PSVR's Install Base Soars Past 4.2 Million Units Worldwide

Good to know. Heard about No Man's Sky, might be tempted to give it a go, space exploration & VR seems like an obvious mix.

Still have no incentive to purchase a VR..

Can't wait for the idiots who still haven't put on a VR headset to sh*t on this news cause jumping on the hate bandwagon is all they're good for 👌🏾

This is really fantastic news.Bought my PSVR just after launch and even though I don't play it often I still love it.
The amount of games available for the system is extremely impressive and I'm loving the fact a lot more games are being made VR compatible.
Looking forward to Blood And Truth and Ghost Giant

It’s amazing how well PSVR is doing. Many people predicted it would be a short-lived fad. On the contrary, it seems to be just now starting to hit its stride.

Awesome should comfortably pass 5 million this year.

My jaw legit dropped when i saw NMS was getting VR support. And its full support too not just a specific mode.

2019 is looking like another great year for VR content. Besides NMS the games i'm most looking forward to are Blood and Truth, Iron Man VR, Dreams, Jupiter and Mars, Ghost Giant and Everybody's Golf VR.

Already sold my psvr around launch because the cable is too much hassle, but I'm interested in psvr 2 for ps5 if the headset has wireless capability or at least only need one cable. And I hope it's backward compatible with ps4 games since I want to try astrobot

Also no man sky vr is super exciting, the first time I update nms and playing 1080p 60 fps mode all I think is "man this game will be great on vr".

I'm still not really interested in VR, but it's great seeing that Sony are still supporting it. They're fully behind it and I hope it continues to do well.

Excellent news! If we could get a 10% attach rate...

I'd be interested to know what percentage of those use it regularly, or even semi-regularly, though.

My mate bought one when it launched, and I tried it out... was even quite impressed with how well it works. But I've not seen anywhere near enough quality stuff for it which would tempt me to buy one.

As for my mate... he still has it, but every time I go round there it's packed away in its box in the corner of the room. I don't think he's really touched it since about a month after he bought it and the novelty wore off.

As far as I can tell, given comparable time on the market from launch, PSVR is actually selling worse than the Vita.

I haven't used my VR headset in a while but I am very happy with my purchase of it. The string of amazing single player games is the main reason for giving VR a rest. NMS give me a good reason to pull it out again. I will find it easy to add another 100 hours in NMS. Having different forms of entertainment just works very well for me.

What? Wasn't it a million or so like a few months back? Incredible!
I still consider VR a niche for now but damn I swallowed my words as soon as I tried it...I just don't use it much because my room is tiny and some games don't work well, and it's kind of a bother to prepare everything for the tiny room I'm at

It a tad annoying when people compare the total sales of VR to the PS4, even Vita. VR is a completely new market. Gen 1. just getting started.

Also when people compare sales of VR headsets to game sales. As though VR is in the same price bracket as a game or as assessable etc.

@NintendoFan4Lyf but that's the whole point in VR, you can escape into another world and get yourself engrossed in it, it's far better than traditional gaming imo.

@Shepherd_Tallon NMS has really peaked my interest now that it has a VR mode.

@johncalmc that won't be till the ps5 and do you really want to miss out on what the ps4 has to offer? unless there will be BC with the PSVR2 headset that is.

i'm all for the PSVR2 headset and can't wait to see what sony will bring to the table with it.

VR for no mans sky is surely going to ship some hardware units. A lot of fans have been holding out for the update. Its good news for anyone for a VR headset as that means more quality games and more people for multiplayer offerings.

@get2sammyb I don't know, I think it's quite comparable. It's basically its own format with its own games. Where it is unlike the Vita though, is that you could play almost any type of game on the Vita, whereas VR is really only suitable for a more limited number of styles.

I'm not saying it needs to be used every day, I'm just curious what percentage actually continue use it with any level of regularity, compared to those like my mate who have barely touched it since they bought it, making it - essentially - a waste of money.

But I digress. My point was that if Sony dropped the Vita because it didn't sell well enough, and PSVR has sold markedly less in a similar time-frame, it's not beyond the realms of possibility that it may suffer the same fate.

@NintendoFan4Lyf what if Nintendo started making VR games? Still won't give it a go?

