After a moderately successful 7-year lifespan, the original PSVR was getting a little long in the tooth. Cue the PSVR 2, a new VR headset by Sony released exclusively for the PS5 in February 2023 with mostly cutting-edge technology at a price that's actually higher than the PS5 itself. That strategy was worrying, to say the least, and it was compounded by a number of other issues with the headset and the way Sony is marketing it.
Sure enough, IDC's Francisco Jeronimo told Bloomberg that Sony has only sold 270,000 units between the PSVR 2's launch on February 22 and the end of March. IDC is a research firm that analysis and tracks the sales of many different types of products and is commonly used to help determine the market success of the best smartphones, smart watches, video game systems, and many other products.
