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Chevinator123 on 16 April 2016
Zoombael said:
Lafiel said:

I wonder what that number really means - it don't imagine that's the number of demo units Sony is sending to shops (product itself is believed to sell less than 2m units in 2016), but maybe it's their estimate how many people do get the chance to demo PSVR at retailers in that time frame?

I think these units could average about 200 unique customers demoed to, which would put it at 2.5k demo units - I hope it's a bit more than that.

My guess is it's the number of the locations. Demo units - let's say 20.000 - 30.000 - being destributed to a part of those, staying for a couple of weeks, moving on to the next chunk aso. 

"Sony will be offering consumers over 500,000 in-store demos across retailers from June through December this year."

That's six to seven month. I can't imagine a demo unit staying for that long at one place. After a few weeks regular customers know the product. PSVR won't be purchasable till mid October. This is an important part in a lengthy marketing campaign, with the objective to reach as many individuals of the target audience, cause attention, interest, desire and action.

Ah i see. I did think it was a bit high.



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Jranation on 16 April 2016
Kerotan said:
This is from gamestops mouth not sony meaning, they'll likely have a demo installed in a lot of other places too not just gamestop.

Hopefully the one near me has a demo because as much as I'm down with PSVR I need to actually try out the thing before spending that much money on one.

This is good news though because for it to take off people really need to demo it and what better way to do it then in the store itself.

Yep! It can be a deciding factor for some people. 

Hopefully NA VGChartz users will share their thoughts on it. 



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d21lewis on 16 April 2016

Good. I was going to buy it blind but now I get to try it out. I just hope they manage to keep the devices functioning and clean. I'm not a germaphobe (sic) but I don't want pink eye, either!

I remember past demos of portable and home consoles always being broken. Sometimes, seemingly on purpose.



Cloudman on 16 April 2016

That's a good idea. If they're gonna get people on board with VR, they're gonna need demo stations to try it out. I don't see a lot of people buying VR blindly, especially with it being fairly pricey.



 

              

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Dr.Vita on 16 April 2016

That is a nice thing.
Really looking forward to try Playstation VR! :D




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Kerotan on 16 April 2016
Jranation said:
Kerotan said:
This is from gamestops mouth not sony meaning, they'll likely have a demo installed in a lot of other places too not just gamestop.

Hopefully the one near me has a demo because as much as I'm down with PSVR I need to actually try out the thing before spending that much money on one.

This is good news though because for it to take off people really need to demo it and what better way to do it then in the store itself.

Yep! It can be a deciding factor for some people. 

Hopefully NA VGChartz users will share their thoughts on it. 

Hopefully it comes to the EU so I can share my own :P



aLkaLiNE on 16 April 2016

The idea of trying on a HMI headset that's been used and abused by a generally pizza loving group does not sound too appealing l:



Normchacho on 16 April 2016
d21lewis said:

Good. I was going to buy it blind but now I get to try it out. I just hope they manage to keep the devices functioning and clean. I'm not a germaphobe (sic) but I don't want pink eye, either!

I remember past demos of portable and home consoles always being broken. Sometimes, seemingly on purpose.

I think that these VR demos are going to have to be staffed, so I wouldn't worry too much about them being dirty or  broken.



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Jranation on 16 April 2016
Kerotan said:
Jranation said:

Yep! It can be a deciding factor for some people. 

Hopefully NA VGChartz users will share their thoughts on it. 

Hopefully it comes to the EU so I can share my own :P

 

I know I want to try it too! 



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Kerotan on 16 April 2016
Jranation said:
Kerotan said:

Hopefully it comes to the EU so I can share my own :P

 

I know I want to try it too! 

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