PC & Console VR Will Barely Exceed 1.7 Million Sales in 2016 Due to Prohibitively High Pricing

Analysts from Strategy Analytics forecast that PS VR, HTC Vive and Oculus Rift will have troubles in 2016 due to the high price barrier.

[LavaLampGoo]

I mean 1.7m for new tech isn't bad. If it picks up I mean that number will sky rocket

[Alexious]

It's bad if you consider that it has to be split among all three. It's not 1.7 each in case you thought that.

[amiga-man]

PSVR is the price of a console, people are more than happy to pay that for a console as 40 million PS4 sales would testify, If what VR offers is worth it, then it will sell.

Going by peoples reaction VR has a big future and I'm excited to jump in.

[Eonjay]

My got tells me that this prediction is wrong. PSVR can easily clear 2 million before the end of the year. And when you mix in Vive and the Rift, I think it can hit 2.5 million before the end of the year at least.

[fr0sty]

Yet pre-orders for Oculus and PSVR have been selling out. Oculus orders are backed up until August. I think this is just another analyst talking out of their ass.

[Vegamyster]

@amiga-man

Up here in Canada the VR is more than the console, $430 for the console while the headset is $550 or $700 for the move/camera bundle. Little bit too much atm, I'll probably wait for a drop.

[LetoAtreides82]

666k each by the end of the year for Vive, Oculus, and PSVR is not bad at all considering none of them released at the start of the year. I think PSVR will easily do more than 666k by the end of the year...

[donthate]

This isn't going to be what everyone on n4g hopes it to be. VR will shine, but it will take years to get the content, and price down. Oculus at one point hoped to sell 1 million units as it most optimistic sales number, so this is right in line with that.

[garrettbobbyferguson]

@amigaman

Let me repeat what you just said "People are more than happy to pay 400 dollars for a console, so that means they'll pay 400 dollars for an accessory".

Now, do you understand why I repeated what you said? Because what you said is silly.

[Hitoemi]

@Amiga-man

you need the console for the core experince and to play games. You dont need PSVR to play games, this will be the down fall of it and other VR devices they arent require to get the core experience. This is why MS wanted every Xbone to require kinects because addons are just that addons and you cant be sure they will be embraced by the base or that devs will support that device. No support means no sales of the device, no sales of the device means no support and around it goes.

[htogaming]

Yeah I got better things to spend my money on. Still not convinced this is something I need.

What I need is medical care and for that price I could buy new computer or bunch of pineapples for no reason. Yes I think pineapples will be proven more useful than that thing. Agree or disagree my opinion stands! I am serious but joking at the same time.

[no_more_heroes]

hmm...what could one possibly do with so many pineapples?

[hardcorehippiez]

make pineapple juice ?

[Necr0philiac]

He could take the core out the pineapples and warm them up in the microwave.

[thejigisup]

If you had half a mind you would also pick up a lovely bunch of coconuts.

[FasterThanFTL1]

It depends more on the easy availability than the price. VR is nicely shaping up to be a must have gadget for a lot of peopleand even if you have the money, it is still right now very hard to get your hands on a high-end VR device if you did not Pre-Order.

[Alexious]

Personally I went for 4K after trying most VR devices. HDR displays are coming soon as well.

4K+HDR>VR for me.

[AgentSmithPS4]

Strange that you'd rather look at a game through a window.

[garrettbobbyferguson]

Of course 4k is better. That crispness and smoothness is infinitely better. Combine that with track ir and your experience will be even better than VR.

[sammarshall102]

VR for gaming won't last people won't want to wear these things on their heads

[Hitoemi]

This guys gets it. Most of these people kn here that are all " I dont care what it cost Im getting it"nonsense do reslize they are a very small minority. @400 Id rather have a new bigger tv for my game room than a VR headset that basically adds nothing to the game or experience it simply puts the screen 10 inches from my eyes.

[Phil32]

I'm not really feeling VR, but that's mostly to due with the fact that I haven't been able to experience it yet. I'm sure once I do I'd be sold.

[_LarZen_]

Yes. VR is something you have to try. Once you do. You get why there is so much excitement around it :)

[SavingPvt_Highon]

Exactly. I hear a lot of people scoffing at it and calling VR gimmicky. Guaranteed these people haven't actually tried VR for themselves. VR is here to stay.

