Jim Ryan on PS VR2: 'Too Early to Judge its Popularity' - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 02 June 2023 / 4,589 Views
Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan in an interview with Famitsu was asked about the popularity of the recently released virtual reality device, the PlayStation VR2, said it is too early to judge how well it is doing.
PS VR2 has just been launched, so it may be a little early to judge its popularity, but we are happy to see many positive reactions from users and the media," said Ryan.
"I just listed some of the compatible titles, but more than 40 titles have been released around the launch of PS VR2. In addition, there are many titles ahead of us in 2023 and beyond. We will continue to push forward so that those who purchase PS VR2 can enjoy it for a long time and we can also secure profits."
There have been reports PlayStation VR2 is off to a slow start with data and analytics research firm IDC saying it likely to have only sold around 270,000 units by the end of March. There was also a rumor Sony had cut its production plans for the PlayStation VR2 for the year of 2023 by around 20 percent.
The PlayStation VR2 requires a PlayStation 5 and released in February of this year for $549.99 / €599.99 / £529.99.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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This kind of response for me means it didn't start with big sales.
Exactly. We'd know if it was a certain success, but sounds like it's hard to predict how successful it's going to be in the long term.
lol that's exactly what it means.
Yah :) Probably... Well, I'm guilty of buying one and loving it but I really think it will not fly very high based on what I see around me...
It's not a drone
no sense of humour here.
Isn't that all that matters? If YOU like it? My parents bought me a Sega CD back in, I think it was 1993. I loved the thing. I STILL love the thing. And no amount of ill words can change that lol. Hopefully for your sake, VR 2 has a longer life than the Sega CD, and it gets a nice library.
Yes def. I really like it. It is definitely a very premium piece of hardware with a lot of amazing capabilities and will be a while :)
It kind of matters if others like it, because that ensures more support over a longer period of time. There were people who liked the Virtual Boy, but not nearly enough of them.
Yes, you have a point. If not enough people like something, the people that do (me) end up getting a lesser experience. Hopefully, the user base for PS VR grows to a point where that doesn't happen.
I bought one last week. And Sony put it is 8% above PSVR1 after 5 weeks (although the gap is shrinking and also now it is finally available in stores).
Congratulations :) And yes looks like this is brighter than expected, maybe we will some new games soon too!
The device does cost more than the PS5 and that is a huge barrier to entry. Unlike the PSVR1 where I believe it was 100 dollars cheaper, it sold really well but because it sold well, it could be that a lot of people do not feel like spending 550 for the PSVR2 because they did not use the PSVR1 that much. Second its not compatible with the PSVR1 games and their probably isn't that must have game that defines the PSVR2 for a lot of people.
There is also the point of PSVR1 launching with a lot more PS4 already on the market.
Translation it's dead on arrival and we aren't going to try to make it popular
its to expensive it costs more than the console your using it on
So it failed. Shocker. SEGA CD cost more than the console and it failed as well. Sony didn't learn from SEGA.
TL;DR: It's not popular
But it could get popular! But certainly doesn't sound like a resounding success.
Yeah, it's probably not going to get popular by doing nothing. Still, waiting for a while and then deciding whether to do something doesn't sound like a terrible idea, unless it's a terrible flop, which it doesn't sound like either. I don't know how companies usually communicate these things, but to me, waiting for a while and some more releases before reacting sounds like a reasonable approach.
It's still being solely sold on the PS web store, right ? Cannot find it on Amazon
I believe it is being sold at other retailers, or is about to be.
I think it started getting to stores about 1 or 2 weeks ago.
Yes I saw one yesterday
Too much reliance on other brands to carry the unit. Sony needs to create system sellers. These accessories dont operate the same as the console industry.
It's just way too expensive
That’s what you say when something’s not too popular.
It just needs one exclusive AAA VR2 game to sell it, but I think we won't see one. Horizon was just a small appetizer, I mean a BIG game. It doesn't look like that Sony has trust in their own product. But maybe I'll be proven wrong in their showcase next week.
No, its going to need a bunch of AAA VR2 Must have exclusives. For a device that is more than the price of the console it relies on, customer acceptance would need multiple must have experiences for the device to propel in sells. I believe only Sony can provide those type of exclusives for their device so hopefully they are on it.
Sony should have supported the PSVR1 on PS5 from day one, then the PSVR2 could have just been an upgraded, compatible version.
Now they need to rebuild the original system's user base and entire game library from scratch. A very big proposition...
This thing compatible with PCs?
Major mistake.
Yup, PC could have help support the unit
Well with a backlog of games people trying to catch up on, and inflation going arounf the last several months, ofcourse the sales aren't going to be high for something that costs more than the console itself.
Made zero statements about how to improve its sales, or what different Sony is going to do to improve it sales. And never mentioned the obvious reasons for low its low sales.
An empty a PR statement as it gets.
On the plus side at least it's available to purchase in store, initially the only place to buy it was on the playstation store.
This is what you choose to make a article from the interviews ? Lmao
What article would you have made from the interviews?
Ghost selling 1 million in Japan, PS5 exclusives staying at 2 to 3 years before moving to PC. Japan is still important to PS. etc. The topics were covered very well by gematsu and others like Genki as well. It was a good informative interview and Classic is right, the information from it could definitely have been fleshed out more. If it was a Phil Spencer interview, there would have been at least 4 maybe 5 articles on this site splicing up just one interview. We've seen that time and time again. That's not meant to be an insult to Trunks but it is a fact.
Thats to much positivity for playstation. Then its me , i am a douche for stating the obvious.
Headlines tend to prefer negativity, unfortunately...
