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potato_hamster on 19 January 2018
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habam said:
potato_hamster said:

Sorry, 14 Months. Still less than the Pro which has greatly outsold it. Up tp June, the PS4 Pro represented 1 in 5 PS4s sold since its release. That's over 2 million units. It's surely sold more than that in the 7 months have followed, meaning it's sold more than PSVR.

During the Holidays, the PSVR was on sale and selling for less than $200 while the PS4 Pro never saw a price cut, and was selling at twice the price. If the PSVR didn't outsell the Pro, it wouldn't bode well for Sony's confidence in VR going forward. Sony is doing everything they can to try and make VR gain traction. And what do they have to show for it?

The best selling VR headset ever at 2 million in sales. How impressive.

The fact that it's the best selling VR headset with *only* 2 million speaks volumes for how niche PSVR still is. It has not come close to having mainstream appeal, and there is no indication that the 3% adoption rate it's experienced so far is going to improve significantly enough for Sony to even entertain the idea of shipping the PS5 with a VR headset.

What kind of software was released for the PSVR in that time?  What kind of software for the pro?

we dont have any real sales number either so the comparison is kinda dumb at all, especially with many people that pick up a psvr buying a pro sooner or later anyway to make their vr expierence even better. Sony actually said that the pro ownership is especially high for vr owners.

 

Also PSVR is still a completly new medium while the ps4/pro is a established console. People know what it does (more performance, highger resolution) like basically all playstation upgrade did before as well.

 

I dont think the comparison makes any sense at all. PSVR is expected to increase in sales heavily, not sure if its the same for the pro.

The pro has zero exclusive games. In fact, Sony won't allow anyone to make any game exclusively for the PS4 Pro at this time. Meanwhile, the PSVR has dozens of exclusive games like R.I.G.S., which Sony gave away to all PS+ subscribers.

Like I said, we know the PS4 Pro sold *at least* 2 million by June 2017.

PS4 Pro vs PSVR is a completely fair comparison. They're both new Playstation products. They both enhance the Playstation gaming experience. They were both released at about the same time. They're both completely optional from the core PS4 experience. Yet, one has been more expensive since its announcement, has never dropped in price, and has sold more. 

I can guarantee you if PSVR was outselling PS4 Pro you would have mentioned it in this thread as evidence to the popularity of it.

VR is not a completely new medium. I can remember playing Duke Nukem 3D VR at a theme park in the 90's. Just because Sony decided to wade into the VR waters doesn't make the experience new.