Hatsune Miku: VR Future Live

Hatsune Miku: VR Future Live
Information
VR/AR	Virtual Reality
Developer	Sega
Publisher	Sega
Platform	PlayStation VR
Device	PlayStation VR
Operating System	PlayStation 4
Type	Game
Genre	Music, Rhythm
Input Device	DualShock 4, PlayStation Move
Game Mode	Single-player
Release Date	October 13, 2016 (1st Stage, Japan, North America and Europe); November 10, 2016 (2nd Stage); December 15, 2016 (3rd Stage, Japan)
Price	Free download; US$14.99 per stage or US$39.99 Season Pass bundle (North America); 2,500 yen per stage before tax (Japan, launch)
App Store	PlayStation Store
Website	https://miku.sega.jp/VR/

See also: VR Apps and VR Games

Hatsune Miku: VR Future Live is a 2016 virtual concert game by Sega for the PlayStation VR headset on PlayStation 4. The player stands in the crowd of a stadium concert by the Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku and cheers her on by waving the controller as a glow stick. The application itself is a free download, and its songs are sold in three paid add-on packs called "1st Stage", "2nd Stage" and "3rd Stage". The 1st Stage came out on 13 October 2016, the launch day of PlayStation VR in North America and Europe, and the other two stages followed in November and December 2016.

Reviewers were divided: several praised how the concert looked and felt in the headset, while most criticized the limited interaction and the price. The game has a Top Critic Average of 58 on OpenCritic, with 20% of critics recommending it, and a "mixed or average" Metascore of 61 on Metacritic from 6 critic reviews of the PlayStation 4 version.

Reviewed 13 October 2026. Release dates, prices, track lists, gameplay details, review scores and quotes checked against Sega's official site, gamebiz, Gematsu, PlayStation Universe, Megavisions, MoguLive, Thumbsticks, OpenCritic, Metacritic and each cited review. About review dates.

Gameplay

Each stage is a concert inside a large virtual stadium full of cheering fans. When the lights dim, the player's controller turns into a glow stick, and the player follows the rest of the crowd by waving it in time with the song. Sega's official site also describes calling out along with the songs, as at a real concert. Cheering raises the "voltage" of the venue. The game supports both the DualShock 4 and the PlayStation Move controller.

A concert has three songs. At each point the player's actions decide which of two songs Miku performs next. If the player raises the crowd's energy far enough, the concert ends with a private encore in which Miku performs for the player alone on stage. The player can switch viewpoint (seat) at any time with the directional buttons, from positions around the venue to a place on the stage itself. Sega's site says the game uses 3D surround sound, so the audio changes with the seat, and on stage the singing comes from the characters.

There is no visible score, hit rating or multiplier; Cubed3 noted that hidden metrics track how well the player cheers, and that good play can bring costume changes, larger laser shows and unlockable cosmetic batons. Digitally Downloaded reported that the glow stick later becomes a maraca and a leek without changing its function, and that the player can dress Miku in a wedding dress for the encore. PlayStation LifeStyle described a very short rhythm mini-game of about six seconds.

The game is "PS4 Pro Enhanced": on a PlayStation 4 Pro it supports a 90 fps mode and improved 3D rendering quality.

Stages and songs

Each stage is a separate purchase with its own songs and encore; the 2nd Stage, for example, does not require the 1st Stage. The 2nd Stage adds Kagamine Rin, Kagamine Len and Megurine Luka, and the 3rd Stage adds MEIKO and KAITO.

Stage	Songs
1st Stage	"Love Trial" (40mP), "1/6 -out of the gravity-" (noa), "Satisfaction" (kz), "Weekender Girl" (kz and Hachioji P), "39" (DECO*27 and sasakure.UK), "Cute Medley - Idol Sounds" (Mitchie M), "Love Song" (Lamaze-P)
2nd Stage	"shake it!" (emon), "Quirky Medley - Giga-Remix -" (Giga-P/Reol, Mikito P), "Hello, Worker" (KEI), "Cat Food" (doriko), "Tell Your World" (livetune), "Time Machine" (1640mP); encore "LOL -lots of laugh-" (mikumix)
3rd Stage	"Raspberry * Monster" (HoneyWorks), "Amazing Dolce" (Hitoshizuku and Yama△), "Sweet Devil" (Hachioji P), "Erase or Zero" (Crystal P), "Beginning Medley - Primary Colors" (OSTER project), "Name of the Sin" (ryo (supercell)), "The First Sound" (malo)

A Japanese overview by MoguLive in December 2018 counted six songs plus one encore per stage, 21 songs across the three stages.

