Sony: PS VR2 Has a 'Good Chance' of Outselling the Original - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 07 March 2023 / 3,474 Views
Sony executive deputy president and CFO Hiroki Totoki during a chat at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference this week stated he believes the PlayStation VR2 has a good chance of outselling the original, which sold over five million units.
"We are very happy to launch VR2 on PS5," said Totoki via VideoGamesChronicle. "VR1, we sold over five million units, and I think we have a good chance to exceed that amount with PlayStation VR2."
He added there are forecasts that the virtual reality market has a chance of being one of the largest growth areas in the media and entertainment segment in the first half of this decade.
The original PlayStation VR released for the PlayStation 4 in October 2016 and ended up selling over five million units by the end of 2019.
The PlayStation VR2 launched last month for the PlayStation 5 at a price of $549.99 / €599.99 / £529.99. It is currently only available to purchase via PlayStation Direct.
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to me it will be like the kinect fun at first then not touched in months
We want numbers Sony
First party support and that third party day one release gives hope that vr2 would have legs.
Hopefully more games become compatible with vr2.
Maybe borderlands 3 or metro exodus in the future?
I'm quite sure of it.
AAA games and long-life cycle
It all depends on the games. It's pretty clear that VR is a niche product at this point. The niche is pretty large though. But, there is a dominant player in that market, and it is not PlayStation. So if they want to get people to choose their expensive product that must be tethered to another expensive product, they're going to have to have some killer apps. We'll see if they come up with some.
I think it will. It gets a longer life cycle, while being a great VR device with solid support so far.
Considering how much more expensive it is I think that'd be a decent result.
It really is not that much more expensive. The VR2 is 600. VR 1 was 400. But you had to buy the camera, which was 60. While move-controllers were no requirement, the comparison is off without them, since the VR2 comes with 2 controllers. And the 2 move-controllers were 80. That is 540 for VR1. That is 653 Euros with inflation accounted for. So arguably the VR1 was more expensive.
I personally was putting PSVR2 at 10 million max, but I feel now that's probably quite a stretch. Still a sick piece of tech. Hopefully everyone that's been able to get one is enjoying it.
Disappointed they didnt make this PC compatible. Would have helped push VR in general.
Even if the Activision Microsoft deal goes through?
Wishful thinking. This is gonna be the last VR hardware from Sony. I'm sure of it.
