PICO 4: SOFTWARE

PICO 4: SOFTWARE

  • Solid line up of games
  • No standout exclusives right now
  • Mixed reality features not put to good use yet

What’s the point of having a great VR headset if you’ve got nothing to play on it? Thankfully, the Pico 4’s digital store has a wide selection of titles that include some of the best VR games out there, like Walkabout Mini Golf.

You can enjoy the Pico 4 sat down or standing up (Image credit: ByteDance)

Unfortunately for Pico players, a few great VR games – like the hugely popular Beat Saber and Resident Evil 4 VR – aren’t available on the platform. Beat Saber may launch on Pico (it is Meta-owned but its Steam port gets updates as regularly as its Quest version) but Resident Evil 4 and upcoming titles like Ghostbusters VR and GTA San Andreas VR will likely never launch on a non-Meta Quest system.

Pico has said its headset will feature its own suite of exclusive hits – with one of the first expected to be Just Dance when it launches in 2023 – but so far there’s nothing of note on the Pico 4 that isn’t playable on the Quest 2.

  • Software score: 3/5

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