PSVR Sells Through 3 Million Units

[DonFerrari]

potato_hamster said:

DonFerrari said:

Sony said the market growth is smaller than they expected, but they have always put that their sales have been above expectations. So yes from a business perspective it have been successful.

He wanting PSVR to be mainstream or to have a GTA VR version doesn't equate to him saying it is mainstream already. Although 3M is already outside the realm of niche. Unless again you consider most gen 6 and prior niche games.

And yes your analysis was a phallacy. If all games played on PS4 and had their PSVR version working them you could say they choose 4k over VR, but most AAA games aren't in VR so they didn't choose 4k over VR they choose games available on PS4 but not in VR over the smaller experiences in VR.

They were clearly wrong considering up until now Sony have been saying the sales have been over what they projected.

Why not? Being mainstream isn't the same as ending everything else.

Sony hasn't said the PSVR has "exceeded their expectations" since a few months after release when they set a goal of selling a million units in the first six months, and they sold 900K in four months. It then took them another four months to sell 100K, so they actually missed their goal.

There's a difference between wanting a VR version of GTA, and saying something along the lines of "Rockstar should do the right thing and make the next Grand Theft Auto a VR exclusive". How is 3 million outside the realm of niche? Sure in terms of a particular game, but manufacturers have sold millions of racing wheels for consoles and PCs alike over the years, and no one would say that racing wheels aren't a niche market.

My analysis isn't a fallacy. The PS4 pro plays all PS4 games except they're enhanced. The PSVR plays all PS4 games (even if its only in theatre mode) and games the PS4 pro. The PS4 with a PSVR has a bigger library than the PS4 Pro without VR, not a smaller one.

I don't have any idea what you mean by your last sentence.

I do remember when they were saying the market wasn't growing fast enough they were also saying they were selling very good.

One person wanting GTA VR is indicative of mainstream? He also wants PSPhone and PSPortable all playing the same game as PS5. You being so dismissive of PSVR is much worse than he dreaming of these scenarios.

Playing in theatre mode doesn't really enhance a game (even if I have played a lot in it) since you get much lower resolution than on PS4Pro so there wouldn't be really a benefit to expending extra money on it.

My last sentence was for someone saying he didn't want VR gaming to become mainstream as a fear of losing games because of it, not sure why it showed as answer for you as well.