 11	Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment	34
37	Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War	Activision	39
38	Brawlhalla	Blue Mammoth Games	RE
39	Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales	Sony Interactive Entertainment	35
40	Borderlands 3	2K Games	36

Chart compiled using gameplay data from over 3 million active PlayStation accounts. Chart information is copyright GameInsights.

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Written by Kes Eylers-Stephenson

Editor Kes is our resident expert in PlayStation and other gaming news. He writes about exclusives like The Last of Us and Horizon, PS Plus news, and his favourite games — The Witcher, Assassin’s Creed, and God of War — before an evening swim.