Mojang Studios has announced that it will drop PlayStation VR support for the PlayStation 4 version of Minecraft in 2025. The studio initially added VR support in a free update in September 2020.
“Our ability to support PlayStation VR has come to an end, and will no longer be supported in updates after March of 2025,” Mojang said in a statement on the game’s official website. “After you receive the final update, you will still receive updates on your PlayStation and be able to play without PlayStation VR.”
The studio is currently hard at work on a native version of Minecraft for PlayStation 5. For years, the sandbox game has only been available using PlayStation 4 backward compatibility, forcing users to log in using a slow and stuttery launcher from 2014.
“From this point on you can keep building in your worlds, and your Marketplace purchases (including Tokens) will continue to be available. “You will no longer be able to use your PlayStation VR with Minecraft as it will no longer be supported in the latest updates.”
Mojang is also promising more updates for Minecraft going forward. “Instead of providing one free update during the summer, as we’ve done in the past, we’ll now be releasing a number of free game drops throughout the year,” the company said last week. “These game drops will vary in size and will bring you features to explore more frequently.”
Minecraft was first released in 2011 and has become the best-selling video game in history, boasting over 300 million copies sold and 140 million monthly players as of 2023. Microsoft acquired Mojang and the game’s IP rights for $2.5 billion in 2014.
A Minecraft Movie is set to release in theaters and IMAX on April 4, 2025. An animated Minecraft series for Netflix is also currently in the works.
