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Popularity of Sony’s PlayStation VR Surprises Even the Company

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Even Andrew House, global chief executive of Sony Interactive Entertainment, the video game division of the Japanese electronics giant, had doubts about how quickly virtual reality would be embraced by the mass market. So when Sony needed to decide how many of a new virtual reality headset to manufacture, Mr. House was among those inside the company advising that Sony make fewer of them.

It turns out Mr. House was too cautious. The headset, PlayStation VR, has been scarce in many stores, especially in Japan, since it went on sale in October. In an interview at his Silicon Valley office on Friday, Mr. House revealed PlayStation VR’s sales for the first time, saying consumers had purchased 915,000 of the headsets as of Feb. 19, roughly four months after it went on sale.

Sony’s internal goal was to sell one million of the headsets in its first six months, by mid-April. The company will almost certainly surpass that forecast. “You literally have people lining up outside stores when they know stock is being replenished,” said Mr. House, describing the scene in Japan, one of the largest games markets.

Mr. House said the supply of PlayStation VR headsets will improve by April. By fall, Sony expects to begin selling them in Latin America.

Sony’s primary competitors, Oculus from Facebook and HTC, have not disclosed sales of their premium headsets. One research firm, SuperData Research, estimates there were 243,000 Oculus Rift headsets and 420,000 HTC Vive headsets sold by the end of last year.

In contrast, during its first three months on the market in 2007, Apple sold nearly 1.4 million iPhones; a feat now considered among the most successful technology products of all time.

One exception is Capcom, a Japanese game maker that released a new installment in its popular horror series, Resident Evil 7 biohazard in January that is entirely playable in virtual reality. Since that game was released, the average amount of time PlayStation VR users spend playing in the headset has doubled, Mr. House said.

Masachika Kawata, series producer for the game, said in an email that “we’re really just getting started on what kind of experiences we can create for players.”

Last week at its offices, Sony provided a demonstration of a new gun-shaped device, the PlayStation VR Aim controller, that will allow players to more easily aim and shoot weapons within virtual reality games. The controller and first game that uses it, a space adventure called Farpoint, will come out May 16.

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Looks like being conservative bit them but I don't blame them since the device is expensive.
Resident Evil definitely helped and Capcom is definitely on board for more games which is good.
Bodes well for the future.

Farpoint also just got a release date - May 16.

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Got HZD staring me in the face, loaded and waiting for release 
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 might even do like the old days and wake up early before work Tues so I can play some 
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Any discounted 1 year subscriptions out there. I need to grab that little big planet 3 before it goes off free sale
 
After playing the Division and rage quitting after an hour.
Playing Bloodborne and rage quitting after a half an hour.
And finally playing Hotline Miami and quitting after 10 minutes...

I think I just realized I'm not good at video games anymore. :smh: Sad day. :smh:
 
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After playing the Division and rage quitting after an hour.
Playing Bloodborne and rage quitting after a half an hour.
And finally playing Hotline Miami and quitting after 10 minutes...

I think I just realized I'm not good at video games anymore. :smh: Sad day. :smh:

The Division though?
 
After playing the Division and rage quitting after an hour.
Playing Bloodborne and rage quitting after a half an hour.
And finally playing Hotline Miami and quitting after 10 minutes...

I think I just realized I'm not good at video games anymore. :smh: Sad day. :smh:

Bloodborne and Hotline are hard games though man :lol:
 
The Division though?

I got waxed like 20 times in a row in that first rooftop gun fight. The main dude just would bullet sponge then run up and smoke me. :smh:
Seriously it must have been like 2 dozen times and I just said Effit.[emoji]128545[/emoji]

I used to rent games and beat them in a day to week now I am just trash. This last game hiatus did me dirty all my coordination is crap. Gonna have to stick with TellTale Games. :smh:
 
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