PSVR Sells Through 3 Million Units

[potato_hamster]

the-pi-guy said:

zorg1000 said:

Well to be fair he did already address some of these things earlier.

Computers and some of the other things listed took so long to become popular because they werent at mass market prices.

Those 90s smartphones were well over $1000 with inflation and i dont think they had all the subsidized options like they do today.

I suppose you could still make that argument about VR though, its $600 for a PS4+PSVR and likely higher for a PC+Oculus/Vive.

That's precisely one of my points.  

There's 4 people in my family who have been asking me about prices because they are interested in buying one.  But the current price scares them off.  

 

I also don't think the comparison to headsets 20 years ago makes any sense.  The current headsets are wildly better and even these ones are low tier.  

How many of those family members have $800 smart phones or dropped $800-$1000 on LCD TVs? I'm betting close to all of them. If that is the case, isn't it interesting that they see the value of spending $800 on a smart phone or $800 on a TV, but see $600 ($400 on Black Friday) and balk at the idea?

Better yet, how many of them bought a Wii at $200 and watched it collect dust after 6 months? How come no one is still claiming that motion controls are the future of gaming? How come the PS4 and X1 shipped with standard controllers?

Last edited by potato_hamster - on 19 August 2018