I've barely used my PSVR, it's definitely really cool, but most of the cool stuff i've seen has been so bite size in experience mostly being demos only. I think Skyrim VR & Borderlands 2 VR would be cool to play, but I've already played the heck out of those games. However NMS I have never played so this might give me a reason to finally check out the game. I still don't know if 4.2 million units is really a soaring amount, it still feels like such a small drop in the bucket being less than 5% of the user base for PS4.

4.2mil is huge, and Sony knows it. They are winning in this segment and they know growth will come from the symbiosis of PS4/5 and VR, for both platforms. Someone made a comment above about the variety of experiences working for them, I can say the same. For a while I didn't even play any traditional games, just VR, until DMC5 happened. Once I get my fix, I will return to VR. I also have a Switch and guess what, play predominantly in handheld mode. I like where the industry is going with this, but one thing is for sure, VR is here to stay.

@NintendoFan4Lyf totally understandable matey. It can be hard if you wanna keep an eye on the young kids or partner prefers screen time together on TV. I'm lucky i guess cos I've experienced couples and family play VR together. One plays on headset, the others cheering on TV. It's so amazing to see the young kids adapt to VR so naturally though! And then getting their friends to try it out.

It seemed to me that PSVR was always testing the waters for Sony. Comparing to Vita is disingenuous. Vita was a culmination of everything they learned from PSP and meant to compete with Nintendo's hundred million selling DS handhelds - the expectations for Vita were much higher from the start. PSVR is a successful VR headset. When it launched, I certainly didn't expect them to support it as much as they did. Those sales figures are super impressive, especially considering the cost for entry. It's clear it's been enough of a success to warrant future investment, and I'll be interested to see where they take it from here. They can't relegate it to expensive peripheral forever if they really want to move in this direction, and they really should because they've got the jump on their major competitors, and they've got the gaming chops to make it great.

I will not be surprised if PS5 launches with two SKUs - a base model and a hobbyist model with a PSVR2 packed in.

I don't understand people sometimes. VR is not for everyone, it's not cheap but people are surprised its only sold 4.2 million. Over 4m is amazing for a VR device.

Consoles didn't always sell 100 million plus you know. Heck the Original Xbox only sold 24m in it's entire lifetime and thats a sixth gen console. This is the first Gen of VR. It's still finding a market. Even the developers are still getting to grips with VR. People just need to get some perspective.

@Paranoimia Play Astro Bot, it’s my 2018 GOTY. Think of PSVR as a peripheral, because you’re connecting it to a console (PS4). Unlike Vita, which is a game console itself. VR is still new, still early to gain mainstream attention.

@KingSimba PSVR is a kind of hybrid in that sense. It's definitely a peripheral, but it also has its own software which is unusable without it.

VR isn't new, though. It's been around for a long time. I used one of the original systems back in the 90s. That said, and new format takes time to catch on. All I'm saying is, it's worth keeping in mind that Sony abandoned the Vita even though it sold almost twice as many units in a comparable time frame. I'm not saying I want it to fail, because I don't.

I know I'm in the PSVR ownership minority when I say I use my PSVR every day.

Sparc on a daily basis. Lately a lot of The Mage's Tale. Dirt Rally VR at least twice a week. Wipeout VR.

As others have mentioned, this is first generation. The fact that PSVR outsells all competitors is huge regardless of the numbers of units being sold.

VR is here to stay. Anyone thinking different is fooling themselves. It's only going to get better. Oculus Quest is going to blow everyone's mind despite being closer to mobile VR. Quest will have WORLD SCALE. Whatever space you have available can be used (sometime after launch, I believe). Find videos of demos & you'll understand completely.

One thing irks me to no end regarding marketing of VR headsets... all marketing pretty much ignores the fact that every single VR headset is a personal movie theater. 3D films in PSVR are FANTASTIC. All films in PSVR look great. Regular DVDs too (mostly).

And of course you can play every PS4 game you own on a 13 foot or 15 foot or 18 foot virtual screen. Excellent.

I've rambled enough. I've made my PSVR fanboy point, I think.😎

Had a go on driveclub back in '17 on holiday. Sat in a proper setup too but got motion sickness fairly quickly.

Since then I've played headmaster (love it!) and the heist. Really tempted to save for a PSVR because of them.

NMS has made it worse. If I could buy one now for it, I would.