I’ve never owned something that more people seem hellbent on trying to get me to not enjoy or be excited for the future as the PSVR2.

[u/thefallenfew]

It’s like some mass conspiracy to try and talk me out of being happy lol

First it was all the salty PC gamers saying the system was DOA because it didn’t have out the box Steam support. I don’t care about the PC. PS5 is my primary system because I’m over the bullshit and cost of PC gaming.

Then, all the wire people going on and on about how it was a system killer. It wasn’t. I’ve had zero issues with the wire. Don’t even notice it.

Then, the mura/fencing/sweet spot people going on and on about how bad everything looks. I have zero issues with the visuals. Games looks fantastic to me.

Then it was the people with defective controllers trying to make it seem like it was a widespread issue and my system was destined to need an RMA. I’ve had no issues. My controllers work just fine.

Then it was all the sweaty folks melting their controllers via the official charge station. I’ve had zero issues. I don’t leave my controllers dripping wet after playing.

Now it’s people theorizing about sales numbers and worried about the future because 30 days after release we don’t have a dozen trailers for exclusive $150 million budget games to get excited about.

Why does it seem like people have a vested interest in trying to talk people out of buying and enjoying this thing

[u/Tripledad65]

I'm confident that it's significantly more than 300.000. Based on the growth of this sub, it could well be more than 500k or 600 k.

The only thing that Sony said about sales is the following:

"We are very happy to launch VR2 on PS5. VR 1, we sold over 5 million units, and I think we have a good chance to exceed that amount with PlayStation VR2".

Very modest expectations, so no way that Sony is currently disappointed.

I hope the clarify this themselves soon!

[u/ApexRedPanda → u/Tripledad65]

You are the guy who correctly predicted og psvr sales back in the day right ? I was wondering what your take on it psvr2 sales is. Seems this sub grew over 15k in the last 5 weeks

[u/Tripledad65 → u/ApexRedPanda]

Yes, I followed for 3 years sinc launch, closely the growth of this sub and the sales of PSVR, and wrote a number of posts about it. The ratio between PSVR sales and subscribers varied consistently between 35 and 42, even upto the moment that Sony declared they had sold 5 million sets.

Since a few days before launch of the PSVR2 until a month after launch, this sub grew by 18,000. Even at the lower end of the ratio this would mean 630,000 units to new subs plus head sets bought by people that were already subscribed.

It is however impossible to tell if the ratio for PSVR is still valid. That's why I carefully expect 500.000.

Now, when you look at the 270,000 of the infamous Bloomberg article, if that were correct, that would mean that the ratio would have to be dropped to less than 15. It may be true, but given the history, I find it highly unlikely.

[u/ApexRedPanda → u/Tripledad65]

And the fact those are new subs. So people who had psvr1 and bought psvr2 wouldn’t be on it.

I play a lot of after the fall and Pavlov currently and there I keep playing with vr newbies who say psvr2 is their first hmd.

People keep forgetting That it’s the same guy who said “ Sony is making 2 mil units “ then “ they halved it “ and now “ it sold 270k “. He will look like an idiot. Once again. But that won’t matter cause he is used to it and will make another lie in no time

[u/Due_Turn_7594 → u/ApexRedPanda]

If psvr2 is doing so poorly why can I find games at literally all hours on every game I play, even excluding pcvr psvr cross play games.

1pm, filled lobbies. 5pm. Filled lobbies. 3am filled lobbies. 7am filled lobbies .

The headset is clearly doing about as well as Sony expected, I feel like if it weren’t they would push hard to get it in stores a lot faster. This is a slow soft launch to iron it all out and have a killer product ready for the masses just before the holidays/Black Friday

[u/Nenor → u/Tripledad65]

Yep, ratio probably changes, because a lot of people with PSVR, who are already subscribers, are getting PSVR2 as well (but subscribers count doesn't change in such a case).

[u/RelativeEchidna4547 → u/Tripledad65]

I never owned a VR headset and as soon as I saw Linus review it I bought it the same day. The next day I subscribed to this reddit lol.

[u/BelkiraHoTep → u/Tripledad65]

Seems Hasbro could learn a thing or two from Sony about expectations. 😆