Sony PSVR2 Headset Off to Slow Start as Metaverse Push Sputters

Sony Group Corp. is projected to sell fewer than 300,000 PlayStation VR2 headsets in its first weeks on the market, a slow start for company efforts to take a leading role in development of the metaverse.

The Tokyo-based console maker is likely to sell about 270,000 units of the PSVR2 between its Feb. 22 release and the end of March, according to estimates from the research firm IDC. Sony had a lofty goal of making about 2 million units for the PSVR2’s launch window, Bloomberg News reported last year.

[sparky77]

Not surprising at all, anyone could see from a mile away this would flop especially after those dire preorders. When the console is selling so well and even with a massive marketing push your product still fails to sell you should know it's time to cut your losses and bow out.

I fully expect it to be discontinued by the end of next year unless they start giving them away.

[mkis007]

troll... even the first wasn't discontinued.
it's a smaller subsection of the total game industry for now, but they know and expect that.
You have no idea what preorders were so your premise is non existent.
psvr2 is amazing; play it nearly every day.

fitness is the biggest reason why vr is only getting more popular.
lmao I'll take the bet on it being discontinued at any point in the next 2 years since you were so kind as to define your terms. Too bad there can't be any stakes.
It's too bad you don't realize even PlayStations few failures are not given up easily. (and sell a lot)

[XbladeTeddy]

"fitness is the biggest reason why vr is only getting more popular."

Since when lol. You ain't getting fit with VR. In fact you can't even more much without risking smashing something.

[Michiel1989]

fitness? This ain't the Wii Fit days anymore....

[boing1]

@XbladeTeddy @Michiel1989

Don't be ignorant. There are plenty of ways to get extremely sweaty in VR. All major rythm games and fitness platforms will do that to you. Especially on highest difficulties. I would say it's one of the reasons you should actually get into VR if you're not into sports. Those games will open your lungs for sure.

[victorMaje]

@XbladeTeddy @Michiel1989

Yes, fitness. Leg day is now pistol whip day for me & it’s absolutely incredible. You have no idea until you’ve tried it on normal or hard.

[thesoftware730]

No, they did not expect that, they expected 2 million in sales, did you not read the article?

I think VR is great, just saying they didn't expect such low sales, and a possible price reduction this fast. If they drop the price this early, they should give out some free games or credit to the full-price payers, like what Nintendo did with the 3ds ambassador program.

[XbladeTeddy]

@boing1: yeah, I now they can make you sweat but you need decent space as right now anything that requires moving is gonna cause accidents and things getting smashed.

Getting your ass to the gym is cheaper and safer.

[itsmebryan]

@mkis
Troll? the VR sold less than 1% of the PS5. That's not off to a great start. That's not trolling , just facts.

[mkis007]

Sony is targeting the beginnings of a new market. They do not expect everyone to adopt it. Their measure of success is not what yours is.

[Michiel1989]

@boing gl gettin ripped with beatsaber, looking forward to the pics

[ApocalypseShadow]

Ridiculous. As mk said, no one knows Sony's numbers. But they did say that they would have no problem producing headsets for launch because there wasn't any supply issue.

For a platform already wowing the community with its tech, wowing with GT7, RE8, Horizon, Kayak, Pavlov, etc. And, has upcoming content like RE4 Remake, Firewall, etc, I don't think console VR games have to worry. Just the same naysayers spreading nonsense because Sony is the only one delivering high fidelity VR on consoles. When another rich company couldn't.

[thesoftware730]

Huh?

"Sony had a lofty goal of making about 2 million units for the PSVR2’s launch window, Bloomberg News reported last year."

Someone knows something, they didn't pull that number outta thin air, and I'm almost certain Sony wasn't looking to sell 270k only. Let us not spin it, it's not off to a strong start, but its still a good device and has the potential for a turnaround with the right moves from Sony, the first being a price cut to drop it to $350, yeah yeah I know, the first PSVR is still $350, they need to lower that to $250 as no one is buying that anymore, and have the new headset at $350.

It's a hard move to make, they lose profit but gain market share and can possibly take over VR from Meta, they can actually move the medium in the right direction, making their future prospects lucrative...oh and make the damn thing work with PCs.

[Christopher]

I kind of can't take your statement here too seriously when you blame Sony for Xbox's failure in Japan but, by your logic here, Xbox should have pulled out entirely due to the complete failure of the market there for their hardware from the last three generations alone.