[vanity29]

I wanted to try vr before dropping cash in for a vive. So i made a bootleg device, getting a $20 headset for my phone. Bought an app called trinusVR for 10 bucks. Hooked it up to my pc and tried some games.

Motion sick as hell, 50fps was my max with this piece of trash. But it was fun. I can see why there is hype for the expensive headsets.

[IGiveHugs2NakedWomen]

I agree with the price point. Sony should have priced the unit at $299 -$349.

[demonddel]

The author of this story must don't know the power of Sony to sell to its audience

[MegaRay]

Yeah, right. And Vita is the prove of that lol

[demonddel]

They sold to they're audience just couldn't sell to anybody else

[MegaRay]

Well if thats true, then that means their "audience" aren't enough.

[demonddel]

So what u are saying is that Sony doesn't have that kind of power so you telling me that PSVR isn't similar to Microsoft Kinect but through VR instead of the TV I'm just asking here my friend

[MegaRay]

Im just saying Sony will have to work hard on marketing to sell PSVR. You make it sound easy, which isn't.

[WheatBread]

I think availability is more of an issue than price.

[Haru]

Imo I think that none of those vr headsets are worth more than 200 dollars max, the tech in them are really not that spectacular not as they want to make it look like, It's basically just a plastic case with a screen 2 lenses and a strap maybe a few led/sensor there and here but that's it nothing that hasn't been done before already

[scoltar]

I could see the ps vr taking off at some point, but not so sure about the oculus and vive because on top of the price of those, you have to have a pretty much top of the line pc to get them to work. So for console gamers, the price of jumping onto the oculus or vive is really just too steep, because you have to delve into the pc arena as well. And we all know the reason folks like consoles is ease of use and price of entry.

[BossBattle]

So far the games built for VR look meh. Nothing that can keep my interest for too long.

[Alexious]

Agreed.

[Lonnie18]

Very doubtful, I see psvr selling 5mil by the end of the year by itself!

[Alexious]

5 millions? Not a chance, mate

[Lonnie18]

Why not, seems to me they already pre-orderwd more than a million! Analysis even predict 2mil in October with 5mil throughout 2016!

http://ps4daily.com/2016/03...

[Nitrowolf2]

Because of supply and demand

I don't think Tony is going to be able to produce enough in such a fast time frame

[BiggerBoss]

Well Tony better step his game up!

[ComradeCoffee]

I think PSVR will sell at least a million. I think probably below 2 though. If they have some kinda software that is must have maybe 3? Kinda early to tell still.

[Garethvk]

I am curious how fast prices will drop if PsVR keeps selling and go to PC.

[wraith4912]

Aren't they sold out? Seems limited availability is hurting the numbers more than the high prices. C'mon journalism much?

[Alexious]

What does "journalism" have to do with a research report from analytics firm?

[bleedsoe9mm]

my opinion ,combination of high price and short experiences as the primary software will be the biggest hurdle for vr early on .

[Alexious]

Yeah, it definitely isn't easy to demonstrate.

[Keregan]

High price and gimmick

[Ck1x]

I see people talking about how these devices are selling out online, but no one even knows what the allotted amounts are that they are even selling!

[SavingPvt_Highon]

PS VR, coming out in October, with only 3 months left in the calendar year will easily sell 1.7 million units on their own without the help from vive or rift in my opinion.

[sAVAge_bEaST]

Wrong, in 2017...

[Elronza]

I honestly wonder if VR will have some true staying power and it's training values for military and medical purposes as well as gaming, will make it a staple of entertainment?

[Armyntt]

I think the numbers of 2 mil for all three is way low. The attach rate of the 40mil PS4 owners will be higher than 2% alone. Is VR going to be a success? Whats everyone's gauge of success? If its sales volume, its going to fail IMO. Success should measured in there being enough sales to warrant companies continuing building upon VR. My fear is the money wont be there for continuing development and VR becomes a technological fad that just came back in fashion and 20 years from theyll try again.

[karlhungus]

I have an Oculus Rift CV1 - The resolution makes for a poor experience... VR has a long way to go before it is ready for the masses.