The site XRnex.com has just revealed the number of VR headsets sold on Amazon in the USA in November 2023. Meta maintains its position of leadership and crushes the competition, so much so that the PlayStation VR 2 can no longer keep up. How can we explain such a tour de force on the part of Meta and how to explain such a disavowal of consumers for the accessory of Sony ?
In this investigation, all Meta Quest sold more than 200,000 units in one month, which is still quite impressive for a niche market. Without real surprise, theThe Meta Quest 2 128 GB sold 100,000 units, followed by the Meta Quest 2 256 GB which sold 30,000 units. At the announcement of Meta Quest 3the firm of Zuckerberg had announced a drop in the price of Meta Quest 2which significantly accelerated sales.
The Meta Quest 3 128 GB (50,000 units) sold as much as the Meta Quest 2 256 GB (30,000 units) and the Meta Quest 3 512 GB (20,000 units) combined. The difficulty of supplying Quest 3 512 GB can partly explain its relative weak sales.
Let’s not kid ourselves, the advertising effect and the price play a big role in the sale of this or that headset, but not only that, since the headset Sonyalthough cheaper than the Quest 3 512 GB, struggles to convince. And if we could think that the need to buy a PS5 to take advantage of it could work to its disadvantage, remember that more than 15 million PlayStation 5 were sold in the USA!
THE PSVR 2for its part, sold only 5,000 copies, which is 40 times less than all of the Meta Quest. These are precisely 3,000 PSVR 2 and 2,000 packs PSVR 2 + Horizon: Call of the Mountain which were sold. The helmet of Sony has nevertheless distinguished itself with numerous promotions, but which have probably not had the desired effect. Worse still, we could conversely think that this score was obtained thanks to these discounts. But one like the other, This does not bode well for the accessory of Sony.
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