Last month, Mark Cerny revealed that PlayStation VR won’t see any immediate changes as a result of PlayStation 4 Pro’s extra power, and it’s up to developers to take advantage of the new hardware. Testing out the newly released Robinson: The Journey (which supports PS4 Pro), Road to VR discovered that loading times on Sony’s console are faster when launching a new campaign – 40 seconds on PS4 Pro vs 52 seconds on PS4.
These improved loading times on PS4 Pro extend to other PS4 games – not just PSVR ones –  and Road to VR adds that this “also translates to less noticeable texture pop-in in some cases.”
VG247, meanwhile, looked at PSVR performance on PS4 Pro and said, “Unpatched games might run a little smoother with less pop-in or quicker load times, but the nuts and bolts of the game will remain unchanged. Pro patched PSVR games do show a more noticeable difference.” Spending the most time with PlayStation VR Worlds, VG247 didn’t notice many differences on PS4 Pro, except in the menus, which are now crisper. While the Luge and Underwater games “both felt basically identical,” The London Heist received some “subtle but pleasing visual improvements.”
Using The London Heist as an example, VG247 added, “This generally seems to be a theme for the various Pro-friendly games I test. Games generally look and perform more or less as I perceive them on the regular PS4, but occa...