After the launch of the PS VR2 earlier this yr, it was largely prompt that pre-orders and early gross sales missed expectations. We nonetheless do not know what number of items Sony has managed to promote up to now, however PlayStation head, Jim Ryan, says it’s nonetheless too early to evaluate the brand new headset’s reputation.
Back in March, it was reported that Sony had solely offered round 300,000 PS VR2 items throughout Q1, far under the formidable 2 million quantity Sony apparently needed to hit. There are a number of causes for this – for starters, the headset itself prices greater than the PS5 console required to make use of it. Secondly, there is a lack of ‘killer apps’, with even the Horizon VR spin-off, Call of the Mountain, disappointing gamers on account of its over-reliance on climbing as a gameplay mechanic.
Still, Sony is not being fast to write down the headset off. In an interview with Famitsu, Jim Ryan defined that for the reason that headset solely simply got here out a number of months in the past, it’s “slightly early to evaluate its reputation”.
PS VR2 will little doubt take up a portion of Sony’s upcoming PlayStation Showcase, scheduled to go stay subsequent week. I’m certain early adopters shall be holding their fingers crossed for some massive new VR video games, even perhaps a PS VR2 model of Half-Life Alyx, which continues to be one in all, if not the very best single-player VR sport produced to this point.
KitGuru Says: The PS VR2 is not going to promote nicely at its present worth level but when Sony can preserve investing within the content material library, they’re going to have a greater likelihood of boosting gross sales when the inevitable worth lower comes by means of.