I'm not sure what the proper metric is for a niche device, or even if these figures are accurate, but I agree and have said earlier that the only way to truly increase sales potential is with at least a $100 price drop on it. I'm personally not into it, but I can't imagine the market for such a pricey item is that larger to begin with.

[Abracadabra]

Yep, not surprising. Not much interest was shown in Sony PSVR2.

Apple has a AR/VR headset coming later this year rumored to be priced around $3,000... I'm curious to see if that succeeds.

[Extermin8or3_]

If that's to be its prove then it's tech will be vastly inferior and you will be able to tell as it will lead to a less comfortable experience using it. There's no two ways about it. Apple are hardly known for offering cheap tech typically they overpriced everything so whatever price it is take off 200 dollars and that's what it should really b. Makes me think they are likely releasing one of these chappy mobile phone vr headsets that your phone is the screen for.

[Abracadabra]

@Extermin8or3_

I'm not talking about a $300 device. Apple's device is rumoured to be a $3000 device.

[darkrider]

Not much interest.., it's the price. It's too much....

[Father__Merrin]

Liar.

Even psvr1 wasn't discontinued. Playstation players have the best VR option and there's nothing you can personally do about it. It will continue to be 9n the market with great VR support

[S2Killinit]

I wouldn't bet on bloomberg being correct about the video game industry. They have been wrong many times. Even if their numbers are accurate, Their opinion of what is a “slow start” may be based on incorrect expectations of an uninformed author.

[1Victor]

@sparky: “I fully expect it to be discontinued by the end of next year unless they start giving them away.”

You mean same as you expected ABK deal to go through with no strings attached 2 months ago?
Personally I have the psvr2 and I’m enjoying it what people that never tried it (and will never get a chance to experience VR )on the competition opinions don’t matter.
PlayStation isn’t a system that depends on the quick holidays sales it’s a system that depends on the long run through the year in and out psvr2 will sale the same or more that psvr regardless of the wishes of some people

[MIDGETonSTILTS17]

Lol wrong.

Did you even try it before writing it off completely?

[D4RC]

You have no idea what you are talking about.

[ChasterMies]

No way is Sony going to discontinue the PSVR2. The device has a halo effect on the PS5 brand, because PS5 is the only console with VR. I do believe that PSVR2 has a cost problem. $550 is a lot to ask already and then none of the old VR games are backwards compatibility. I’m sure we will see price drops and pack in games once the early adopters are exhausted, but that only brings in people new to VR. Owners of the old PSVR need a carrot too.

[darkrider]

Dude, it will get better when the price gets lower.

Discontinued, lol, there only one company that was giving away their product in last 6 years

[boing1]

Dude, it's been only a month. Plenty of people want it, they just can't afford it yet. Especially if they just splurred the money out on new, shiny PS5. It's going to have really long legs. I would buy it again for GT7 alone.

[thesoftware730]

No, they will not be discontinued anytime soon, they will run its life course.

The problem is the price, it's too high, mind you the specs are worth that, but people are not willing to spend that right now, especially if you finally managed to get a PS5 recently, believe it or not, not many people can go and drop 1k+ on video games right now.

Other factors come into play as well, Unfortunately, you can't really really explain how fantastic VR is to someone, they have to actually use it to understand, it is not easy to market, especially at that price. Then you have Meta, who last year put a terrible perception on VR with that Pro headset and the failed metaverse promises, people were turned off by it, and some people lump all that bad talk together, to casuals if they hear one VR sucks, then all VR sucks.

Then there is the games, while they are good games, and then some like GT7, and RE are excellent most gamers, prefer, or don't mind playing RE ot GT7 the traditional way. VR is more of an experience rather than an essential way to play a great game. I see it like watching a movie, do I need moving seats and 3d glasses to enjoy a good movie? nope, is it cool to have that experience, yes.

It will be an uphill battle until they lower that price, and not to $400, they need to be $350, to cut undercut the Meta Q2, take a loss and gain market share, then control it.
$400 would only be acceptable to most if they allow yo to use it on PCs.

[S2Killinit]

Dude they just released the best game Ive played in a long time anywhere.

[thesoftware730]

I respect your opinion, but that is hardly the general consensus.

