ArkhamFantasy
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How can it be disappointing when they're selling as much as they're manufacturing?
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PSVR has sold over 900,000 units to date
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How can it be disappointing when they're selling as much as they're manufacturing?
That's because of the ease of development for PC, especially for smaller indies.
You get great games like this http://store.steampowered.com/app/563760/ for example.
AcademicSaucer
Member
Sony will have to make it worth their time.
I like my PSVR. Only issue I have is that I have no time to use it. I want RE7 and Dirt Rally but no chance I will get to play them so I have held off for the time being. I am tempted to buy in just to help with the numbers so devs consider making more VR games.
I am also hoping that since Codies added a VR patch for Dirt Rally it means Dirt 4 and F1 2017 might also have VR.
I am also hoping that since Codies added a VR patch for Dirt Rally it means Dirt 4 and F1 2017 might also have VR.
AcademicSaucer
Member
Isnt the VR part of Ace Combat 7 a mode/experience ?
You cant watch a Champions League game without seeing an ad for it, thats no minimal marketing
JetSetRadio
Banned
Pretty good, I'd assume most buyers also got a pro for the iq boost.
RE VR was fantastic but I don't have much to look forward to except AC7 and GTS.
RE VR was fantastic but I don't have much to look forward to except AC7 and GTS.
ChronotriggerJM
Member
It's an enthusiast product ATM, also the type of product that people show to others. PSVR owners are also thirsty.
Just my personal view based on some gut expectations that are pegged to hype level for VR in general... and to that end my comments were more general to VR overall than PSVR. I also wasn't trying to be incidiary.
ArkhamFantasy
Member
There are over 100 million gaming PCs and only about 500-600k Vive/rifts have been sold.
metalslimer
Member
Seems fine for what they offer and are trying to get out of it now. I do wonder if Sony will be interested in pushing it further next gen and trying to make it mainstream.
It's another $400 without any games.
Sangetsu-II
Member
They weren't a VR Studio though, they just made a VR game, but they where working on a established AAA IP from their hiring posts.
JonnyWeedShoes
Member
those sales numbers are great but they really need more games on psvr
Almost a million sold through in 4 months for a $400 add-on, and people are in here saying "pretty good" and "let's see if it has a future" smh
Oops forgot this classic too
Oops forgot this classic too
Delusibeta
Banned
In terms of dedicated VR headsets, this figure totally squishes the Rift and the Vive's combined sales to date.
Portugeezer
Member
That's why you get a lot of indie developers.
ArkhamFantasy
Member
Classic dilemma of this industry.
Hardware needs games to sell, games need hardware to sell.
It's a hard sell.
Sum-Mischief
Member
I waiting on a price drop. But I will get one ....
ArtHands
Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
No. Its a couple of some VR specific missions I believe.
Go to the Neogaf PSVR thread and tell that to them. Tell people who've tried RE7, Rigs and Rally VR on The PSVR that VR has disappointed them.
All you'll get is laughs directed at you for saying something stupid.
Icedburden
Member
I know a few people who bought and love it. Another is waiting for it to come back in stock, anywhere.
ChronotriggerJM
Member
Sony's pretty happy with this number lol, not sure I understand. Everyone in the VR space anticipated a slow rollout.
It's almost a drop in the bucket compared to the overall PS4 install base. Sony really did push a good number of standard consoles + they launched the VR headset and the PS4 Pro. There's a lot of effort and momentum going forward from Sony and I'm pretty sure Kingdom Hearts, Resident Evil w/ VR, Horizon, and a bunch of other games can't hurt either.
Pretty solid numbers, given the price and the peripheral thing. I guess Sony made some money out of it and will continue to do so by further development.
I'll jump in if it's the standard of the console itself and not a Wii Fit-Board like peripheral. And probably with a price-tag of $200 or less.
I'll jump in if it's the standard of the console itself and not a Wii Fit-Board like peripheral. And probably with a price-tag of $200 or less.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
Good to have confirmation of my estimates at the start of this year that it was closing in on that first million.
Pretty good showing for a supply constrained and wildly expensive peripheral product. But what a product it is. Commercial VR that just runs off of a console I already own.
Pretty good showing for a supply constrained and wildly expensive peripheral product. But what a product it is. Commercial VR that just runs off of a console I already own.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Are you surprised? Pretty much every VR thread. At first anybody guessing even close to a mil was getting laughed off the internet now it's disappointing or expected
Doesn't bode well for developer support. Third parties abandoned the Wii U over an userbase 5 times the size.
I'd expect more "toys" shipped with other games than full on experiences
edit: posting this with the context of PSVR as a game console peripheral and how peripherals need to sell to get support, not explicitly about it being a VR headset.
PdotMichael
Banned
Only that adding additional VR features like in Resident Evil or Ace Combat doesn't need a a large userbase to justify it.
King Gilga
Member
Yeah and it's by far the biggest VR will go this gen.
Maybe next decade.
Maybe next decade.
Forearm Star
Member
Surprised it's that high considering the lack of availability. I imagine it could have been higher if they put the effort in.
Still want one
Still want one
i hope that sony was looking at ps vr as a super long-term investment. they basically abandoned their handheld division to chase this market, and in the short-term that seems like a massive miscalculation. long-term though, if this is like the sega cd and other similar peripherals from that era, the next generation of vr should be pretty good. imagine that it's the main conceit of the ps5, where vr in the 9th gen is sort of like what disc-based systems were in the 5th gen (especially compared to the 4th gen versions).
marketing doesn't even seem like the problem here. sony's been pushing this since it was morpheus and that was three years ago. i think the problem is more about planning and overall strategy. sony seems to chase these ideas without considering the whole of their brand. ps vr and ps4 pro share a connection in that the latter brings out the best in the former, but they were released at the same time without much fanfare for either one. playstation now on paper looks like a good idea or maybe a solution for backwards compatability, but instead of becoming part of playstation plus in some way, it's just a service that's offered, that's now also expanding to the pc. these things all feel like different teams had ideas and someone at the top signed off on them without there being an overall plan for them to exist.
marketing doesn't even seem like the problem here. sony's been pushing this since it was morpheus and that was three years ago. i think the problem is more about planning and overall strategy. sony seems to chase these ideas without considering the whole of their brand. ps vr and ps4 pro share a connection in that the latter brings out the best in the former, but they were released at the same time without much fanfare for either one. playstation now on paper looks like a good idea or maybe a solution for backwards compatability, but instead of becoming part of playstation plus in some way, it's just a service that's offered, that's now also expanding to the pc. these things all feel like different teams had ideas and someone at the top signed off on them without there being an overall plan for them to exist.
Krisprolls
Banned
Great numbers. And that's with being out of stock until recently. Now all we need is more big games on it.
VR now has a leader, devs must embrace this tech even more, especially Sony themselves in their 1st party games.
VR now has a leader, devs must embrace this tech even more, especially Sony themselves in their 1st party games.
How much did Kinect sale?
I don't think that counts as an add-on. It's not modifying thr core hardware in any way, that's more of a peripheral.
Yes, hence expecting most publisher-backed PSVR experiences to piggyback along with something that can be played on regular PS4s.
ArkhamFantasy
Member
I think Kinect is over 20 million. (Just for the 360 one).