Sony just announced that its PSVR rig "sold-through more than 4.2 million PS VR systems worldwide as of March 3, 2019", suggesting a big leap in sales over the 2018 holiday season, powered in great part by Beat Saber. So matching that number with previous sales projections, the install base for leading premium VR rigs, the total install base as of now looks something like this:
- PSVR: 4.2 million
- Vive: 1.3 million
- Oculus: 1.2 million
Sources here and also here , combining SuperData's sell-through estimates from 2016-2018, rounding up a bit to account for Q1 2019, and excluding Oculus Go, which is generally considered sub-premium, as is Gear VR. Huge caveat: Since Vive and Oculus aren't officially reporting total sales, these are definitely rough numbers. In any case, it's indisputable that PSVR is way ahead -- and arguably, has nearly twice the market as its leading competitors.
Even huger caveat: This is far from the last word, because hype is building for Oculus Quest, which not only comes with Beat Saber, but will also support VRChat.
So roughly 1 in 20 PS install base. Nice. No wonder NMS has done a VR port.
Vr chat has been hugely important for the general perception of VR.
The fact that quest will run it is very interesting.
Posted by: vurt konnegut | Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at 07:11 PM