As I said, it's an experience for sure, one that can be really immersive, but it's not for everyone. Some people do not want to wear a headset, some people get dizzy with VR, some people like using their TVs with a standard controller, some people prefer a keyboard and mouse, and most high-profile games are not on VR or wouldn't make sense, like FF16, Loz, , DMC, Elden Rings, Street Fighter,

As I said some people can only play for a short period of time, I can play for hours, and my son who loves gaming played Half-life: Alex and RE4 quest version, and could not play for more than 20 minutes without starting to feel nauseated.

Glad you like it that much, Personally, I love VR, but prefer to play my games the traditional way 8/10 times. VR has caveats that will never make it "Better" than traditional gaming to the masses.

[babadivad]

If i didn't frequent this site a couple times a week I wouldn't even know this thing existed. They've done a terrible job at marketing this thing.

[Bathyj]

"even with a massive marketing push your product still fails to sell you should know it's time to cut your losses and bow out."

You're right. Xbox should leave gaming.

[REDGUM]

Hahahahahaha.
I'd love to come and see you're live stand up shows. You're so funny 🤣🤣🤣
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[ironmonkey]

Aww a keyboard warrior. Mum must of let you use the computer cause you finished your supper.

[closed_account]

It's pricey, but worth it. Just many of us couldn't pull off a purchase at launch.

Problem for me was Christmas just a few months ago, needing and purchasing a new work computer, having 2 kids birthdays hit right around PSVR2 launch. I just couldn't pull it off. :\

I doubt we'll have a price drop this year, even in the holidays, but I'm sure they'll do bundles. Even if its the individual stores doing them, and not Sony themselves. That's when I will get one, November-ish.

I bet it'll do a lot better then. --it would be a great surprise to see a price drop during the holidays though! An even $500 would be alright. I'm sure I'm not alone in really wanting one, but having to wait.

I'm drooling over the prospect of playing full GT7 in VR, it's killing me! 😭

[buffig]

Im playing GT7 on an aluminium rig with a GTDD Pro and it's perhaps the high point of my gaming life. I'm 42 and I've been gaming since I was 5. As an experience it's just sensational

[Workshyskiver]

I am very jealous!

[BrettAwesome]

You lucky f***ing bastard 😂❤

[EazyC]

It is worth it for GT7 alone with a rig/wheel setup.

I see huge potential with PSVR 2 elsewhere. Sony really need to commit though, it's hard to ever get over the financial hurdle that is a $500 accessory.

[iivGHOST]

Mann that sounds awesome

[Vx_]

I have sad this before and will say it again, this will flop if they don’t expanded the PSVR2 market.. they need to make it officially supports PC and PC be games.. then maybe it will have a chance… GT7 won’t save this.. and I don’t know why people get angry when clearly I want this to be a success for them. 🤷‍♂️

[closed_account]

Yea, I'd absolutely love for them officially support PC with the PSVR2. I'd sell my Quest 2.

[MIDGETonSTILTS17]

Or, they could develop their own softeware to compete?

[Vx_]

@ MIDGETonSTILTS17
it’s impossible for them to develop enough softwares on the PS5 for it to be worthy , keep in mind that there is time limit for every tech and people will move on to next thing , it’s way easier and smarter to make it officially on PC as there are tones of VR games already on PC.

[Kurt Russell]

I've already bought in, so have a bias. But I am hoping they begin to add some VR titles with PS+ in the coming future. I think that could help bolster interest (and give me access to games I may not have bought).

[thesoftware730]

They will drop the price. Count on it.

[ApocalypseShadow]

Negative rumors without facts is just wasting gamers time. This site is notorious for spreading things.

Bloomberg was the one that announced that Sony was projected to make 2 million systems for launch. Which was rumor. And are now projecting that Sony are selling less than the number they themselves came up with. Creating a narrative that's negative.

While before this, had posted news that Sony was underperforming with PS5 last year. But PS5 ended the year breaking records last year.

I'll wait for actual facts before believing anything Bloomberg. April will be Sony's reporting of numbers. It's best to wait until then for something factual. If Bloomberg is right, then fine. But if they are wrong, they need some banning from this site.

[HardKnockKid24]

Dang …. Folks I know have had really good things to say about PSVR2… I’m interested for sure but this is a $450 or lower purchase for me. Will jump in at that point probably

[EvertonFC]

@bloomberg

BS

[sagapo]

Numbers come from IDC mind you, but I don’t know how credible IDC is to be honest.

