The second generation of VR glasses from PlayStation They have been with us for over a year and a half now and the balance we can draw is that they have not exactly been a success. Although the Japanese were excited about manufacturing two million units, in the end reality made them realise that there was not that much demand and they slowed down the pace of production. Now, suddenly, the PS VR2 They are on everyone’s lips and have started to sell out. Do you know the reason behind it?
When in February 2023 PS VR2 It came to market at a time when it was still not possible to buy a PS5 in a normal store and, in addition, they landed in stores with a price that was clearly out of place. Only suitable for die-hard fans of virtual reality or for those with deep pockets who didn’t care at all about spending more money than on the console itself. So it’s normal that its reception was so lukewarm.
PS VR2 is selling and it’s for what you imagine
So we come to today, where reports are coming in that suddenly, the PS VR2 have experienced a spike in sales, significant enough for us to stop and look for the causes that, effectively as you imagine, have to do with their price. By surprise (or not) discounts are appearing on the Sony with drops that almost touched 200 dollars in the USA and other territories.
Logically, faced with such a scenario, the public has reacted and has begun to see that VR glasses PS5 They could be a good entertainment option and that trying that experience is already worth it. At six hundred and something euros, no, but at four hundred and a bit, yes. Things that the market has and that it usually governs with very strict rules where each product that is made available to the public has a price that determines its success. And Sony It is obvious that on this point it has failed miserably.
And it is that the PS VR2 They can be state-of-the-art glasses, with eye trackingsensors in the triggers to detect fingers and any other stuff you can imagine, but if you don’t sell it at the price that everyone is willing to pay, you have nothing to do. And that is what the market is telling the company: that now, yes, this viewer is beginning to reach a price range where many more units could be sold.
What is to come… or not
In addition, it so happens that on August 7th the PS VR2 adapter for PC (where many models coexist), with which we can play with our Steam VR library and, finally, with the best title we have ever tried in virtual reality: Half-Life Alyx. So the same thing happens there, part of that resurgence because, in the part that touches on PS5things are still cold in terms of releases and it is especially sad that not even Sony itself is pushing with new releases every few months. We had the famous Horizon Call of the Mountain and practically until today. Nothing at all.