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IDC: Sony shipped more than 500,000 headsets in the three months through June
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Legend of Aims
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Add +1 when ZoE2 remaster is out.
LinkSlayer64
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I read the title as someone got shipped 500,000 headsets, like, a Random person kept getting shipped them. Lol
ShemhazaiX
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I mean, could avatar quote, but that's low hanging fruit even for me.
Everlya_Apocryha
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wow...this is surprisingly honest...
i.e. This is a new market and the only way for it survive in the long terms is for all players to succeed instead of just one.
Primethius
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A surprisingly honest take on the matter.
Was going to edit that in but something else came up..
I live in Turkey, probably a tier f country for Sony.
If you're thinking long-term, then I think that comment make some sense. The less diverse the VR market is now and the less big players there are in it, the higher a chance there is of it derailing (and that puts a lot of responsibility on Sony's shoulders as they're the most successful player in the VR game right now). And PSVR would benefit from the VR market as a whole being bigger because there'd be more third-party developers creating VR content which could make its way to PSVR. He's probably looking at how healthy the VR market is as a whole and how that might affect PSVR's future rather than just at how much money they're raking in with PSVR right now.
CitizenCope
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Batman was one of my best video gaming moments in my 40 yrs of gaming. Saying that, the set up in my situation with all the wires has me hardly ever using it.
What I'm getting at is when we go wireless I see VR really taking off.
What I'm getting at is when we go wireless I see VR really taking off.
Everlya_Apocryha
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I think Farpoint 2 is all but inevitable......that game and the Aim Controller really is the hot item for VR owners during that month when it's released
Digital0Reality
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Oculus will survive. They have reiterated time and time again that they are operating on a 10+ year plan for VR.
I think Sony is actually worried at the aspect of VR blowing up because it is perfect for a platform like PC.
It would be a nightmare to support VR headsets on console in the future due to the space requirements and potential for add-ons etc.
Because being a big fish in a teeny tiny pond isn't good for you, the other fish or the health of the pond.
Nikodemos' post upthread, while IMO overly negative, nails where House's concerns lie..,but then, as I have contended, House is lukewarm on the whole project.
Andrew shook by his own success?
Hahaha, why did they buy timed exclusivity deals for games then?
This my friend, is guaranteed. I hope PSVR2 makes the first iteration look like the Virtual Boy lol.
Backlogger
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The original Kinect sold tons of units too
I'd be more interested in seeing usage data on the headsets sold
I'd be more interested in seeing usage data on the headsets sold
Embarressing post.
Neuromancer
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The problem with PSVR is they're selling too many.
Louis Cyphre
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If Andrew isn't comfortable leading the pack and wants all VR sets to do well then maybe they shouldn't be getting involved with 3rd party exclusive deals.
Unlike Kinect VR actually works well for gaming.
Unlike Kinect VR actually works well for gaming.
...what?
Neuromancer
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You got the wrong url. Here you go:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...d-audience-top-player-sony-says-idUSKCN1BX10M
Going back to the article in the OP, it's pretty wild that PSVR has 25% of the market, Vive has 4% and Oculus is lumped into "Others."
Thanks how did that happen? lol
Is this a new Scorpio-related meme?
Callibretto
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The point is not for Sony to do worse. Others need to do better.
Also the more publisher willing to put money on vr software development, the better.
zephervack
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So excited, I love PSVR, I know it doesnt hold a candle to the PC counterparts but the price of entry is so much lower, and there is some solid support right now, Im still playing through Rez VR, Resident Evil 7 and Superhot, its an experience akin of trying Mario 64 or your first game with a proper 5.1 setup, soo good.
mckmas8808
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And PSVR is free money for them. Yet he's still lukewarm. Terrible thinking imo.
Pretty great results. Remember this thread? We had predictions for 50k worldwide in there.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1287599
Nice comment, he actually makes it sound like he wants VR to succeed as whole. "A rising tide lifts all boats".
That's some genuinely cringeworthy stuff here, guys. Jog on.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1287599
Andrew House said:
Nice comment, he actually makes it sound like he wants VR to succeed as whole. "A rising tide lifts all boats".
That's some genuinely cringeworthy stuff here, guys. Jog on.
ozz ex machina
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That's quite a lot of dust collectors! Nice on Sony.
mckmas8808
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It's WAAAY better in every way, but being corded.
FinaruDensetsu
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It's not even comparable. I don't consider Gear VR to actually really be VR.
Trogdor1123
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Hoping for a black Friday deal on a complete bundle! Got a pro already so this would be great.
Rellik
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I thought it meant them shitty Sony PlayStation gaming headsets they make. Almost spat out my drink.
Polygonal_Sprite
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There have been some great bundles lately in the UK - the headset, camera, wands and VR Worlds for £400 (this would have been close to £500 at launch). I'm going to hold out a while longer though to try and get a similar bundle for £350 or get another couple of games for £400 around Black Friday.
I'm just extremely scared of getting it, playing it for a week or two and then it sitting there unused and wishing I'd spent that £400 on ten new games.
I'm just extremely scared of getting it, playing it for a week or two and then it sitting there unused and wishing I'd spent that £400 on ten new games.
Hexa
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Oculus is listed as Facebook and has 11.6%. It's noted that the price cut helped it jump over Vive.
TheThreadsThatBindUs
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By jove, you broke the code
JaffeLion meant that his new PSVR has shipped...
That's what you meant, right JaffeLion (I'm giving you a chance to redeem yourself here, dude)?
mckmas8808
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WOW! That's a huge lead for PSVR.
TheThreadsThatBindUs
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Andrew House gets it... While being the market leader in tethered VR sales at the moment could be celebrated, Sony's PSVR sales alone aren't enough to provide a strong enough hardware installed base to justify the types of AAA game experiences that would take VR mainstream.
Occulus and Vive really dropped the ball on pricing and market positioning. At the prices they launched, they needed to have made a far more significant effort in marketing their devices towards more non-gaming and enterprise/commercial applications ; having gaming as an "additional" market. We should have been seeing VR gyms and fitness centers as the new hotness powered by Occulus/Vive. Instead we got two expensive PC gaming peripherals that already require expensive PC hardware to drive them.
VR currently has a LOOONG way to go before it can ever reach mass adoption. Hopefully it doesn't die out before then. The vast majority of consumers simply haven't ever tried it to understand how promising a technology it is.
dragonyeuw
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Don't you think that retailers have to be depleting stock in order to have more shipped to them, or do you think they have unlimited storage and they're just flippantly ordering units to stockpile to the ceiling? Or, do you think Sony are just manufacturing units regardless of demand and just randomly shipping them out to various retailers for shits and giggles?
I mean, what exactly is happening in this post and why am I responding seriously?
dragonyeuw
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Because Sony alone, in the early stages of consumer VR, cannot grow the industry on their own. In the long term obviously they want to be the marker leader( as they currently are), but at this stage the platform needs all the stakeholders rising together to increase its long-term viability and success.
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