Sales Predictions For PlayStation VR Slashed By Millions Of Units

PlayStation VR sold out within hours and is still rarer than a bug free Bethesda game, so you would think Sony would be doing everything to get them on shelves. Well, apparently not. Sales forecasts for the device by analysts Superdata have been slashed for 2016 from 2.6 million to just 750k.

With demand so high for the device, and reviews being generally positive you have to wonder what Sony are playing at. Stephanie Llamas, director of research and insights at SuperData, has some thoughts.

“PSVR had the best opportunity to benefit from the holidays but their supply inconsistencies and lack of marketing have put them behind their potential,” she explained to GI.Biz. “They did not offer any first-party deals this weekend, restock bundles or market the device, pushing instead for the PS 4 Pro. They have also pointed out that VR looks even better on a Pro than a standard or slim PS 4, so the message to most gamers is: Get the Pro now, then the PSVR later. As a result, we won’t see them break 1M shipments until well into the new year.”

“They can afford to take it slow since they have no competition for now, so their supply and sales will rise steadily into 2017 as opposed to riding the seasonal wave,” she adds.

I am very pleased with my PSVR, as are the rest of the TSA staff who bought one, but Sony really need to start pushing the device in 2017. Of course, huge sales don’t always mean success; Kinect sold eight million units within the first few days.

UPDATE: Superdata were predicting sales of 2.6m for PSVR at the start of November, they’ve obviously had a bit of a think since then. PlayStation VR is still on track to outsell Oculus and HTC Vive.

http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2016/11/30/sales-predictions-for-playstation-vr-slashed-by-millions-of-units/

I think many people are waiting for real games before they decide. RE7 might convince some people. All it seems to offer so far are these games that are not much deeper than Job Simulator. Just fuck around with stuff, but in VR! Not really very appealing to me at least.

This saddens me.

I've been playing PSVR Worlds lately and it's still amazing to me. I want VR to succeed so badly.

That's not the issue atm, as the article in OP says, they're not shipping enough units.

It's still OOS in UK, can't get one.

'Did Sony doomed the psvr?'


The only thing doomed is your grammar :P

In all seriousness however, we have to remember that companies know what they're doing. If they wanted to make 50 million shipments, they could. However, there's no reason for Sony to rush and potentially blunder or lose their audience due to the lack of organization.

As time goes on people will slowly get a psvr while Sony adds more support to it concomitantly. It's a plan that will eliminate any chance of failure or disappointment

Are you actively trying to get one? Like have you pre-ordered it?

They had a eve valkyrie demo that I tried is that not avaliable already? That a lone would be enough for me since it's online. It was easily the best game I demo'd. Overall while I was super hyped by VR I wasn't as impressed as I wanted to be and decided not to get it.

Hell naw, sure you'll get one eventually if you order one, just saying there's no where you can by one right NOW in the UK.

Game, Amazon, Shopto, Zavvi, Curry's, Tesco, PC World, The Hut...... All out of stock.

How can MS build, ship and sell 8 million Kinect sensors and Sony struggles to do the same with 1 million PSVRs?
Yet, they sell shitloads of PS4s / PS4 pros at the same time. They should have known that they could sell so much more.

Same for Nintendo and the NES Mini btw.
So much money to make and they just fuck it up.

Maybe they are doing the Nintendo strategy...