[EvertonFC]

Well the IDC forecast foldable phones market to be worth 43billlion in the next 3 years and other absolute nonsense predictions so I'm going with there shite 😂😂

[Eonjay]

That's higher than the first month of the first one at half the console install base... but where is the projection coming from. Is it a guess? Wishful thinking? I wouldn't read to much into this. For all we know it could be right in line with Sonys own projection.

[tbagmonster]

flopped

[BrettAwesome]

Tell me more about that? And maybe a bit about MS and the whole augmented reality thing. Was that a big hit?

[HardKnockKid24]

Lol, how is the response to “flopped” a MS attack?

[GamingSinceForever]

The price killed it for me. A peripheral shouldn’t cost more than the required base system.

[Workshyskiver]

It was always going to be niche and will come good as the generation goes on. Its seemingly a stellar jump forward so I have to belief more and more people will jump in once their wallets have recovered from buying the ps5 in the first place.

[il-JumperMT]

nice journalism. this is based on an article written by Mochizuki on Bloomberg. Whom is known to pull number out of his arse to hate on Sony. Whom he has been discredited by Sony before when he pulled number from his arse saying PS5 is not selling.

[HeliosHex]

Iam not surprised. Vr is nice but most people just don't want the hassle of setting it up and wearing the headpiece. Lazy? Perhaps. But to top it off many still get sick playing the games. I mean there's many reasons it's not selling and as good as the tech is. It still has a very long way to go before it's ever a must have device that becomes the preferred way to play.

[Ozzy2407]

Hassle of setting it up its got 1 cable / I take it you don't have a mobile phone neither with that 1 cable to charge it

[HeliosHex]

@ozzy. You misunderstood. I actually have one. I was talking about reasons it might not be selling as well as expected. My gripe with it is I do not like the rubber on my face. Bad choice because it makes me sweat. Second it leaves a goggle mark on my face when I take it off. The earbuds suck I recommend over the ear headphones.
Anyway before you respond in a childish way, understand what your reading first.

[Profchaos]

written by the same person who claimed Sony cuts forecasts and then Sony came out and denied his claims. He's also fine the same thing numerous times to Nintendo don't trust this writer

Wait for the official statement from Sony on units sold were about to come in to a new financials year in Japan tomorrow so a statement should be soon

[philm87]

Is £150,000,000 revenue for a niche product in the first month a flop?

[JackBNimble]

I'm not about to call psvr2 a flop , but that number you gave certainly isn't profit.

[Thundercat77]

It is important to consider that PSVR 2 is not available to buy on retailers. It is currently locked on the PlayStation website. Once it is available on Best Buy, Amazon or Walmart, then it is going to have more sales.

It is worth noting that PSVR 2 is selling almost what the Xbox Series is selling on a monthly basis. If that is considered a slow start, Xbox is on the same boat.

[Petebloodyonion]

It's easy to buy a PSVR2 from retailers in Canada
There's plenty sitting on the shelve at numerous Gamestop or at Bestbuy
https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-c...

[Blaze929]

Havent seen one commercial for this thing on TV lol. I picked it up launch week and seems like all talk ceased 2nd week

[Viljong]

It cost alot but for VR the price to performance/features ratio is superb good.

For me the psvr2 is new addiction its the biggest thing in my gaming career im 34yo old playing since pre school. The gaming experience in VR is so much stronger and rewarding than flat 2d. There is no nausea or eyesore i can play long as i can stay on my flat feet. About 3hrs straight. I focus and enjoy so much more its very immersive and exiting.

Its good about psvr2 that even smaller studios can make excellent games. Like walking dead games are awesome. Re8 village is so much better in vr. So is GT7.

I was excepting half gimmick experience but gaming is axtually more natural and immersive in VR. No gimmick points needed. The device itself is great design and easy plug and play to use. It will definetly outperform the numbers of the orginal psvr.

Sony truly delivered with the ps5 and psvr2

[derek]

Do not take anything from this hack from Japan Bloomberg. He makes up numbers, stock issues etc all the time, seems to have this weird axe to grind with Sony. We will get official numbers from Sony in their quarterly reports.

[MIDGETonSTILTS17]

My friend is playing Pavlov for the first time later tonight… I bet he grabs one tomorrow

[MIDGETonSTILTS17]

Bloomberg said this?

Can we get some data please then?

Like, how do sales compare to PSVR1 and the Steam Headset?

Idc if they didn’t ship 2 million units, there’s still plenty of people to play with online… so they shipped enough so far, and they are only shipping more.

