PlayStation VR 2016 Sales Report Revealed; Comfortably Outsells HTC Vive and Oculus Rift

Despite supply issues, the PlayStation VR headset has ended 2016 well ahead of its high-end competitors, the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift.

[UCForce]

Hurrah !

[Unspoken]

Cheap wins the day. Who would have thought?

[Errorist76]

Guess in a year or so you'll praise an even cheaper solution.

Why is anyone even reacting to this...it's a crap estimation by SuperData and this news is weeks old. Those are the idiots who estimated 2.3 million a while back.

Weit for official numbers.

[UCForce]

More than a cheap. It's comfortable to wear and easy to use, not worry about upgrades.

[Unspoken]

I would have already done that with pseudo VR in phones. No?

[Aloy-Boyfriend]

If PS VR lost you would be saying it did because it was the cheapest POS bla bla bla

No win with you guys. Stay salty

[darthv72]

After watching angry joe play the xwing vr it makes me anxious for a return of xwing vs tie fighter.

Or hopefully a full on battlestar galactica game. Piloting a viper or raider would be sweet in vr. A return of the wing commander series would be sweet too.

[XanderZane]

Yeah, it was pretty much a given, considering how much cheaper it was. Still, we'll see if the sales continue to stay strong after a year.

[MagicBeanz]

People will pay good money for something they think is worth it, guess the other choices just weren't.

[UCForce]

And also, Sony did said that they would expect about a hundreds of thousand units. So yeah, 745.000 units is what they expected.

Edit : @Erroist76 Already fixed my grammar. Sorry about that.

[MasterCornholio]

Well they said several hundred thousand. So these numbers fit with their predictions.

@UC

Yeah but superdata isn't Sony.

[UCForce]

Super data predicted it way too high back in march.

[Errorist76]

They said hundreds of thousands, not a hundred thousand.

Btw

Why is anyone even reacting to this...it's a crap estimation by SuperData and this news is weeks old. Those are the idiots who estimated 2.3 million a while back.

Weit for official numbers.

[VforVideogames]

Sony predicted 2.5 million by the end of 2016 so that means is DOA
?

[MasterCornholio]

Sony didn't make that prediction. Sony predicted that they would sell several hundred thousand by the end of 2016.

[Errorist76]

But they didn't. How could they if each and every headset is sold out atm?!

[mkis007]

The little people are getting analyst forecasts mixed up with sonys expections.

Educate yourself before you try to pass off information as accurate.

[UCForce]

It was SuperData who predicted it way too high.

[Hendog1981]

Nice win Samsung. Bringing VR to the masses.

[Krangs_Uncle]

But who is bringing VR to the masses with regards to the console and higher end gaming market?

Nice dig, I can see this news hurts you.

Essentially what was being called a 'gimmick', has now become something else.. It has sold this much even with being out of stock for a long time in multiple regions.

Next year will be interesting, and so will your comments.. Stay classy.

[Gazondaily]

How dare he congratulate anyone other than Sony?! 😠

[andibandit]

"Essentially what was being called a 'gimmick', has now become something else.. "

This has been a debate in VR for years, please enlighten us where in this half page article you saw the light?.

[freshslicepizza]

when they sell about 10 million i dont expect it to get much full aaa support. so until then i expect more smaller funded vr only games and aaa games with limited vr support.

you kind of need some big games to push vr into the mainstream though. valve could do it on vive if they made half life 3 in vr.

[Artemidorus]

It's still a gimmck, the Wii sold bucket loads but still ended up in everyones attics or basements collecting dust.

2017 will prove VR will go down less interesting unless they make a VR pro which I cannot see happening.

[2cents]

But Who is bringing VR to the masses you ask?
Sony to some extent, but that title would go to Oculus with their Samsung partnership on Gear VR and the the high end Oculus with touch, would it not?

The PSVR is a good choice, but don't forget who started this whole VR movement. No need to throw a wobbly over it.

[UCForce]

Oh really, @Artemidorus ?

[Krangs_Uncle]

If he was sincerely congratulating Samsung then fair enough.. I however am not that naive and it just seems to be attempt to have a dig at Sony.

@andibandit

I don't need to read this article to 'see the light'.. you only have to look at sales to know that it isn't a gimmick.. It's outsold the Rift and Vive COMBINED in a matter of 2 months..

