Do the PS VR2 headsets also upset Sony?
Sony seems to have forgotten its very expensive PS VR2: no support, no exclusives in sight and the London team closed forever. With the inevitable consequence that stocks accumulate in warehouses and shops don't want any more. A lot of trouble for the Japanese giant, already struggling with the poor margins of PlayStation 5…
At the moment only Apple says it is satisfied with the sales of its Vision Pro. There are no official data. It is estimated that Cupertino, even if with a few too many returns, has placed 200 thousand, which is not a high number at all, but it already places it at a third of its industrial plan, which set the target in the year of its debut at 600 thousand units ( remaining still at a loss, it seems ).
But the reality is that regardless of the manufacturer's brand, viewers remain terribly expensive and unattractive for the general public, also thanks to the failure of the metaverse. So much so that it represents, in all likelihood, a further burden in the accounts of Sony, which a few months ago debuted, without too much conviction, PS VR2. A big problem for the Japanese giant which already had problems with margins that were too narrow with the PS5, ending up being forced to make layoffs despite the excellent sales (still lower than the trend of the PlayStation 4).
ALL THE ILLUSTRIOUS VICTIMS OF THE VISORS
The curse of the headsets after Google (which has put its Iris in the drawer) and Meta (which flaunts optimism, but through indirect testimonies it is deduced that the situation is not so rosy after all) seems to also fall on the PS VR2, at least according to Bloomberg , which reports the rumor that Sony would have paused the production of the device due to an accumulation of unsold stocks.
PS VR2 MAKES DUST IN THE WAREHOUSES…
In short, there's no point in going any further at least for the moment, because the warehouses are full and the stores aren't accepting new ones: “Sony Group Corp. has paused production of its PS VR2 headset until it has cleared a backlog of unsold units , according to people familiar with his plans, fueling doubts about the appeal of virtual reality gadgets.”
…BUT ALSO IN USERS' HOMES (THE GAMES ARE MISSING)
Not exactly a bolt from the blue considering that Sony itself did not advocate the purchase of the PS VR2, reserving particular exclusives for it. Indeed, among the recent layoffs, the closure of a London team working on software for the peripheral stands out. “Sales of the wearable accessory for PlayStation 5, worth $550 – writes Bloomberg – have progressively slowed down since its launch and stocks of the device are accumulating, according to the sources, who asked not to be named because the information is not public. Sony produced over 2 million units of the product which was released in February last year.”
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/innovazione/i-visori-ps-vr2-mandano-a-sbattere-anche-sony/ on Fri, 22 Mar 2024 07:07:31 +0000.