Through Daniel Ahmad – well-known analyst of Niko Partners -, we can discover that PlayStation VR has sold 6 million units to date. The information was shared shortly after the publication of the first official information on PlayStation VR2, Sony’s new headset.
Daniel Ahmad |, via Twitter, wrote: “The original PlayStation VR has sold over 6 million with an attach rate of approximately 5%. The biggest challenge for Sony in this generation will be to remove VR access barriers and provide support. solid software so as to push users to purchase “.
PlayStation VR had sold 5 million units a year ago, according to data shared in January 2020. In 2018, PS VR had sold 3 million units. Since then, the platform has sold an average of one million units per year. Topology Research, in 2016, had forecast 6 million units sold for the headset: the numbers are therefore in line with what market experts expected.
PlayStation VR2 obviously will have to aim even higher, offering more games and new technologies, such as Foveated Rendering: this is what it is and how it works.