@moldy

Is Resident Evil 7 not a big game to push VR? this is releasing within 3 months of PSVR release, so I only expect more in the future.

@Artermidorus

People like you never seem to be calling it a gimmick in Rift and Vive articles - funny that.

@2cents

I guess you didn't read my comment or are just claiming ignorance - I said with regards to the console and higher end gaming market. I respect what Samsung and Oculus have done, in fact all of them.. PSVR has just brought out the first console based VR, outsold Rift and Vive combined, and has made VR much more accessible - that is bringing it to the masses with regards to the demographic we are discussing.

No doubt you will all be singing praises when Scorpio brings out a competitor.. Until then carry on.

[kevnb]

nobody really, htc and facebook have split the high end pc market for vr and sony has the playstation fans who buy everything playstation. Its pretty sad how sony cant do better actually, htc and occulus have almost no retail presence compared to ps vr that can be found everywhere.

[BizarroUltraman]

Gear VR is pushing VR! Alot of people have Samsung phones and using Gear VR makes them curious to see what the high end headset are like. So have some respect for Samsung which 2.3 million aint to shabby...

Low end VR..Hahaha

Isn't that what the enthusiasts crowd call PSVR hahaha

[freshslicepizza]

@Krangs_Uncle
"Is Resident Evil 7 not a big game to push VR? this is releasing within 3 months of PSVR release, so I only expect more in the future. "

the thing is there is too much sacrifices involved when psvr is applied. we seen it in dricveclub and various other games so who is going to make vr games if they have to make serious concessions? i never said there wont be, i said it wont get much. another problem is the ps4 pro wont be getting any exclusives so they need to make psvr games for the ps4 and that has less power. which is why many games like gt sport have selected areas for psvr support, not the full game. polyphony wants to impress us visually and if the full game had psvr support it would not be as visually impressive. you will see, the psvr section will likely have less detail and maybe less cars like driveclub. resident evil 7's graphics have also taken a hit as well compared to other games we see.

http://www.theverge.com/201...

"But Resident Evil 7 still doesn't really feel like a VR game. A Capcom developer I spoke to said he doesn't expect people to play it in VR for hours on end — it's more like an extra option. That's fair enough, and I rarely play any single game for hours on end myself these days, let alone in VR. It's just that the VR mode is a straight translation of the regular game, and there's little about it that feels built specifically for Sony's hardware. You're sacrificing something, too — Resident Evil 7 isn't a bad-looking game, but current VR builds make it look like it was released in the early days of the PlayStation 3. Maybe Sony's PS4 Pro could improve this, but the majority of PS VR owners are unlikely to be blown away by Resident Evil 7 on a visual level."

[Errorist76]

Moldy brain talking out of his a** as usual.

The game looks great on normal PS4 with PSVR already. You'd know if you had tried instead of pathetically trolling around here.

[Hendog1981]

Lol what news? That Samsung is doing more for VR than any other company?

There is more to VR than gaming and for you to let your pathetic fanboy flag fly shows what kind of person you are.

[andrewsquall]

@moldybread The Scorpio is coming and it will have to share its games and POTENTIAL with the launch Xbone. So please don't bring up devs having to make concessions.
Its already been shown that Xbone can't even run Resident Evil 7 at a high resolution of the dynamic scaler, and this is a game that is most certainly being dumbed down for 60fps and PS VR usage.

[Krangs_Uncle]

@Hendog1981

This has all kind of backfired on you hasn't it? People are seeing who the real fanboy is here, and you're not fooling anyone.. Try again.

[Immorals]

They have been giving them away with phones, one way to do it!

[BizarroUltraman]

It's not like that all the time. Only special promotions.

But did you stop and think that Gear VR is only $99 with the prior gen model going for less that $60 in some places.
I think many can afford that!a

[Razzer]

Yeah....I got one when I bought my Galaxy S7. Didn't even ask for it. They just handed it to me.

Tried it once. lol....no thanks. But I'm not interested in VR at all, frankly. PS VR. Gear. any of it.

[uth11]

Don't forget the Samsung units are often given away with new phones. So 2.3mill shipped is part of that. I wonder how many of that were actually sold

[BizarroUltraman]

Plenty were sold as well. It's only $99. You guys always think that if something is out selling anything Playstation, they must be Free! Lol

[Razzer]

Nope.....just when it actually is free.

Free in February with S7 preorder:
https://www.cnet.com/news/p...

