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It’s also $150 more than the Quest 2 which has also been out for 2.5 years, I don’t really think it’s going to put any sort of dent into the Quest 2s numbers.

It’s also $150 more than the Quest 2 which has also been out for 2.5 years, I don’t really think it’s going to put any sort of dent into the Quest 2s numbers. There’s about 7 million PS5s sold in the last quarter and about 1 million Quest 2s sold in Q2 last year. I somehow doubt that every one of, or even 1/7th of those PS5 owners will spend the cost of a console on PSVR so I would argue that it’s still very much Meta’s game to lose. Edit: clarified the sales numbers are for a single quarter. The point is that even if there’s a lot of potential buyers for the PSVR I don’t think there will be nearly enough conversions.

brucethemoose2 4y ago
PSVR and the Quest are kinda different markets.
- mynameisvlad 4y ago
  How so? They really are not. The VR market is not really big enough to have devices specialized for one part of VR vs another. You put either of them on to play games. That’s it. Where’s the market differentiator? To a common person, they’re not going to see the differences that exist. They will say “oh Timmy wants to play VR” and get whatever option they can to allow Timmy to play VR. Both the Quest and PSVR2 are options for that. And the Quest has been out longer, has an existing user base 1/7th of a PS5 and doesn’t cost the same price as a new console. All of those very much work in it’s favor.
  - taeric 4y ago
    Probably more accurate to say they are different demographics. Is laughably odd if you consider facebook to be social. Either bragging about doing things with others or to others. Current VR is very much not social. Largely single player games where you are literally disconnected from the people in the same room as you.
taeric 4y ago
Folks I know that have PlayStations completely overlaps people willing to play with VR. Folks I know on Facebook... Not so much. They made a solid move into vr. But vr will be gaming well before it is anything else. To try and break into that market as anything else is just not a likely entry.
- mynameisvlad 4y ago
  What even is this argument? You don’t need a Facebook account for the Quest 2, and what do you think people do with their Quest devices? Put them on and stare deeply into the void? No, they buy it to play games.
  - taeric 4y ago
    I'm not making a nuanced argument here. Sony has a clear pipeline for creating games. And a somewhat established market for marketing said games. Along with a ton of experience for doing the same. Facebook... has none of those things. Just a fair bit of money. Can you break into a market with money? Sure. Microsoft did it. They are still a distant 3rd in that market.

brucethemoose2 4y ago

PSVR and the Quest are kinda different markets.

mynameisvlad 4y ago
How so? They really are not. The VR market is not really big enough to have devices specialized for one part of VR vs another. You put either of them on to play games. That’s it. Where’s the market differentiator? To a common person, they’re not going to see the differences that exist. They will say “oh Timmy wants to play VR” and get whatever option they can to allow Timmy to play VR. Both the Quest and PSVR2 are options for that. And the Quest has been out longer, has an existing user base 1/7th of a PS5 and doesn’t cost the same price as a new console. All of those very much work in it’s favor.
- taeric 4y ago
  Probably more accurate to say they are different demographics. Is laughably odd if you consider facebook to be social. Either bragging about doing things with others or to others. Current VR is very much not social. Largely single player games where you are literally disconnected from the people in the same room as you.

taeric 4y ago

Folks I know that have PlayStations completely overlaps people willing to play with VR. Folks I know on Facebook... Not so much. They made a solid move into vr. But vr will be gaming well before it is anything else. To try and break into that market as anything else is just not a likely entry.

mynameisvlad 4y ago
What even is this argument? You don’t need a Facebook account for the Quest 2, and what do you think people do with their Quest devices? Put them on and stare deeply into the void? No, they buy it to play games.
- taeric 4y ago
  I'm not making a nuanced argument here. Sony has a clear pipeline for creating games. And a somewhat established market for marketing said games. Along with a ton of experience for doing the same. Facebook... has none of those things. Just a fair bit of money. Can you break into a market with money? Sure. Microsoft did it. They are still a distant 3rd in that market.