PSVR 2's Tipping Point: Will There be a PSVR 3?

The PSVR 2 is a fantastic piece of kit, held back by a lack of software support. With this in mind, will we ever see a PSVR 3?

[Jingsing]

PSVR1 sold around 10 million and PSVR2 sold around 1 million. I don't see any logical room for a PSVR3 unless they have something special. PSVR was basically PS Move for Sony, hedging their bets just in case VR was a mass market product, but it clearly wasn't. With news of Quest 3/s sales faltering badly and question marks over there even being a Quest 4 I highly doubt a PSVR3 is even being considered.

[kevco33]

The question marks over the Quest 4 are 'when', not 'if'. Meta's new approach is smart glasses, putting a longer divide between Quest iterations. This is a good move, in my opinion. It will lead to eventual convergence of AR and VR.

[lukasmain]

It will be a big market as soon as they can have a completely wireless setup. When they can do that, it will be much better.

[thorstein]

PSVR2 sold 600,000 units in its first six weeks. It continues to be updated and supported. Latest update was this week.

[Profchaos]

From what I recall psvr2 was at around 4 million shortly after launch

[Yesyes]

Yeah no chance. Loved PSVR1 but not much to play on VR2. I’m only keeping it in the extremely faint hope that Half Life Alyx is announced.

[slayernz]

U Kidding right? There's heaps to play, GT7, resident evils, NMS, Hitman, Metro, TWD to name a few.....even games like mini golf were a ton of fun

[crazyCoconuts]

Not sure about the numbers, but I'm sure they're not stellar.
And with Yoshida's parting comments on how the entrenched leaders view PSVR it would be a big surprise if they were planning on another iteration next gen. Such a shame- I feel like they lost that innovative spirit

[GotGame818]

I doubt it, and PS2 VR is so good, I hope Sony continues to develop for it on PS6. Why not. They can expand the install base over this Gen into next.

[Neonridr]

given how quickly Sony themselves abandoned support for the headset, I don't see them taking another crack anytime in the near future. PSVR2 was so much more technically sound and delivered a much better experience over the previous model, but I think VR is losing its steam and many people were turned off from the first headset after it delivered somewhat underwhelming experiences due to the limitations of the original device.

I love VR and will continue to support it, but I'd be surprised to see a PSVR3 anytime soon.

[lukasmain]

VR needs to be completely wireless and a super easy plug and play. When they can do that, it will be a lot more successful.

[darthv72]

IF there is to be a VR3, it needs to address the biggest missed opportunity that Sony is guilty of with VR2. that is it needs to support ALL of their VR titles, no matter what. The lack of full VR1 support for VR2 cannot be under stated. And even in the face of declining VR2 sales... Sony STILL has not taken the opportunity to address this omission.

I'd definitely get a VR3 if it supported not only its own but all of their previous works as well. Wireless certainly would be welcome reason as well.

[Profchaos]

Im a psvr2 owner I love it but I wouldn't buy a psvr 3 unless Sony made a real commitment to supporting it via games

[Yesyes]

Just want Half Life Alyx on PSVR2.

[RhinoGamer88]

Nope, market is DOA.

[ZeekQuattro]

Nope. Sony will more on to their next gimmick before that happens. They are clearly over VR.

[iamtheMitch]

The struggle of the PSVR2 is all on Sony's mishandling and not reflective of the wider industry, the potential here with VR on PlayStation or the potential of VR as a whole. Sony need to do some introspection on how they're handling devices like this and readjust, not blame everyone else and give up.

The BoM on this thing is ~$270, additional costs and R&D recoup over the course of a fair sell through bring that in to the mid-300s at worst. Instead the money men panicked and wanted rapid cost recoups, so marked it all the way up to $529 for filthy levels of quick profit.

If you're introducing a sub platform like this you need to do what you can to expand it. They could've done a much better job of that at $399 while still making a tidy little profit per unit, in turn having a wider base buying more VR titles. Then further down the line (~3yrs) they could introduce a heavily-cost reduced unit for $299 in tandem with an EDGE/Pro premium SKU at $399 incorporating wireless, pancake lenses and a lower persistence OLED.

Sony/PS are high on their MTX revenue from a fickle audience, they're completely mishandling everything else.

This device's development would no doubt have been started in a culture of platform building and considering long term brand health. Now all Sony is left with is pure shareholder-pleasers who don't balance long term brand health against short term gains; that old guard is largely gone. Now every component of the business will have metrics collected and if it doesn't meet on basic criteria: "does it make us money, quick..?" it gets thrown aside. What they don't consider is maintaining a cohesive, strong brand requires certain elements that don't always result in upfront profits, they're value-adds that put the brand in good standing with the customer and even the internal culture. There are areas where you take a hit or at least land neutral to strengthen the ship for the longer journey. But that's where we are now, it's all about money extraction and with that the enshittification has begun, eventually the gutting will happen when they need to squeeze more dollars out and then the fall from up high will begin as they simply don't possess the means to provide the quality expected of them.

Or, they can course correct, they did it midway through PS3 and into PS4, showing a masterclass in realising where their bread is buttered and shutting down an entire industry of naysayers by playing to their strengths. The problem this time is they're not feeling anything on the purse strings. They're raking in 55% of their revenue from services and neglecting their core, they're high on the mtx supply and can't see through the dollar signs for what a precarious position they may be in longer term. They had to fight for their survival back then, now they can just coast and keep extracting cash until the tide shifts and the wheels suddenly fall off.

[northpaws]

Don't release new hardware, just keep going with PSVR 2, with how they supported PSVR 2, I would get the next one. They supported PSVR1 way more than PSVR2

[CrimsonWing69]

Lol doubtful.