Free in June with S5, S6, S7, or Note purchase:
http://www.digitaltrends.co...

Free in October with S7 purchase..
http://www.digitaltrends.co...

Free in November with S7 purchase..
http://www.techtimes.com/ar...

So yeah. Samsung has shipped a lot of free Gear VR.

[uth11]

I was in GameStop last night and a woman inquired about the trade-in value for the gear VR because she got one free and never used it.

She was told they'd give her only $5!

That doesn't sound like a device with much demand

[Why o why]

Guns dont kill people Facts do

[Unspoken]

Nice, so Samsung is able to recoup the costs via cell phone sales. Imagine that. Smart company if you ask me.

[Avernus]

Hmmmm I thought this was going to fail?... all the experts here at N4G with their doom and gloom forcasts....LOL

[darx]

Not over yet!

[kevnb]

it looks well on its way to failure actually, sony is already starting to show signs of not supporting it very much.

[G20WLY]

What signs are these? This is the first holiday season and they're restocking in January. They're still updating with new features - only yesterday, for example, it was confirmed that the PS4 YouTube app (with 60fps, incidentally..) now supports 360 degree VR videos through PSVR - and announcing new games every week. They're releasing new games weekly too.

Not saying you're wrong, but I'm just not seeing these signs.

[Aenea]

Wishful thinking huh?

[Errorist76]

What the hell are you even brabbling about?! There have been so many good games in the first two months already other platform (even non-VR ones ;) would be happy to get those in a whole year.

[King_Lothric]

Where are those PSVR haters now? Are they going to apologize and accept they were wrong? Of course not. Is very easy to write negative comments about something but non of them have the balls to accept they were wrong! Is hard when you have to eat your own $hit.

[TankCrossing]

Wrong about what?

I'm no PSVR or VR hater, but it's got a long way to go to prove anything yet in commercial terms.

[Aloy-Boyfriend]

Wrong about what? Now nobody said anything prior launch...

Lol

[TankCrossing]

I never said people haven't been dismissive or negative. Of course some people have said things prior to launch, and continue to say things now.

I asked what has been proven wrong by these sales figures. I'm a massive fan of VR and firmly believe it has a bright future, I just think it's way too early to shout "I told you so!" based on these numbers. It has a long long way to go.

[MRMagoo123]

I have to agree it is way too early to shout victory as much as I want VR to be taken up mainstream it's still a while off that yet but ..........so far so good ! things are looking bright 😊

[corroios]

But, but, but all the «news» that it floped... I dont understand this. So many «news» aproved saying it was doomed... not selling...

[kevnb]

those are terrible sales for vr all around.

[Errorist76]

Sold out =! Terrible sales

[Unspoken]

Sony predicted much higher and fell very short. I believe you may have missed what really happened.

[DashArrivals]

That's just a bold-faced lie right there. Honestly, what's wrong with people just straight up lying like you just did? Sony's predictions are better than expected.

[MRMagoo123]

Sony predicted hundreds of thousands, an analyst firm mispredicted millions even tho Sony didn't even have millions to ship at launch. So get your facts right and stop being ignorant.

[MasterCornholio]

No they didn't it was superdata.

http://uploadvr.com/correct...

"Citing a lack of dedicated evangelism from Sony, interactive media research firm SuperData is updating its earlier predictions concerning the company’s PlayStation VR hardware. Initially, SuperData predicted Sony would sell well over 2 million PS VR headsets by the end of 2016. Today, however, the firm is walking that herculean number back significantly. Now, SuperData expects Sony to sell only 745,434 headsets by the end of this year."

This is what Sony said.

http://www.roadtovr.com/son...

" “We know from the data we have from pre-orders that the interest we have is significant,” Ryan said during a TV interview, further saying that PlayStation VR sales will be in the “many hundreds of thousands” as the headset rolls out. “We think to be able to offer PlayStation VR… [at $399 dollars] it’s extremely affordable and we think the takeup is going to be massive,” he said. "

[2cents]

Great news for VR!
Well done Sony! Thanks for bringing VR to the main stream.

I really hope that VR can be a family rather than a segregated landscape. I already sense an arrogance amongst PSVR owners that is totally unnecessary.

[BizarroUltraman]

According to this the casual phone users already beat Sony to it.

[DashArrivals]

I don't have Gear VR, but my friend does and he uses it a lot. When he tried my PSVR, almost instantly he siad that Gear VR doesn't compare in the slightest. Obviously.

