Anyone who expected PlayStation VR to sprint out of the stocks had their expectations misaligned: it’s a pricey peripheral in a fledgling space. Sony’s headset is doing just fine, though, outselling its nearest rivals combined and it's just crossed the all-important one million unit milestone as of an announcement made by the organisation today.
The platform holder revealed that 915,000 units had been sold as of February, so momentum has certainly slowed – but the manufacturer is also eager to point out that it’s only just got a steady stream of units back into the retail chain.
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Here’s what boss Shawn Layden had to say: “We got to a point around Christmas where you would be hard-pressed to find VR anywhere. So we dialled back some of our promotional activity at that time because we didn’t want to be promoting a platform for people to find out they couldn’t get it. I didn’t want to create more unhappy customers.”
The shortages mean that, like the PS4 Pro, the virtual reality accessory has been selling above expectations – and the platform holder hopes to keep demand high by announcing a second wave of software at E3 2017 next month. “We’ll be talking about a number of other titles at [the show],” Layden explained.
[source theverge.com]
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Pretty daym awsome, i'll be adding to that number when I get my bonus That'll be about 10 week's, decided to wait on the Scorpio unitil it's been out for a few month's at least and I know the state of play. I was burnt by the X1 i've decided not to take the risk of getting burnt again, so PSVR seem's a much more sensible purchase. I'm looking quite forward to it tbh, I realise it lack's MP experience's yet but meh, i'll give it a bash. This year has been pretty poor for MP anyway.
Within 50 miles of me, and having only been to two stores, I've seen over a dozen. I don't think it's a shortage problem, i just don't think people are willing to drop the money yet. That being said, 1 million sold is pretty good for an early adopter number on such a pricey accessory.
@RedMageLanakyn It's alway's in stock on Amazon as well, getting my PSVR won't be a problem I don't think.
@xMEADx Might be worth waiting until black Friday, they more than likely will have some nice bundle packages.
@RedMageLanakyn The supply is fine now, but globally from November until early Spring, it was really hard to find a unit and peripherals.
@xMEADx @RedMageLanakyn They restocked with Farpoint, but it was practically impossible to find from November through April.
Needs a price drop in a year or 2 and improvements in comfort
@Rudy_Manchego @get2sammyb That makes sense, I didn't see very many Pros or VRs until after March around where I live. I suspect they'll sell less during the warmer months (people going outside and such) , and sales will pick back up in the fall.
That's great, but what I'm really excited about is that 'second wave' of games he's talking about.
Also that Breaking Bad VR experience sounds amazing. Who doesn't want to 'cook' with Heisenberg ?
@RedMageLanakyn I hadn't thought that far ahead, that's not a bad idea ty. @Rudy_Manchego @get2sammyb Ah I see, well a cool 1 million isn't bad at all and i'm confident those number will grow healthily hopefully more so now they restocked them.
@xMEADx you'd be surprised by the multiplayer options. I can't keep up with all of them personally. Star Trek just launched and I can't afford it.
@Totaldude911 I probably will i'm looking forward to it I just gotta wait Hope you get Star Trek soon it sound's pretty decent.
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