Development and release

Sega announced on 17 August 2016 that the game would come to PlayStation VR through the PlayStation Store in North America and Europe on 14 October, and showed a playable demo at the PlayStation booth at Gamescom that week. The debut trailer, released in September 2016, gave release dates of 13 October in Japan and 14 October in the West, and the Japanese PlayStation Store took pre-orders for an "All Stage Pack" with all three stages and an exclusive PlayStation 4 theme for 7,560 yen; each stage was priced at 2,500 yen. On 3 October 2016 Sega moved the western release forward one day to 13 October and set western prices of US$14.99 per stage and US$39.99 for a Season Pass bundle. A free demo featuring "Weekender Girl" was available on the PlayStation Store from launch day.

The game was published in Japan by Sega Games, and its copyright line credits Sega and Crypton Future Media. It is rated CERO B in Japan. Metacritic lists an ESRB rating of Teen.

Content	Japan	North America and Europe
1st Stage	13 October 2016	13 October 2016, US$14.99
2nd Stage	10 November 2016	10 November 2016, US$14.99
3rd Stage	15 December 2016	December 2016, US$14.99
All Stage Pack / Season Pass	7,000 yen before tax	US$39.99
Avatar set (six avatars)	6 January 2017, 100 yen before tax

Sega's official site says the avatar set has the same content as a set previously given to PlayStation Plus members to mark the launch. On 2 July 2019 Sega cut the Japanese price of each stage to 1,250 yen before tax.

A different game, the rhythm action title Hatsune Miku VR from Degica Games and Crypton Future Media, was announced in February 2018 for release on Steam for PC on 8 March 2018, with Oculus Rift and HTC Vive support.

Reception

Publication	Score	Notes
OpenCritic (aggregate)	58	Top Critic Average; 20% of critics recommend
Metacritic (aggregate)	61/100	PlayStation 4, 6 critic reviews
Digitally Downloaded	5/5	1st Stage
Hardcore Gamer	4/5	Score as listed by OpenCritic
Gaming Nexus	6.5/10	Score as listed by OpenCritic
Cubed3	5/10	1st Stage
DarkZero	5/10	Score as listed by OpenCritic
Niche Gamer	5/10	Score as listed by OpenCritic
PlayStation LifeStyle	4/10
We Got This Covered	1.5/5	Score as listed by OpenCritic

Tyler Treese of PlayStation LifeStyle liked the 1st Stage's soundtrack but found the concert boring and the novelty gone after about one song, with everything seen in roughly 30 minutes. He wrote that "Even within its limited scope of being a virtual concert, Hatsune Miku: VR Future Live is a disappointment", and criticized the free download for doing nothing but report that the player owns no stages. Cubed3 called it "an impressive albeit pricey VR experience" and "a passive musical spectacle" rather than an exciting rhythm game, found PlayStation Move a more natural fit than the DualShock 4, and called the US$39.99 season pass "rather steep". Reviewing the 3rd Stage, Cubed3 kept the same view: "This still manages to be a fine, if pricey, VR experience, since the effect is quite marvellous", although "Shaking a controller is just not really a long-term plan to make an engaging or precise rhythm game."

Matt S. of Digitally Downloaded was the most positive. He accepted that interaction is limited but wrote, "I love how well-made Hatsune Miku: VR Future Live is." He described the 2nd Stage as "a remarkably high quality experience" while noting "this isn't a real game, so much as it is an experience", and called the 3rd Stage "a superb conclusion to my favourite VR experience to date".