[Errorist76]

Rookie is that you?! You're getting mighty annoying boy.

[Muzikguy]

Data seems just fine. Congrats to Sony

[kevnb]

I guess that's ok for now, but considering the PC market is split with two products and sony vr has a tremendous retail advantage (thanks to playstation brand) its not really anything to get excited about. Sales are going to have to pick up big time to get publisher attention.

[Errorist76]

Stop trying so hard kid.

[ocelot07]

Would of sold even more if there was actually any stock. It has been sold out in the UK since launch with online retailers only getting stock in once every 2 weeks. Even then they sell out what seems like minutes.

But am happy not because Sony are selling well. But because VR in general is doing well. If Sony want to sell even more unites. How about making PSVR compatible with PC? I mean officially.

[ILostMyMind]

Sony is missing out on many opportunities in this generation. It should make the PSVR and DualShock4 PC compatible. It should also create an application for integrated PS and PC users.

[Errorist76]

The DS4 has been PC compatible from the start. It's even officially integrated into Steam now.

[WelkinCole]

Thats actually not a bad idea. However isn't the PSVR under powered for the PC?. Sorry don't know much about the current VR tech.

[ocelot07]

Not at all in fact PSVR would need less power than the rift and vive so many more people would be able to use it. Games won't look as good on PSVR than the rift or vive. But it's a much cheaper option. Pretty much why people tend to buy consoles over PC's. Sure PC games look and play better most of the time. But consoles are much cheaper.

[ILostMyMind]

VR devices are not so important for you to pay dearly for them. They need to be cheap or they will fail. Sony putting its VR in the PCs would help a lot in the sales of the hardware and would gain the attention of the developers. And I think the "under powered PSVR" is very compatible with the PCs that people have at home.

[mahmoods26]

Samsung sold phones not vr headsets. Most of the phones came with vr headsets for free.

[SynestheticRoar]

Cool.

[Mikerob2007]

no surprise there

[loadstone007]

I'm a very big Sony fan, but I sold my PS VR a few weeks ago. Even with PS4 Pro, the experience isn't consistent and quality of games is rough. I found myself feeling bad in my stomach while thinking of PS VR, so I decided it's not worth it anymore.

A 4K screen in a 2nd generation PS VR might do the trick (combined with PS5), but with advanced tracking and not those unreliable lights. Screen drifting killed me.

[TheColbertinator]

Is that all? Good thing people aren't fooled by VR. Its truly going nowhere.

[Psychotica]

Well keep telling yourself that, I hope it makes you feel better..

[DEEBO]

I'm using my headset now.
The only thing I hate is not getting the 4k/HDR signal with the break out sound box.

[Scatpants]

Oculus with Touch is way better, but PSVR is pretty decent if all you've got is a PS4.

[WeAreLegion]

I have a Vive and PSVR. Both are pretty amazing. Vive's tracking and full roomscale are hard to beat though. I freaking love roomscale. Glad the Touch controllers are out. More games will start supporting both headsets now. You know, apart from the ones Oculus paid for.

[oneluckybullet]

I have mine. It's great in spurts. But I don't use mine near enough. Nothing really to play. I own all the vr games so far. I really want a good fps and rpg. Something like skyrim in vr would be amazing.

[LemyAtom]

I'm not sure why Sony downgraded expectations. They massively sold out and units are still difficult to get hold of aren't they? Last time I checked it was sold out everywhere and people are marking up 50%+.

[Hendog1981]

when the tech gets better and all the headsets are cordless its really going to take off.

[SynestheticRoar]

Like I said it would.

[Anomander]

Not surprised by this at all. The price point is a huge thing. I'm more than happy with my HTC Vive even though it did cost a bit more. Having the room scale though makes up for it. I think by the time I added on the Camera and Move controllers for the PSVR the price would not have been that big of a difference. I may pick on up down the road, but not in any hurry. Wouldn't mind having a VR in two rooms! :D

[BlakHavoc]

Right now this tech doesn't interest me but id be lying if I said I'm curious to how VR will look 10 years from now

[Drizzy]

Yay sales I don't give a damn

[WelkinCole]

Good start. Now it needs the games to continue coming and good ones at that to sustain and really take off.

[MagicBeanz]

But what about all those articles telling us how awful it was doing? lol The truth always comes out in the end, you just have to sift through the fake journalistic trash first.