Beat Saber has officially been released for the PlayStation VR2 headset? So, can you download custom songs for this version? You can find out in this article from Seeking Tech.
Just like the PlayStation VR1 version, the upgraded PS VR2 game does not let you download custom songs. Instead, there is a list of curated DLC tracks and music packs that you can buy and download.
If you want to get free fan-made tracks, then you have to buy the PC version of Beat Saber and then mod the game yourself.
Modding isn’t typically supported on consoles like the PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5 due to potential security risks and, in the case of Beat Saber, copyright issues. Therefore, a company like Sony would rather disable this feature than deal with any legal problems.
On an open platform such as PC, the potential security risks and copyright issues are passed through to the end user. Therefore, there are a lot of cases (such as Beat Saber) where modding can be done for the PC version but not the console release.
While there are some cases where the development team added official mod support for the console version, these are extremely rare and often a lot more limited in terms of what you can download when compared to the PC release.
There is also very little incentive for the development team at Beat Games to support modes on consoles as well since they won’t earn any revenue from players using custom songs that can be downloaded for free. To pay the bills, they would rather you buy the DLC music tracks that have been officially licensed for this game.
If you try to look through the full song list in the PlayStation VR2 version of Beat Saber, then all you find are the official music tracks for the base game as well as the official DLC releases.