![]() It’s not comfort, its not graphics….its just not their thing and never will be. From my own experience of trying to get people in VR (and lets face it VR people are its biggest pushers) you cant make someone want it, some people just have no time for it and never will. I love VR & use it numerous times a week, I’ve picked up a decent size of added friends in VR & what I see from that is 90% of those friends are never online……like ever! VR will always have a following & it will grow but I think the future of it is perhaps a little over estimated by some people. Estimated sales of Quest look good but the reality is that doesnt really tell the whole story. I mean I’ve searched a lot for things to do with quest but I would barely ever search for things related to a new xbox or PlayStation………because there’s no need. Quoting sales doesn’t really mean that much likewise with internet searches. And Quest With Quest 2 games like RE4.Īlthough I don’t totally agree with some of the arguments here I would say this, if I was to guess I’d say for every 10 new VR users after 6 months 1 is still using it on anything like a regular basis. With the possibility again that the old ones can’t play the new games like GO with Quest. Facebook will need to keep releasing newer headsets just to keep up. ![]() It’s not so simple to think an already outdated standalone will compete with future products like PSVR couldn’t. ![]() With an almost guaranteed exclusive Spider-Man game after Sony’s movie made a quick billion. Most of these headsets can’t compete with Facebook’s *price dumping.* But headsets like NGVR will make a dent where it counts and make Quest 2’s PS2 level games look old compared to better haptics, better 3D sound, SSD speed and game development and a first party with a higher pedigree than the one hit wonders Facebook bought. And there’s nothing stopping Sony from adding VR Chat or creating their own like they did with Home. And be free to play for those that own Dreams. You keep mentioning unfinished, experimental and quirky early access games but seem to forget that *DREAMS* does that already for PSVR and will be there for Sony’s next headset. Ultra closed but averages over 115 million in hardware sales. ![]() On the other hand, game consoles are a far more mature product category with users that are less likely to have heaps of questions to be searched for. While that could be the case, it seems likely that the surge in Quest searches has much to do with it being a relatively new product (and likely the first-ever headset for many), which means lots of ‘new product’ questions to be answered. While the consoles enjoyed the bulk of search volume in general, Christmas day saw Quest searches rocket to the top.Īlthough it’s an interesting milestone, we certainly can’t use the data to conclude that Quest sold better than the major consoles. Zooming out on the timeline a bit, to the start of the holiday shopping season, we can see that searches for Oculus Quest similarly spiked around Black Friday, but not nearly enough to eclipse the major game consoles. This was the first time since the release of Quest that searches for any single headset have edged out those for the latest consoles from Nintendo, PlayStation, and Xbox. The 2021 holiday season however may well have been VR’s biggest moment yet, lead by Quest 2.įor the first time ever this year we’ve seen search volume in the US for a single headset exceed the latest major game consoles.Ībove we can see that US search volume for Oculus Quest leapt massively right around Christmas, seemingly in response to many new users opening headsets and then turning to Google to learn more about them. As the technology has grown increasingly more affordable and easier to use, it has become a hot gift item thanks to its novelty. The holidays have always been a peak time for VR. For the first time ever, holiday search volume in the US for the headset exceeded major gaming consoles like PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox. The 2021 holiday season was very likely the best yet for the Oculus Quest 2.
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