also vrchat and vrporn.
Definitely the social aspect, true. I was just focusing on gaming but I should've included those. Bigscreen, VR Chat, etc.
It seems that it's not that simple. VR games are much harder to develop and Sony have problems with 1st party games already. That's why they've dropped Vita - they can't support two platforms at time.
To inform their readers, who are interested in investing into VR, that the Quest is the best option for someone who wants to receive years of new content from their purchase. Androidcentral's, and similar websites, entire pitch to readers revolves around informing customers what's available for purchase and what's worth their purchase.
I have a 60" sony 3dtv still goin but yea, I sold the glasses.
You are missing the forest through the trees. I don't agree with the use of clickbait headlines, but that doesn't therefor mean it's a paid advertisement. Again, if it was an advertisement and they did not disclose this, that would open themselves up to a suit from the FCC. The fact that you don't like their conclusion, doesn't mean their conclusion is invalid.
This is me all day. Sony, give me a reason to buy the psvr2. I want to.
Are you suggesting Sony loses money on VR?
No. Not sure where you got that from. Just saying if the market leader has to lose billions to get there we aren’t looking at a healthy market.
| Global XR (VR&AR) Market Share Q4 2023 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brands | Q4 2022 | Q1 2023 | Q2 2023 | Q3 2023 | Q4 2023 |
| Meta | 83% | 51% | 51% | 46% | 72% |
| Sony | 0% | 33% | 29% | 30% | 15% |
| Pico | 7% | 7% | 6% | 8% | 4% |
| Others | 10% | 9% | 14% | 16% | 9% |
www.counterpointresearch.com
Vita says hello.
I think they probably are not. They aren't losing money on hardware. They are making their money back and more on software.
It lost half its market share during a time when meta gained. Meta does better as a xmas gift. The Quest 3 launched. That isn't a big indicator of downward trend for PSVR2. So in year one PSVR2 looks pretty healthy.It lost half of its market share between Q3 and Q4. Would love to see more recent numbers, the big downward trend is pretty clear. It's probably at or under 10% by now if that trend continued post Q4.
Global XR (VR&AR) Market Share Q4 2023 Brands Q4 2022 Q1 2023 Q2 2023 Q3 2023 Q4 2023 Meta 83% 51% 51% 46% 72% Sony 0% 33% 29% 30% 15% Pico 7% 7% 6% 8% 4% Others 10% 9% 14% 16% 9%
VR headsets | Global XR (AR & VR) headsets Market Share
- Global XR (AR & VR Headsets) Market Share: Quarterly - Counterpoint
I am doing this too with the Resident Evils. Sadly I got a feeling RE9 will skip VR this time around, and so will I.
At least you actually want to try. I know lots people don't even want to try it, yet baselessly bash it. Well there are still people who haven't and don't want to get near a traditional video game in their life and just say It's a waste of time blablabla. Some things never change.
They’ve invested money into VR that would need to be recouped. Them having an exclusive store they get a cut from certainly helps but VR titles are hardly lighting up the charts.
I'm pretty sure software sales on PSVR2 are above what the hardware sales would suggest as well. People with the device are always looking for more content. As for the device being a challenge it appears to have grown from the first version.
You have a bunch which is fine but who has ever touted VR software sales numbers?
Not good for a successor & improved version to not increase in sales compared to generation 1. If you’re not growing you’re going in the wrong direction, while development costs are skyrocketing.
I already linked to the market share figures that do paint a pretty good picture of the systems health.
There doesn't seem to be need of the doom and gloom other than perhaps FUD spread by their competition. There were already two such claims made about the system failing expectations only to be shot down by Sony one of which you can find here.
www.uploadvr.com
Bandai Namco did have great support for the Vita, not like PSP sure, but vastly more than any of those.
The adapter isn't out yet but I used the opportunity to upgrade my original Vive a couple of weeks ago. It feels like should it be a pretty decent upgrade though I thought the higher resolution would make a bigger difference. It also has different lenses that force me to use my glasses for whatever reason.
Main issue is psvr 1 games are not on psvr2
These are not games that would work well in VR.
I would still recommend a Meta Quest 3 over the PSVR2, simply because the Meta is a platform that is actually run by people who give a shit.
No, it is not catastrophic, but it's not looking like a growing business that Sony is going to want to throw dollars at in this economy.
Yeah, I do agree in that they did more for Vita than those other pubs - releasing some good games throughout the lifecycle like the Digimon World: Cyber Sleuth series as well as that launch-day Katamari game - but I also can't stop noticing how they did a poor or not job at all when bringing their biggest series - all of which were there with multiple releases throughout the entire PSP lifecycle - to the Vita:
I can understand if full BC was not practical (becausse the tech is very different) but at the least, WipeOut/Astro Bot/RE7 should have bene ported. If it was I may have gotten PSVR2 over MQ3.