If the XsX can launch without games, then the psvr2 can launch with 40ish.

The more people try it, the more they’ll adopt it. Give it a year.

[Neonridr]

VR isn't for everyone. Factor in the current economic state which meant possibly that more people weren't in a position to acquire one. Not to mention that getting a PS5 up until recently was still proving challenging for some.

I have no doubt that it'll sell decently, but anyone who thinks that the PSVR2 is going to sell 10 million units or something is sorely mistaken.

As a huge VR enthusiast, I'm enjoying my time with it, but am looking forward to future games to offer new experiences.

[gold_drake]

ill wait for official numbers.

[Doomster1971]

This isn't surprising me at all. Everything is up in price, no mater where you are in the world, and wages aren't keeping up. Most people can't afford it (on top of the console, itself). I haven't been able to buy a brand-new game this year (for the first time in a long time), and can only afford them in sales, or I just use gamepass and PS+ premium..

[gangsta_red]

It's still a niche product and a very expensive one also. That on top of the actual cost of the PS5 and people are going to either pass or wait until the price comes down, or more games released.

The games released and releasing so far looks pretty interesting, but I also think some people, especially the ones who purchased the first PSVR may be waiting to see if Sony actually supports this device this time around.

Also, this shouldn't be a huge surprise considering we got the other "rumor" that Sony cut their PlayStation VR2 sales expectations in half after reported low preorders.

[jznrpg]

It’s an estimate , which is a guess

[Dario_DC]

Next time they should try put it in stores!
I have over 500€ in gift cards that I can't use on Sony's online store!

[Echone1]

PSVR1 came out in October, and a million units sold didn't celebrate until June of the next year. That means it took 9 months! PSVR2 has 300,000 in ONE month, and it's a tragedy?
With this rate and a possible discount in the future, by the end of the generation, it could be more than double that of its predecessor.

[RonsonPL]

Corporate idiots at work again. :/

PSVR2 should have ALWAYS been targetting core gamers. Not casuals. And social crap is NOT what core gamers want. They want good games.

Sony pulled some stupid conclusions after polling the wrong group of people (casual gamers and core gamers who simply do not know that VR can be awesome, due to being pushed away by lackluster PSVR1 or other reasons).
The hardware is for core gamers. Core gamers tend to read and know what's up. And they DO know that PSVR2 has two major issues which can be combined into one:
- lack of good AAA VR games
- uncertain future due to the lack of AAA VR games scheduled to release soon (or ever)

This is why PSVR 2 is not selling well. Most core gamers just don't want the risk or do not consider that it's worth to buy PSVR2 for just two big games and some indie minigames and past-gen ports of old crap.
And even outside AAA tier, it's still bad. There's still no Beat Saber or Walkabout minigolf. There's still no release date months after they said the PSVR2 ports of those are coming.
Sony also f..d the motion quality, which is a big deal breaker for many, as not everyone wants to play at lowest brightness or have blur.
Then, the new (now 2-3 year old) Sony management consisting only of corporate, clueless morons, who know nothing about core gamer mentality, screwed up the focus. Core gamers don't care about screenshots. They did NOT need the GT7 or Horizon level of visuals. They would rather get native 90fps instead.
And we, gamers, couldn't care less about eye tracking which is there mainly for data collection, despite what Sony says. PS5 is powerful enough to get decent VR without it. The eyetracking costs a LOT of money and also needs power to calculate it. We could've have gotten proper optics or normal, not blurry display. Instead we're getting shitty Fresnel lenses and tiny FOV for glass wearers where it would've been possible to offer cheap correctional lenses. But they opted for useless HDR and eyetracking. Just to have some buzzwords for marketing team. Again. Core gamers don't give a flying f..k about marketing words. We care about the quality of experience and content. You can throws 20B on marketing and core gamer audience won't change thier minds anyway. Cause we read and watch reviews, exchange opinions. We know the tragic state of PSVR2 - the lack of big game announcements for 2023-24 is super scary to us. You can put 10000 markteting words on the box and this won't change anything.

