Like a man in an orthopedic shoe, I stand corrected. PSVR has sold very well! Passed 3 Millions.

From Engadget

'Sony announced that it has sold 3 million PlayStation VR (PSVR) headsets as of the end of July, showing that its popularity has declined little since the fall 2016 launch. At the end of 2017, Sony had sold 2 million units, meaning it has sold another million in just the last eight months. On top of that, it has shipped 21.9 million PSVR games and experiences, an impressive figure considering some negative press around virtual reality of late.

The fact that Sony brags frequently about sales while rivals Oculus and HTC are largely silent on the subject says a lot about the PSVR's success. That's likely because it only requires a PS4 console and not a pricey PC like the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. There's also a lot of high-quality content on the PSVR, with 340 games now available.'

Looks like it's bucking the trend of VR being a bit of a damp squid.

I love my PSVR

I have stated this many times, not just PSVR but the whole VR thing is still in the early stages, it just takes time for it to build up and welcome new gamers. That said, no one said it would be easy due to price wise and not that many killer app VR games. PSVR selling 3 Million is in the right direction and the fact is, it's the only VR device available on a console atm, so this takes into consideration.

Also, why would anyone compare a console VR to PC VR? Between HTC Vive & Oculus Rift, those shouldn't be compare to the console's counterparts.

still an insult to vr in general though. You wouldn't believe how many people stay away from vr because of that gimped headset.

At least you're man enough to admit when you were wrong about something. A lot of your fellow lembros have troubles accepting when they are wrong.

I've always said it, PSVR is doing pretty well for early days especially when you consider how expensive it is as a console peripheral. It's doing a lot better than Oculus and Vive, and if it wasn't for PSVR the VR hype would have died a long time ago. PSVR is essentially saving VR gaming since the cost of entry is relatively low compared to other devices. Sony will take the lessons they've learned from PSVR and hopefully apply it to next gen to make it even more successful.

VR was never going to be a massive runaway success due to the cost of entry being high but everyone with a brain knew it was going to steadily grow with time. It looks like that's what PSVR is doing, and hopefully newer headsets will do. VR is here to stay, and it won't be dying anytime soon like the naysayers would have you believe.

I'm glad I'm living rent free in your brain.

I'll buy when it doesn't cost as much as a PS4 pro.

PS VR is awesome.. Resident Evil 7 scare the shit out of me.

TLHBO

Everybody seems to enjoy theirs. I thought about buying it but I feel they will release another one in a couple years. So I think I'll wait for the VR2 with the PS5.

Not the biggest fan of RE7 but is it better with VR?

Impressive numbers already double the sales of the mighty SEGA CD!

I own a PSVR and I'm interested in all things related to PSVR and VR in general.

You still haven't explained properly why I live rent free in your brain though :P.

That's a pathetic low amount for all the hype behind it.

PS Vita and Wii U are even bigger successes than VR.

Is much more intense and you actually feels like you are in the games and get chase by the crazy family!

Surprising to hear given the recent articles. Nice to see the market is still growing.

Didn't the kinect sell 10 million in its first year, and we saw how that ended up.

PS Vita and WiiU aren't peripherals that cost the same price or more than the consoles they are paired with. The comparison is false.

I’m down with vr, but the price is steep indeed. Hopefully I can find one at a decent price. There are already some tempting games but it’s not high on priorities and I’ve never actually tried it yet.

Kinect was a wild success.

It's Kinect 2.0 on the Xbone that was a bomb.

sad you bought the worst headset they ever made though.

Sad you're in every PSVR thread crying despite not owning one. Must be gut-wrenching for you to know PSVR is a wrecking the VR headset you bought in sales and popularity.

lol I have a rift powered by a gtx 1070 and an I5 8400, no way I'm missing such trash like the psvr lmao

I like the Vita and think it's a very underrated system, but Sony were pretty much advertising it as a PS4 peripheral a few years after its release.

...and yet you're here crying.

You're not helping your case dude.

You can't compare refined handheld hardware and a 8th generation console to a 1st generation headset. Lets see how an 8th generation VR headset holds up to the Wii U and then talk.

As said above, Kinect was refined technology comparatively to VR. It was also less than half the price of PSVR at launch.

