Putting Sony’s 4.2 million PSVR sales in context

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Mnementh said:

The_Liquid_Laser said:

I'm glad the OP actually brought some common sense to this discussion.  VR is always going to be a niche at best.  There are some very vocal defenders of this niche though who can make excuses forever.  If the VR is high quality, then they can always say "it costs too much".  If the VR is at a low cost, then the defenders can say "the quality is too low".  There is always an excuse.  The idea that VR will ever become mainstream is itself a "virtual reality".  In actual reality it will always be a niche.

I take issue with the always. True enough, VR isn't big outside a niche group. But it may be possible to change the fate. Look what Apple did to smartphones, the market exploded. Or Nintendo to home consoles. And handhelds. All what is needed is an enticing product with the right pitch to customers. For Switch BOTW was that pitch. Maybe CR can take off with the right game, the VRs BOTW.

Apple took a relatively new technology and they were the first to make it commercially viable (both with smartphones and MP3 players).  Nintendo took an old product that was formerly very successful and revived it (home consoles).  VR is not new and it has never been successful.  VR has been proven to be unsuccessful over and over.  And yet people want to keep trying the same thing and expect different results.