Sony Forecasting 'Hundreds of Thousands' of PlayStation VR Sales

Posted 11:15am Thu 13th Oct 2016 by Sammy Barker

Platform holder increasing production capacity

Sony's said that it expects to sell "hundreds of thousands" of PlayStation VR headsets at launch, which may make the company the de facto virtual reality market leader by the end of the day. Sony Europe chief Jim Ryan was speaking with CNBC, and explained that there's been "significant" interest in pre-orders. We're hearing that practically all of the release day stock is gone, though it's not yet clear how many units the manufacturer shipped.

With stocks already running low and hype at an all-time high, the big question is whether the Japanese giant will be able to keep up with demand. "We know that the replenishment cycle is a good one, production is going exactly as we anticipated," Ryan continued. "We have made decisions to further increase capacity at the back end of 2016 and into 2017, so there are going to be a lot of PlayStation VRs around the world."

However, Ryan did have a warning: "Whether that's enough to satisfy the demands of the market, we'll see." In other words: if you want one of these things, get yourself on a waiting list – and soon.

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Interesting. RIGS and Until Dawn: Rush of Blood are getting decent reviews (RIGS more so) so if they can make games worth purchasing, maybe even at a smaller price, then maybe they can sell through a good amount of VR head sets. I still don't expect crazy good sales, the future of VR is still fairly shaky.

Sony was smart to release this before the holiday season rush. If the VR gets a good buzz rating from early adopters, Sony could see a huge boost in sales come holiday season.

PS- More Vita games please Sony. How about a sequel to Chili Con Carnage and a new Resistance game.

Thanks.

No it isnt. Except you expect anyone whos eyes came in touch with a VR HMD had their pupils deformed and their eyeballs will go up in flames when the sun is shining.

I was just looking at Japans launch VR titles, they really didn't get alot at all.

Excellent. It will easily overtake oculos.

PSVR is on the road to making VR mainstream.

They have to rush before people get bored to death.

Unless this is given away, I see this selling less than the Move controllers or Kinect.

I still don't see people's fascination with VR. It will have a niche market and then get no support just like 3D gaming did. I really hope the NX has nothing to do with VR.

Granted, with my new Google Pixel purchase I'm getting a free Daydream set lol. Probably use a couple times then toss in drawer... unless it works for porn.

So why i havent seen the move or kincet being sold out? we are talking about a 400€ device here by the way