Errorist76 said:
After Black Friday PS4 was back to 299,- officially, mostly sold around 249,-. PSVR 199,- deal was over as well. Pro sold for 349,- during BF even less (349,- with 50 dollar gift card), so there were deals indeed. As habam has already stated, during BF week the Skyrim PSVR outsold both Pro and X1X at Amazon for several days. Im just having a problem that you’re trying to downplay PSVR sales by comparing them to PS4 Pro sales. Compare them with the VR competitors instead. A Pro is a wise choice for everyone getting into the PS ecosystem. A PSVR is an expensive peripheral, a unique gaming system which needs dedicated games for the most part AND an existing PlayStation console, in best case even a Pro. That’s a much smaller potential field of buyers. |
So the week when the PSVR was the cheapest it ever was it outsold the PS4 Pro that wasn't on sale anywhere?!? Incredible!
Do you realize how bad the optics would be if it didn't outsell the PS4 Pro at half the price, when it was being advertised and pushed as heavily as Sony pushed it during the holidays?
So let's be clear, you think if someone has $400 to spend on video game hardware, and they have two choices -The PSVR and PS4 priced at $399 and the PS4 Pro at $399, and you think the PS4/PSVR combo is a harder sell? If that's what you believe you have even less faith in PSVR than I do, and you can't possibly believe is anywhere close to mainstream.
Don't get me wrong. PSVR Sales are mediocre. But, so are PS4 Pro sales. Both products are still trying to justify their very existence, but here you are treating PSVR like it's so mainstream that it's even reasonable to consider the idea that every PS5 might come shipped with a VR headset because everyone everyone loves VR so much, everyone would be willing to pay hundreds extra for it. But today, in 2018, apparently it's unreasonable to expect the PSVR to outsell the PS4 Pro, even when there's 75 million PS4s already sold.