Also, you can see from the title of this news how corporate idiots see VR
VR gaming is NOT metaverse.
VR gaming has nothing to do with social crap with stupid, intantile looking ugly avatars.
VR gaming has NOTHING to do with Meta whatsoever as they are interested in gaming only as a one of lesser ways of luring people to their social VR metaverse. Meta is in VR only for data collection and ad business. They don't care about gaming to the point they are not even capable of understanding what happened to the big part of Quest 2 headsets. They say they are dormant.
Meanwhile, a ton of people uses them for PC-only gaming. So this won't show up on Meta's statistics. Some also are offline due to playing pirated games on Q2. The correct conclusion: People DO want Q2 for gaming. Meta's conclusion: People bought Q2 but failed to join our social metaverse so the Q2 project has failed.
Notice how they never use "game" word but "engagement".

Remember when in 2012 those clueless idiots were telling everyone that console and PC gaming is dead and nobody will buy Xbox 720 or PS4 because the world moves to playing on mobile phones?
Then they were surprised that PS4 and sold so well.

[RonsonPL]

EA in 2018: single player games are dead
Same stupidity
They have no clue that properly presented VR gaming would unveil a consumer base (core gamers) easily 100x or 1000x as big as their stupid estimates based on completely wrong "survey" data.
In terms of VR, you can only get correct answer from someone who had a chance to both see the good VR and had a chance to approach it correctly (maybe don't do full motion games in your first hour of VR, and maybe don't judge what makes you sick before you had a month of playing so you got your VR legs. Maybe don't judge the whole VR if you only saw shitty PSVR or Samsung GearVR crap? Maybe you should see a few games so at least one fits your gaming taste? Maybe you should not judge the VR by only playing some mobile VR game or mobile VR game port? And so on.
Definitely 90% or surveyed people returned false answers as it's impossible to appreciate VR unless you approached it correctly, gave it time, and had a chance to see what it really is capable of. And Playing a reprojected 45fps at 90Hz on PSVR, while playing a Quest 1 game port is NOT the VR that core gamers want.

All the corporate suits make this very same mistake.

Also, they "data" is collected in the time when people mostly know the inferior 2016-gen VR.
Now we finally have standarized control methods. Rift's Touch became a standard. You can make a game for Rifs/Quests, PSVR2, Index and all the rest and use the same control/tracking method in your game, so porting is easy.
Quest 2 is cheap. Pico is here for people who don't mind sending their data to communist party of China.
Ultra comfortable VR HMDs are coming with microdisplays and Pancake lenses.
We no longer need Fresnels to combat awful low res screendoor effect.
We no longer have to gim the games for PSVR1 controllers or for Quest 2, now that PSV2 is also an option for the devs.

But the corporate idiots have no clue. It's like saying "gaming is dying cause less people buy gaming GPUs now compared to the crypto mining craze"

What's worse. It creates self-fulfilling prophecy. Big corpos decided VR gaming is dead, so no more big content and no more good and quick hardware improvements. No content and overpriced high-end VR = less people buy it. Less people buy it = even less content will be created.

I just saw the sad job applicatoin on the Mighty Coconut's dev page. They are searching for a guy for AR/mobile.
So no Walkabout Minigolf 2 with PSVR2 as a baseline (like 10 generations from Quest 2 hardware limits)
Many other devs move away. And those who made good games and could make awesome AAA games, are usually being bought by Meta and degraded into making something compatible with 5Watt chip inside Quest 2, or worse yet, non-gaming, fitness or social crap.

Such a pity. VR is the best thing in gaming since Playstation 2.

[TheEnigma313]

Definitely a great piece of tech. The only reason I haven't gotten it yet, like many other, is the price tag.

[Evan_Beezy]

They should’ve added RGB OLEDs I know people who have returned it because they didn’t like the softer look of the pentile nd the MURA effect for them made it unusable… I know for me I’m willing to wait for a model update. I saw a lot of good but the more keen I saw more critical press, they really needed as much constant good press as they could’ve got. I think it’s more so though that a lot of people are interested they’re just willing to take their time because it’s such a new experience and they want to let the market mature but there’s definitely a lot of people interested… people aren’t rushing like they care about corporate market numbers to make Sony lol feel comfortable by making them quickly line their pockets Corporations really gotta understand more the human factor

[Vanfernal]

270,000 units at $550 ($148, 500, 000) within a month is a failure? 🤔

[RiseNShine]

At $550 it's a hard sell, as was to be expected, it's priced for early adopters on a niche product with limited games, and that's fine. At some point it will hit $400-450 with a library of 100 titles worth playing and it will start selling massively. Also February is not a particularly good date to release a new hardware device.

IMHO an american media is just trying to hurt certain japanese company that's trying to stop a massive aquisition by certain american company, who would say.

