PlayStation VR now has more than one million sales

Sony has reached a new milestone in its entry into consumer virtual reality space and PlayStation VR headsets. The company has confirmed that since mid-November 2016, PSVR's sales have exceeded 1 million units worldwide.

Earphones are usually priced at $399 in the United States and are compatible with the PlayStation 4 console. Combining this price point with the base of the PS4 game console, it is almost certain that PSVR's sales exceed the PC-based $ 647 Oculus Rift and the $799 HTC Vive headset, both released before Sony's VR. .

However, on the other hand, even if one million headsets are sold, this is still a fraction of the current PS4 installation base and there are currently 60 million consoles sold worldwide. In an interview with The Verge, Sean Ryden, president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment America, said that the company had some early supply problems with the PSVR when it first appeared. In fact, he said Sony has even cut back on the promotion of headphones during this period, because the company does not want to push products to the public, they may not be able to buy immediately.

However, Layden said that early supply problems have been resolved and he expects PSVR sales to begin listing in the second half of 2017. He added that so far, headset buyers have also purchased 5.25 million PS4 VR games. We can expect Sony to hold some new PSVR game announcements on E3 2017 next week.

It is also very interesting that Sony may decide to lower the price of PSVR by the end of the year. Sony usually has a hard time cutting the price of its console hardware product, but it may decide to make exceptions to allow more PS4 owners to buy headphones.