Well, I'm not going to gloat or anything about this. The truth is, the technology has a big road ahead of it, but it's starting off on that journey the right way. PSVR has accomplished a lot. More full-sized games are going to come in and stabilize VR as a legitimate gaming platform. In the end, that was the thing I actually expected to happen here. A solid ecosystem, an eager userbase, and content to grow from is where it's at. Soon, there will be much better hardware that will satisfy beyond curiosity and that is definitely something to be excited about and a process I am proud to be a part of in gaming.

See, now this is why us PSVR fans just sit back and chuckle at the haters, because while all that sh_t is talked, we know that Sony will report numbers, and those numbers will prove that the PSVR, despite what any frustrated fanboy says, continues to sell well, completely bucking the trend of VR headsets in general. And what's more, at 3+ million PSVRs sold, and with software numbers approaching 22 million, we know that PSVR fans HEAVILY support their VR headset of choice. And now we've got people like the TC, who were self-admittedly critical of PSVR popularity before, but now admit they were wrong. I salute you, TC. That takes character.

XOXO;)

It's your fault. Your people said this would flop, and said no one wants console VR

Why don't Lemmings ever put more thought into what they say.

Cool. Haven't tried it myself, so I can't comment on how good PSVR is, but it's affordable compared to the other devices, which I guess is the main reason why it's popular.

I really like seeing VR taking off. It's the future of games, man.

Sounds interesting. I'd actually buy in that gen.

Vita and Wii U were gigantic flops, so how on earth is 3 million considered succesful ?

Sony will drop PSVR faster than Vita.

@R4gn4r0k: They were flops because they were consoles. Since when do we compare peripheral sales to actual consoles sales, especially when said peripheral is as expensive as a console by itself? Your comparison is false.

PSVR is a success and if the rumors are true, Sony is already hard at work on a PSVR 2.0 for release next gen, proving your second statement false as well.

Cool, I tried it and it looked cool, but the screen kept going black. I guess the PS4 was struggling powering it.

@k--m--k: Sounds like a faulty unit to me. My PSVR has never gone black and neither have the test units I tried at stores before I got mine.

VR has been around since the 80's. lol

So a refinement of a more successful peripheral failing spectactularly within a few short years is evidence of PSVR being on the road to success? VR may end up being a success but sales so far are not an indicator of that.

@Steppy_76: Kinect didn’t fail because it was bad, it failed because MS were idiots. Forcing it on people that didn’t want it and turning it into a gimmick that was useless for games. It mostly failed because of MS’ piss poor messaging with the Xbone reveal. Sony isn’t MS so comparing it to the failed Kinect 2.0 is a shitty comparison. Sony has shown that they are better at handling peripherals than MS. The Move controllers that launched the same time as Kinect are still in use and bought to this day.

yeah they (MS) had to do something quickly and its clearly quicker to get rid of something then to introduce something new, so for damage control they just dumped it.

They were just selling it as a clap on clap off thing to make skype calls with...lame

ironically, now many people have multiple Alexia powered devices in the house

Very true!

It didn't try to enter the consumer market until the mid 90s, and when that happened, it was only by a very few smallish companies with little money to throw into research. It was a flash in the pan, but this time VR actually has had it's first true generation.

it's a moderate success. and im sure it moved about 3 million ps4's

however its far from a success. developers dont take it seriously. only things on it are old ports and demos. resident evil 7 was the only big game that was made specifically for VR.

every other game is just patched to work with VR.

if developers didnt want to make games for wiiU or vita with 10 million sales then PSVR is doomed to have nothing but demos and patches on exisiting games.

sad VR didnt take off like sony/vive/occulus wanted. but just like 3D it is not for everyone.

VR will remain a niche unless there are revolutionary improvements. no real developers are sinking millions of dollars into VR games because they will not make their money back.

@quadknight: Lol. Exactly. KB is on full spin cycle.

I'd love to see the usage stats.

I really enjoy it. I'm just waiting for more Aim controller games.

@JustPlainLucas:

Is it successful enough to invest in it next gen?

I stand corrected! Hhahahaha

@boycie seriously I did get a good chuckle out of that thank you.