[DOMination-]

Meta are ironically after their name change scaling back on the tech. Apple are supposed to be announcing their headset in June after nearly 10 years of r&d and the early reports are that behind closed doors their demo to execs last week flopped so bad they are thinking about delaying or killing it.

The first PSVR did less than 5 million with a huge and loyal fan base. Kinect did nearly 30 million to put that in perspective

It may be good but its effectively DOA without any mass market appeal

[jjb1981]

Why does everything VR need to be called the Metaverse? This is a token term used my Mark Suckerberg to advertise his brand.

[Gregero]

I'll be sure to get one once they have more high quality games for it. Can't justify another purchase of 550 bucks just to play GT7 in VR. I already spent that to play GT7 in the first place.

[Binarycode]

Niche.

[gleepot]

VR is a really cool, but expensive gimmick. If the support isn't there and the entry fee is as much as the console it runs on, I have a very hard time justifying it for what games support it.

I'd love to play Village and RE4 in VR, but not so bad that I can part with $500.

[Babadook7]

I'll wait to see if Sony responds to this. IDC is about the least trusted source, and has been shown to be biased as well when concerning Apple products in the past.

[Babadook7]

And I just checked and the MS backed IDC propaganda guys undercut the psvr2 by over 50%. Yikes. The things outselling the OG.

[UltimateOwnage]

Metaverse and PSVR2 are pretty much unrelated. IMO the launch lineup on PSVR2 and the games coming down soon are awesome and a significantly meatier start than Quest 1/2 or PSVR 1 had at launch. I’m loving RE8 in VR, creepy AF and I don’t normally let games get under my skin. And I had written GT 7 off due to always online, but since playing it in PSVR2 it has easily become my all time favorite racing game experience.

[Petebloodyonion]

Part of the problem is indeed due to the current financial situation and the cost of living but the other part is strictly Sony's fault.
It's not normal that I have seen a million ads for Harry potter Hogwarts on PS5, and the same for Calisto Protocol on PS5 but 0 ads for Horizon Call of the mountain.

Today I can tell you that the original PSVR commercial logo was the headset spinning and zooming to your face with a PlayStation chime yet I have seen not one Youtube ad for PSVR2.

Another reason is that the majority of the current games are available elsewhere at a cheaper price.
Sure they look better on PSVR2 but you know what? PC games would look better with the newest graphics cards and you don't see the majority of ppl rushing to the store to exchange their average cards.
So why should we expect the same for VR users?

Heck to confirm just watch several what's to buy: PS VR2 or Quest2 videos and you will see that the answer is often gray.

And that's also the problem with PS VR2, the Quest 3 isn't out yet and Meta is suddenly quite happy to remind us that they are investing in lots of VR games with the rebranding of Oculus publishing.
https://developer.oculus.co...

[Ryuk_2007]

Didn't Sony make like 2 million of these things? If it only sold 270k then that's a lot of money they lost. Everyone talks about how great PSVR is on this site but no one bought the damn thing lol

[Babadook7]

Who know how many were bought. It’s not like IDC is an unbiased or trusted firm all of a sudden.

[anast]

It will be this way for a while until the tech gets cheaper. This is a filler story. Sony will dominate the VR market, which is the future of gaming.

[northpaws]

Once the ABK deal settled either way, I think both Sony and MS will start the next wave of market push. Sony needs to announce a few more heavy hitters for PSVR2 (even if they are further away), Horizon Call of the Mountain is fun, but we don't know what is next. GT7 and RE8 are both excellent VR games, but me personally not into driving and also too scared to play VR horror games.

Finishing up Moss 2 & Horizon, and then will put some hours in No Man's Sky when the resolution is fixed. There are a few other VR games that I always wanted to try too, such as Pistol Whip.

One idea is to remaster old classic into VR platformers, like Sly Cooper, Jak and Dexter, that might be a most cost effective way to add a bunch of exclusive VR games to PSVR2.

[DefenderOfDoom2]

Well I need to buy a PS5 first.

[Bobertt]

I think the issue is people no longer trust them because of the backwards compatibility and we are in a recession. It's only recently that the supply issues have been fixed so a lot of people are buying a PS5 right now and don't have the extra cash to get the PSVR2 at the same time.

[DivineHand125]

A slow start is understandable. The reason I didn't jump unboard to get PS VR2 is because the price is too high and I couldn't take the risk as I have never tried VR before.

