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The PlayStation VR 2 Sold Better At Launch Than Original PSVR

Sony has released sales figures for the new PSVR, showing a stronger launch period than its much-hyped predecessor.

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The PlayStation VR 2 has had something of a quiet launch, with the headset only available directly through Sony until it began to be stocked by major retailers in May. According to sales numbers released by Sony for an investor update, this hasn't stopped the PSVR 2 from outselling the original PSVR in its first 6 weeks of launch.

As picked up on Resetera from a Sony business update, the company revealed the PSVR 2 sold 600,000 units in its first 6 weeks of launch, beating the PSVR's launch sales by 8%. This is despite a bit of a quiet launch, with Sony initially selling the headset through its own storefront, and only opening up to retailers like Amazon and Best Buy over two months after launch.

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An early report claimed that the PSVR 2 was selling poorly, but the new data shows that the headset ended up selling roughly two times what was estimated by Bloomberg analysts. It's unclear whether Sony ended up shipping the 2 million units it aimed to sell in the PSVR's launch quarter, however.

The PSVR 2 was well reviewed on launch, with reviewers praising technology that showed significant refinements and improvements over the original model. VR is still very much a niche offering within the gaming world, however, and like other headsets the PSVR 2 still suffers from a relative lack of software options. Sony's presentation teased a number of games coming soon for the PSVR 2, including the updated version of Beat Saber, Resident Evil 4, PSVR 2 exclusive Synapse, and more.

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It's pretty damned great. I'd already played through RE Village a few times on my PC, picked it up with my PSVR2 headset and immediately played the campaign through 4 times in a row. It's a pretty amazing VR experience.

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Just need more games.

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A new Astro Bot released before Christmas would boost the sales even further and that’s what they’re most likely going to do.

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Yeah, 600K is nothing to sneeze at, and I doubt they are taking a loss with the hardware like consoles sometimes do. If it's not successful, it's not successful, but you can just FEEL a large portion of the gaming and reporting population has been waiting to call it a failure, if not done it already. I'm not sure why though.

There is nothing wrong with criticizing quality of product, but when you(general) all but blow off something like this on the idea that it "won't be supported enough" you are only hurting that effort. I mean, there is reason to be pessimistic, but optimism and continually spreading the positives of the system (if you like it) is REALLY important for its success.

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That's excellent 👍🏻

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Another fake Xbot narrative bites the dust.

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im loving my headset.

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Didnt u guys run with this " early report" and called it a flop on a twitter post ? Or was that just for clicks ?

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Damage control

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For weeks unsubstantiated claims made by one "analyst" have circulated on nearly every website and been coupled with doomsday predictions.

I was in a best buy a week ago and they told me they sold out within hours. Amazon sold out even faster.

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well, yeah, VR install base is seeing constant growth every year since it went mass market and has reach 36M users across all platforms. It is here to stay.

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