A report surfaced right this moment stating that Sony has reduce PS VR2 manufacturing numbers in half, citing decrease than anticipated pre-order quantities. Sony is alleged to have now lowered its forecast for gross sales of the upcoming VR headset. Nonetheless, a brand new report from GameIndustry.biz states that that isn’t really the case.
In response to the brand new report, Sony isn’t lessening manufacturing. The corporate reportedly says followers of the PlayStation platform stay enthusiastic in regards to the launch of the {hardware}. And that gross sales projections stay the identical. Sony’s PS VR2 is ready to launch in February 22 with round 37 titles, although not all will essentially be out there on launch day.
It’ll additionally retail for $550. Which is by no account a small sum of cash. Particularly when you think about that the console wanted, a PS5, prices simply $50 much less in the event you go together with the disc version. Regardless of the excessive price ticket, and the dearth of compatibility for video games from the first-generation headset, Sony appears to be assured that gross sales projections are correct.
PS VR2 manufacturing numbers could also be unchanged in spite of everything
There are some issues to think about right here that, don’t essentially imply gross sales projections haven’t modified. But it surely positive looks like issues could also be persevering with apace. Whereas it’s solely potential that gross sales projections have been adjusted down, you’ll be able to nonetheless pre-order a PS VR2. There’s no wait checklist like there was for the PS5 for a lot of the console’s lifecycle so far.
Which may recommend that Sony nonetheless plans to promote as many PS VR2 headsets because it at all times has at launch. 2 million. Which may sound like a fairly excessive quantity at launch. However the PS5 bought about 7.8 million models in 2020 and it solely launched with a couple of month and a half left within the yr.
Since then, Sony has reportedly bought over 30 million PS5 models. And when in comparison with that quantity, 2 million actually doesn’t appear all that prime. Time will inform if Sony has actually adjusted its gross sales projections, and whether or not or not it meets that objective.