I remember when I watched the first Avatar movie in 3D and I was uncomfortable using the 3D glasses at the time. It's just not for everyone and I feel it may be similar with VR.

I have been led astray by the internet over hyping things before like when I ran out to spent over $100 for a steel series headset for PS5 so I could hear the 3D audio only to be disappointed. I watched about 20 reviews for the artics 7p and not one of them mentioned the volume on the headset is low compared to other 40mm driver headsets and the tempest 3D audio on PS5 is overrated. Before I got the headset I would see comments about how amazing it is to hear the environment around you while using the headset but I didn't find it much different from using regular headsets on the previous generation consoles or on the Xbox. I was expecting this to wow me like the haptic feedback did on the Astros playroom demo.

[UnbreakableAlex]

They need to drop the price 200€ below the current one. Otherwise it will fail big time. As most Sony side projects.

[Charlieboy333]

So to you 270,000 units in just over a month is a flop? Ok then...Plus WTF does PSVR2 have to do with the Metaverse? It's designed for gaming....not Zuckerberg's pile of crap

[Stanjara]

Everybody is surprised because there is this thing called preorder.

Resident Evil sold 3mill in 3 days...
Cyberpunk 9mill in first days...
Elden Ring...12 mill..
Hogwarts...

Because of pre orders.

So... Sony's prediction was way off and based on preorders they already cut down production by half...before even launch.

That's why media is writing this stuff.

Majority of people are not surprised cause of Zuckerberg...

This guy was loosing more than a billion dollars a month last year for pushing his VR.

This VR stuff, even tho impressive with GT7, RE and Alex, is not that popular and mainstream at all.

It has its audience... and will slowly pick up it's pace... but not by much than VR1

They need more games and a price cut.

Oh and if they really want numbers...
I see Sony makes it PC compatible...
Hard core players will buy this if PC compatible..

But no... Sony wants casuals with big pockets... you will see that in games... It will have more beat saber and dancing games... Walking with dinosaurs stuff.
Next announcement Dreams VR2

I will not be surprised at all.

I would like them to bring Alex on... Will never happen...not this year at least.

[Astrokis]

This is all unverified information, fact check if you don’t believe me. This source has done this multiple times for attention and clicks to their article.

[2moda5gamer]

There isn't so much push because they aren't expecting crazy sales for now. They want the build the market slowly and have people aware it's a strong option.
People are only just getting their hands on PS5's after years of waiting. They are fully aware of this. But subtle reminders in the back of their head that PSVR is a solid product and over time many will pick it up.
There will be a price drop and many will flock, no doubt.

[ibrake4naps]

Oh Bloomberg? Don't believe it then. They did a psvr2 hit piece even before it's release, complete with a source with a bad track record, and called out for false numbers by Sony themselves. This is their second try at vr2 fake news...

[Astrokis]

Sad but true. It’s a click bait article with a history of false claims about Sony, unfortunately the masses wouldn’t know this so a lot of people will think it’s true and give a reason why.

Truth is they’re known for false articles and since it’s only been released through PlayStation direct there’s no way for them to know the official numbers.

[Kekewei]

It will not turn into a disaster, what Sony needs to do is unlock PC support. The hardware itself is excellent, it's just that the software can't keep up right now.

[Lionsguard]

They need to open it up to PC and watch the headsets roll off the shelves.

[UnbreakableAlex]

Seriously, that’s a good idea.
Why should I waste my money on buying pc vr AND ps5 vr goggles if I can just buy the ps5 goggles and use them for both?

[BLAKHOODe]

It sold as well as PSVR1 in its first month, despite costing more and limited availability in most countrie; It hasn't even hit retail in North America yet.

I suspect Sony expected this and gave it a soft launch intentionally to combat scalping and will follow-up with a bigger launch later this year, possibly when Beat Saber releases, that'll carry it into the holidays.

[kingPoS]

Are you.. are you guys kidding me. Somehow.. you lot of people think the psvr2 is selling poorly because it's projected to have only sold more than a quarter million as a pre-order. If I could walk right in a bestbuy walmart or gamestop and buy right there and then, I'd of done so already.

But.. because of scalpers, Sony decided to take a more direct approach. Unfortunately though, for me and my work schedule, package theft is a thing in my neighborhood. The bigger they are, the fast they disappear from my front porch.

Gateway MT6706 2008